WHAT DO HARRY POTTER, LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS AND DR. SEUSS HAVE IN COMMON?

How about the TOP 100 BESTSELLING CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF ALL TIME! (compiled by Publisher's Weekly: based on sales in the U.S., the list only includes books published before the end of 2000, when the list was compiled.)

Lists are fun! Below, I've included the Top 20 Bestsellers (and their date of publishing) for hardcovers and paperbacks, but you will find a link to the complete Top 100 lists at the bottom of this post. Where do your favorites fall on the lists?



The #1 Bestsellers from each category are two of my all-time favorites: The Poky Little Puppy (a "Little Golden" picture book by Janette Sebring Lowrey, illustrated by Gustuf Tenggren - #1 hardcover)


and Charlotte's Web (a chapter book by E.B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams - #1 paperback).


HARDCOVER TOP 20

1. THE POKY LITTLE PUPPY (1942)
2. THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT (1902)
3. TOOTLE (1945)
4. GREEN EGGS AND HAM (1960)
5. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2000)
6. PAT THE BUNNY (1940)
7. SAGGY BAGGY ELEPHANT (1947)
8. SCUFFY THE TUGBOAT (1955)
9. THE CAT IN THE HAT (1957)
10. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (1999)
11. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (1999)
12. WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1974)
13. ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH (1960)
14. THE GIVING TREE (1964)
15. THE LITTLEST ANGEL (1946)
16. HOP ON POP (1963)
17. OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! (1990)
18. DR. SEUSS'S ABC (1960)
19. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (1998)
20. THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR (1969)

PAPERBACK TOP 20
1. CHARLOTTE'S WEB (1974)
2. THE OUTSIDERS (1968)
3. TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING (1976)
4. LOVE YOU FOREVER (1986)
5. WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS (1973)
6. ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS (1971)
7. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE (1999)
8. ARE YOU THERE, GOD?  IT'S ME, MARGARET (1972)
9. SHANE (1972)
10. THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD (1982)
11. A WRINKLE IN TIME (1974)
12. LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE (1971)
13. LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS (1971)
14. THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (1984)
15. THE LITTLE PRINCE (1968)
16. JOHNNY TREMAIN (1969)
17. JUST ME AND MY DAD (1977)
18. GO ASK ALICE (1976; 1998)
19. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (2000)
20. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SHELIA THE GREAT (1976)

PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY FULL LISTS: HARDCOVER and PAPERBACK books and their authors, publishers and how many of each book have been sold. (Lists edited by Diane Roback and Jason Britton; compiled by Debbie Hochman Turvey)