A Collage of Top 126 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors

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

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