A Collage of Top 113 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors

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

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