Top 100 Childrens Books of all time. As rated by OHbaby Members.
We asked OHbaby! members to tell us your favourite children's books ever. You responded in overwhelming numbers. Below is the definitive list - books you can be guaranteed will be read again and again in your house. Where does your favourite rank? Keep reading to find out!
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1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle |
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2. Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy Lynley Dodd |
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3. The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson |
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4. The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith |
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5. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak |
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6. Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Suess |
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7. The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss |
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8. Spot books Eric Hill |
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9. Winnie the Pooh A. A. Milne |
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10. We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen |
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11. Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney |
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12. Peepo Janet and Allan Ahlberg |
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13. Each Peach Pear Plum Janet and Allan Ahlberg |
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14. Dear Zoo Rod Campbell |
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15. The Tiger Who Came to Tea Judith Kerr |
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16. Where is the Green Sheep? Mem Fox and Judy Horacek |
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17. The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter |
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18. That's Not My... Fiona Watt |
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19. The Little Yellow Digger Betty and Alan Gilderdale |
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20. Are You My Mother? P. D. Eastman |
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21. Thomas the Tank Engine Rev W. Awdry |
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22. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown |
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23. My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes Eve Sutton |
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24. Scarface Claw Lynley Dodd |
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25. The BFG Roald Dahl |
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26. Hairy Maclary's Bone Lynley Dodd |
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27. Slinky Malinki Lynley Dodd |
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28. Giraffes Can't Dance Giles Andreae |
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29. Snow White |
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30. Cinderella |
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31. Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson |
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32. Willbee the Bumblebee Craig Smith and Maureen Thomson |
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33. Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper Lynley Dodd |
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34. My Dad Anthony Browne |
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35. The Lorax Dr. Seuss |
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36. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr. |
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37. Down the Back of the Chair Margaret Mahy |
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38. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Mem Fox |
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39. Bad Jelly the Witch Spike Milligan |
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40. Fox in Socks Dr. Suess |
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41. Hooray for Fish! Lucy Cousins |
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42. Hop on Pop Dr. Suess |
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43. Maisy Lucy Cousins |
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44. A Lion in the Meadow Margaret Mahy |
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45. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl |
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46. The Gruffalo's Child Julia Donaldson |
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47. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Dr. Seuss |
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48. Perky the Pukeko Michelle Osment |
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49. Commotion in the Ocean Giles Andreae |
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50. Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack Lynley Dodd |
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51. In the Night Kitchen Maurice Sendak |
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52. Roadworks Sally Sutton |
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53. Who Sank the Boat? Pamela Allen |
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54. Alice in Wonderland
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55. Baa Baa Smart Sheep Mark Sommerset |
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56. Cork on the Ocean Mark Sommerset |
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57. Dogger Shiryley Hughes |
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58. Hairy Maclary Scattercat Lynley Dodd |
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59. Mog the Forgetful Cat Judith Kerr |
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60. The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton |
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61. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis |
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62. The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams |
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63. A Fish Out of Water Helen Palmer |
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64. A Summery Saturday Morning Margaret Mahy |
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65. Dr. Dog Babette Cole |
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66. Hairy Maclary Rumpus at the Vet Lynley Dodd |
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67. Harry the Dirty Dog Gene Zion |
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68. Just Go to Bed Mercer Mayor |
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69. Kiss Kiss Yuck Yuck Kyle Mewburn |
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70. Kisses for Daddy Frances Watts |
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71. Meg and Mog Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski |
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72. Milly-Molly-Mandy Joyce Lankester Brisley |
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73. Monkey Puzzle Juilia Donaldson |
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74. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Dr. Suess |
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75. Mr. Men Roger Hargreaves |
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76. Mrs. Wishy-Washy Joy Cowley |
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77. Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss |
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78. Rumble in the Jungle Giles Andreae |
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79. Ten in the Bed Penny Dale |
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80. The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business Werner Holzwarth |
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81. The Three Little Pigs James Marshall |
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82. The Twits Roald Dahl |
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83. The Witch in the Cherry Tree Margaret Mahy |
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84. Walter the Farting Dog William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray |
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85. Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? Dawn McMillan and Bert Signal |
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86. Angelina Ballerina Katharine Holabird |
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87. Fix-It Duck Jez Alborough |
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88. James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl |
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89. Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm Joy Cowley |
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90. Nicketty-Nacketty Noo-Noo-Noo Joy Cowley |
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91. Old Huhu Kyle Mewburn |
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92. Owl Babies Martin Waddell |
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93. The Moon and Farmer McPhee Margaret Mahy |
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94. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Pam Adams |
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95. Tiddler Julia Donaldson |
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96. What the Ladybird Heard Julia Donaldson |
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97. The Little Engine That Could Watty Piper |
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98. The Best Nest P. D. Eastman |
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99. Bambi |
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100. Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery |