A Collage of Top 106 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors

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

Jewell Parker Rhodes
Mari Evans
Taye Diggs
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Jerry Craft
Cedella Marley
Debbie Allen
Garcelle Beauvais
Gwen Richardson and Sylvia Richardson
Sandra L. Richards
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson
Vashti Harrison
Innosanto Nagara
Kelly Starling Lyons
Tonya Bolden
Jacqueline Woodson
Ashley Bryan
Charlotte Watson Sherman
Carole Boston Weatherford
Floyd Cooper
Derrick Barnes
Angela Johnson
Ilyasah Shabazz
Jazmyn Simon and Dulé Hill
Tami Charles
Jerdine Nolen
Nkechi Taifa
Tony Dungy
Wade Hudson
Virginia Hamilton
Ibi Zoboi
Maya Angelou
Cheryl Willis Hudson
T.R. Simon
Amanda Gorman
Laurie Ann Thompson
Kekla Magoon
Kelly McWilliams
Adijah & Atiya Brabham
Chinua Achebe
Kadir Nelson
Lebron James
Patricia C. Mckissack
Paula Young Shelton
Yolanda T. Marshall
Langston Hughes
Marguerite W. Davol
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Nancy Redd
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Rachel Isadora
Renée Watson
O.T. Begho
Trish Cooke
Gabrielle Union
Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson
Nikki Grimes
Wes Moore
Malaika Adero
Dapo Adeola
Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Lisa Bullard
Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery
Robert Coles
Leo & Diane Dillon
Kwame Alexander
Lupita Nyong’o
Angela Joy
Jamia Wilson
Misty Copeland
Don Tate
Faith Ringgold
Olive Senior
Mildred D. Taylor
Rita Williams-Garcia
Crystal Swain-Bates
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Bernette Ford
Atinuke
Marilyn Nelson
Cozbi A. Cabrera
John Steptoe
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Mechal Renee Roe
Alicia D. Williams
Chris Barton
Margot Lee Shetterly
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Sharon Dennis Wyeth
James Berry
Sydney McGee
Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Nikki Giovanni
Quraysh Ali Lansana and Najah-Amatullah Hylton
Teffanie Thompson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison
Hill Harper
Patricia Hruby Powell
Kirsti Jewel
Eric Velasquez
Jabari Asim
Bill Pinkney
Jason Reynolds
Camille Yarbrough
Grace Byers