A Collage of Top 89 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors

See Our Top Bestselling Children’s Books Authors Ordered by Sales.

Nikki Giovanni
Patricia Hruby Powell
Tonya Bolden
John Steptoe
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Alicia D. Williams
Teffanie Thompson
Margot Lee Shetterly
Laurie Ann Thompson
Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Gwen Richardson and Sylvia Richardson
Garcelle Beauvais
Quraysh Ali Lansana and Najah-Amatullah Hylton
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Cedella Marley
Jabari Asim
Marguerite W. Davol
Angela Joy
Adijah & Atiya Brabham
Carole Boston Weatherford
Kadir Nelson
Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Ivy Claire and Created by Kobe Bryant
Amanda Gorman
Robert Coles
Rachel Isadora
Gabrielle Union
Virginia Hamilton
Jerry Craft
Nikki Grimes
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Bernette Ford
Grace Byers
Kekla Magoon
Atinuke
Marilyn Nelson
Kwame Alexander
Faith Ringgold
Jerdine Nolen
Cheryl Willis Hudson
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Angela Johnson
Wade Hudson
Maya Angelou
Ilyasah Shabazz
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Hill Harper
Lebron James
Vashti Harrison
Langston Hughes
Trish Cooke
Don Tate
Rita Williams-Garcia
Olive Senior
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Mary Hoffman
Sydney McGee
Sandra L. Richards
Crystal Swain-Bates
Jason Reynolds
Mari Evans
Mildred D. Taylor
James Berry
Tony Dungy
Malaika Adero
Taye Diggs
Tami Charles
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
O.T. Begho
Ashley Bryan
Debbie Allen
Derrick Barnes
Jim Averbeck
Innosanto Nagara
Chris Barton
Wes Moore
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mechal Renee Roe
Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Jacqueline Woodson
Leo & Diane Dillon
T.R. Simon
Jamia Wilson
Meena Harris
Kelly Starling Lyons
Chinua Achebe
Floyd Cooper
Lupita Nyong’o
Lisa Bullard