A Collage of Top 70 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors

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

Laurie Ann Thompson
Jerry Craft
Jabari Asim
Angela Johnson
Olive Senior
Wes Moore
Chinua Achebe
Derrick Barnes
Robert Coles
Mary Hoffman
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Carole Boston Weatherford
Patricia Hruby Powell
Maya Angelou
Kelly Starling Lyons
Garcelle Beauvais
Alicia D. Williams
Rita Williams-Garcia
Jerdine Nolen
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Chris Barton
Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Cheryl Willis Hudson
Margot Lee Shetterly
Gwen Richardson and Sylvia Richardson
Innosanto Nagara
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Vashti Harrison
Malaika Adero
Jim Averbeck
Debbie Allen
Kadir Nelson
Mari Evans
Jason Reynolds
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
T.R. Simon
Wade Hudson
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Don Tate
Ilyasah Shabazz
Taye Diggs
Ashley Bryan
Tony Dungy
Leo & Diane Dillon
Nikki Grimes
Floyd Cooper
Kwame Alexander
Teffanie Thompson
Langston Hughes
Tonya Bolden
Nikki Giovanni
Hill Harper
Marguerite W. Davol
Adijah & Atiya Brabham
O.T. Begho
Mildred D. Taylor
Cedella Marley
Virginia Hamilton
John Steptoe
Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Jacqueline Woodson
Crystal Swain-Bates
Lupita Nyong’o
Sydney McGee
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Faith Ringgold
Trish Cooke
Lisa Bullard
Sandra L. Richards