A Collage of Top 114 Bestselling Children’s Book Authors

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

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