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63 Best Children's Books of All Time


Our goal: Find the best Children's books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best children's books" into our search engine and study the top 4 pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2023)

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    Goodnight Moon

    Margaret Wise Brown

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    The Snowy Day

    Ezra Jack Keats

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    Corduroy

    Don Freeman

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    Go, Dog. Go!

    P.D. Eastman

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    Stellaluna

    Janell Cannon

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    Madeline

    Ludwig Bemelmans

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    My Father's Dragon

    Ruth Stiles Gannett

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    Little Bear

    Elsa Holmelund Minarik

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  23. MOST RECOMMENDED!
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    The Giving Tree

    Shel Silverstein

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    Love You Forever

    Robert Munsch

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    Winnie-the-Pooh

    A. A. Milne

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    A Wrinkle in Time

    Madeleine L'Engle

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    The Gruffalo

    Julia Donaldson

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    Press Here

    Herve Tullet

  35. 38

    Out of My Mind

    Sharon M. Draper

  36. 39

    The Lorax

    Dr. Seuss

  37. 40

    The Mitten

    Jan Brett

  38. 44

    Strega Nona

    Tomie dePaola

  39. 45

    Matilda

    Roald Dahl

  40. 46

    Mr. Popper's Penguins

    Richard Atwater

  41. 47

    Blueberries for Sal

    Robert McCloskey

  42. 48

    Make Way for Ducklings

    Robert McCloskey

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    Miss Rumphius

    Barbara Cooney

  44. 50

    Miss Nelson Is Missing!

    Harry G. Allard Jr.

  45. 52

    Olivia

    Ian Falconer

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    Owl Moon

    Jane Yolen

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    Tuesday

    David Wiesner

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    Extra Yarn

    Mac Barnett

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    Millions of Cats

    Wanda GΓ‘g

  52. 59

    Amelia Bedelia

    Peggy Parish

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FAQ

  • How was this Children's books list created?

    We searched for "best Children's books", found the top 5 articles, took every book mentioned in 2+ articles, and averaged their rankings.

  • How many Children's books are in this list?

    There are 63 books in this list.

  • Why did you create this Children's books list?

    We wanted to gather the most accurate list of Children's books on the internet.

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