Most Popular Childrens Books

Explore the most popular Childrens books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

Browse publication years

Choose a year or decade. Your genre selection stays the same.

Explore genres All FantasyHorrorScience Fiction Childrens

Books in this list

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1964

7.2/10 120 ratings

Roverandom

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Childrens

1998

7.2/10 140 ratings

Oz #1

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

Fantasy · Childrens

1900

7.1/10 79 ratings

Peter and Wendy

J. M. Barrie

Fantasy · Childrens

1911

7.2/10 65 ratings

The Night of Wishes

Michael Ende

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1989

7.1/10 32 ratings

Oz #2

The Marvelous Land of Oz

L. Frank Baum

Fantasy · Childrens

1904

7/10 26 ratings

Clockwork

Philip Pullman

Fantasy · Childrens

1998

7.1/10 43 ratings

Animorphs: Megamorphs #2

In the Time of Dinosaurs

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1998

7.0/10 43 ratings

Molly Moon #4

Molly Moon, Micky Minus and the Mind Machine

Georgia Byng

Fantasy · Childrens

2007

7.3/10 35 ratings

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1970

7.0/10 32 ratings

The Moomin Books #1

The Moomins and the Great Flood

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

December 13, 2012

6.9/10 87 ratings

Molly Moon #1

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism

Georgia Byng

Fantasy · Childrens

2002

6.9/10 103 ratings

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1961

6.8/10 62 ratings

A Wild Ride Through the Night

Walter Moers

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

2001

6.6/10 64 ratings

Smith of Wootton Major

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Childrens

1967

6.8/10 91 ratings

George's Marvelous Medicine

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1981

6.9/10 49 ratings

Farmer Giles of Ham

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Childrens

1949

6.6/10 121 ratings

Molly Moon #3

Molly Moon's Hypnotic Time Travel Adventure

Georgia Byng

Fantasy · Childrens

2005

6.8/10 48 ratings

Molly Moon #2

Molly Moon Stops the World

Georgia Byng

Fantasy · Childrens

2003

6.7/10 70 ratings

How to Train Your Dragon #1

How to Train Your Dragon

Cressida Cowell

Fantasy · Childrens · Dragons

February 2003

6.5/10 33 ratings

Animorphs #19

The Departure

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1998

6.4/10 58 ratings

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1972

6.5/10 39 ratings

Animorphs #20

The Discovery

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1998

6.4/10 55 ratings

The Twits

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1980

6.4/10 44 ratings

Animorphs #13

The Change

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1997

6.4/10 80 ratings

Animorphs #17

The Underground

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1998

6.4/10 69 ratings

Animorphs: Megamorphs #1

The Andalite's Gift

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1997

6.4/10 49 ratings

Animorphs #1

The Invasion

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1996

6.3/10 127 ratings

Animorphs #18

The Decision

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1998

6.4/10 69 ratings

Animorphs #4

The Message

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1996

6.4/10 101 ratings

Animorphs #11

The Forgotten

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1997

6.3/10 81 ratings

Animorphs #15

The Escape

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1998

6.2/10 76 ratings

Animorphs #14

The Unknown

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1998

6.3/10 77 ratings

Animorphs #16

The Warning

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1998

6.2/10 72 ratings

Animorphs #8

The Alien

K. A. Applegate

Science Fiction · Childrens

1997

6.2/10 95 ratings

Mr. Bliss

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Childrens

1982

6.1/10 50 ratings