Best Selling Children's Books

When kids are young, they love to live in a fantasy world where everything has their imagination attached to it. They build this world by listening to stories told by parents and sometimes when they read books on their own. All of us have read these lovely evergreen stories like "Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Little Pigs, Red Riding Hood", etc. Even though the story is the same, we all have different pictures of all these characters which are embedded in us for a lifetime. Therefore, these best selling books stories which we listen to and read in childhood are a part of our growing up memories, that we can never forget. Along with the ones mentioned above, there are many more of these best selling children's books which are all time favorites among people even today. To make those happy childhood memories come back to you, we have compiled a short list of popular children's books, in the following paragraphs, so take a look!

Best Selling Children's Books of All Time

The reason these are known as the best selling children's books is because, when they were released they were read and bought by millions of kids and people. Their stories and their characters became very well-known because of the way they were delivered to the readers by the authors. These books being children's books, they are written in such a way that, kids understand the concept and build a picture of their own in their minds. Many of them are even made into the best children's movies in today's entertainment world. It takes a lot of effort to tell a tale to someone who's imagination is budding with creation and to write for them is a bigger challenge! These books are works of fiction, as well as true stories written by authors from all over the globe and hence they are known as best selling books of all time. So, find your favorite from the best selling children's books list put up for below!

• The Wizard of Oz ~ L. Frank Baum
• The Cat in the Hat ~ Dr. Seuss
• Goodnight Moon ~ Margaret Wise Brown
• James and the Giant Peach ~ Roald Dahl
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ~ Roald Dahl
• Matilda ~ Roald Dahl
• A Light in the Attic ~ Shel Silverstein
• Fly Away Home ~ Jennifer Weiner
• A Wrinkle in Time ~ Madeleine L'Engle
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia) ~ C.S. Lewis
• Love You Forever ~ Robert N. Munsch
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ~ Laura Joffe Numeroff
• The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• The Harry Potter Series ~ J K Rowling
• Charlotte's Web ~ E. B. White
• Hatchet ~ Gary Paulsen
• Little House on the Prairie ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Secret Garden ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Boxcar Children ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Sarah, Plain and Tall ~ Patricia MacLachlan
• The Indian in the Cupboard ~ Lynne Reid Banks
• Island of the Blue Dolphins ~ Scott O'Dell
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit ~ Beatrix Potter
• Horton Hatches the Egg ~ Dr. Seuss
• Maniac Magee ~ Jerry Spinelli
• The Giver ~ Lois Lowry
• The Outsiders ~ S. E. Hinton
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ~ Mildred D. Taylor
• The Polar Express ~ Chris Van Allsburg
• Clifford, the Big Red Dog ~ Norman Bridwell
• Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret ~ Judy Blume
• The Paper Bag Princess ~ Robert N. Munsch
• Number the Stars ~ Lois Lowry
• Walt Disney's Storyland ~ Walt Disney
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh ~ Robert C. O'Brien
• The Princess Diaries ~ Meg Cabot
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever ~ Barbara Robinson

With this brief list about the best selling children's books, I am sure, you came across some of your favorite bedtime and childhood books! You can surely add some more to the list if you come up with any more children's best sellers of all time.