Most Popular Childrens Books of the 1950s

Discover popular Childrens books from the 1950s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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The Moomin Books #5

Moominland in Midwinter

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1957

8.6/10 178 ratings

The Moomin Books #3

The Exploits of Moominpappa

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1950

8.2/10 133 ratings

The Moomin Books #4

Moominsummer Madness

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1954

8.2/10 149 ratings

Mio, My Son

Astrid Lindgren

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1954

7.5/10 120 ratings

Mushroom Planet #1

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet

Eleanor Cameron

Science Fiction · Childrens

1954

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table

Roger Lancelyn Green

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Childrens · Historical Fiction

1953

10/10 1 ratings

The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree

Louis Slobodkin

Science Fiction · Childrens

1952

10/10 1 ratings

The 13 Clocks

James Thurber

Fantasy · Childrens

1950

8/10 1 ratings

Switch on the Night

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Childrens · Picture book

1955

6/10 2 ratings

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White

Fantasy · Childrens

1952

4/10 1 ratings

Kemlo #12

Kemlo and the Space Men

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

1959

Kemlo #11

Kemlo and the Zombie Men

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

1958

Mushroom Planet #3

Mr. Bass's Planetoid

Eleanor Cameron

Science Fiction · Childrens

1958

The Space Ship Returns To The Apple Tree

Louis Slobodkin

Science Fiction · Childrens

1958

Kemlo #9

Kemlo and the End of Time

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

1957

Kemlo #8

Kemlo and the Gravity Rays

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

1956

Mushroom Planet #2

Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet

Eleanor Cameron

Science Fiction · Childrens

1956

Kemlo #7

Kemlo and the star men

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

January 13, 1955

Kemlo #5

Kemlo and the Craters of the Moon

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

1955

Kemlo #6

Kemlo and the Space Lanes

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

April 1, 1955

Kemlo #4

Kemlo and the Martian Ghosts

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

1955

Carbonel #1

Carbonel: The King of the Cats

Barbara Sleigh

Fantasy · Childrens

1955

Kemlo #3

Kemlo and the Sky Horse

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

1954

Kemlo #2

Kemlo and the Zones of Silence

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

1954

Kemlo #1

Kemlo and the Crazy Planet

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

1954

Cubby in Wonderland #3

Tike & Tiny in the Tetons

Frances Joyce Farnsworth

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Childrens · Mainstream

1954

Mary Poppins

The Magic Compass

P. L. Travers

Fantasy · Childrens

1953

Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies

L. Frank Baum

Fantasy · Childrens

1953

Doctor Dolittle #14

Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures

Hugh Lofting

Fantasy · Childrens

1952

Mary Poppins

Stories from Mary Poppins

P. L. Travers

Fantasy · Childrens · Short Stories

1952

Mary Poppins

Mr. Wigg's Birthday Party

P. L. Travers

Fantasy · Childrens

1952

Mary Poppins

The Gingerbread Shop

P. L. Travers

Fantasy · Childrens

1952

The Mousewife

Rumer Godden

Fantasy · Childrens

1951

The Faraway Tree #4

Up the Faraway Tree

Enid Blyton

Fantasy · Childrens

1951

Oz #39

The Hidden Valley of Oz

Rachel R. Cosgrove

Fantasy · Childrens

1951

My Father's Dragon #3

The Dragons of Blueland

Ruth Stiles Gannett

Fantasy · Childrens

1951