The Most Popular Children’s Book From Every Country

The map above was created by TheToyZone and shows the most popular kids book from 111 countries around the world.

Below you can see the maps for different parts of the world, and a list for each country.

Full list of books:

Country	Title	Author	Rating	Published
Afghanistan	The Wisdom of Ahmad Shah: An Afghan Legend	Palwasha Bazger Salam	4.25	2015
Albania	Five hundred grosh	Odhise Grillo	5	1993
Antigua and Barbuda	Summertime Fun	Darlene Beazer-Parker	5	2020
Argentina	Dailan Kifki	María Elena Walsh	4.41	2002
Armenia	Tales, stories, fables	Khnko Aper	5	2010
Australia	Then	Morris Gleitzman	4.4	2009
Austria	The little I-am-me	Mira Lobe	4.48	1972
Bahamas	Black Girl Magic: A Book About Loving Yourself Just the Way You Are	Zahra Bryan	5	2021
Bangladesh	The children's home	Manoranjan Bhattacharya, মনোরঞ্জন ভট্টাচার্য, গীতা দত্ত	4.75	1980
Belgium	Everything will be fine, always	Kathleen Vereecken	4.4	2018
Benin	The Beautiful Debo	Béatrice Lalinon Gbado	3.75	2015
Bhutan	Membar Tsho - The Flaming Lake	Kunzang Choden	4.83	2012
Bolivia	Petey	Ben Mikaelsen	4.3	1999
Brazil	Pretty girl	Ana Maria Machado, Elena Iribarren	4.39	1995
Bulgaria	Železniot Svetilnik	Dimitar Talev	4.73	2010
Cameroon	Akissi: Watch out, flying sheep!	Marguerite Abouet	4.33	2019
Canada	Love You Forever	Robert Munsch	4.35	1986
Chile	Stationery	Marcela Paz	4.11	1947
China	Seven Blind Mice	Ed Young	4.2	1992
Colombia	The commission	Claudia Rueda	5	2020
Costa Rica	Air blade	Joaquín Gutiérrez Mangel	5
Croatia	Love or death	Ivan Kušan	4.21	1988
Cuba	Los Zapaticos De Rosa	José Martí	4.44	1990
Curacao	Horcan and Mayra	Sonia Garmers	3.5	2008
Cyprus	Seventy years old 10	Άντρη Αντωνίου, Antri Antoniou	5	2018
Czech Republic	This is San Francisco	Miroslav Sasek	4.42	2003
Denmark	Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen	Hans Christian Andersen	4.31
Dominican Republic	Lola (Emotions, values ​​and habits)	Junot Díaz, Leo Espinosa	4.6	2020
Ecuador	Dreams	Edna Iturralde, Roger Ycaza	5	2015
Egypt	Our house	Walid Taher	5	2020
El Salvador	A Movie in My Pillow	Jorge Argueta	4.35	2007
Eritrea	Hoping for a Home After El Salvador	Linda Barghoorn	5	2019
Estonia	The touch of a woman's hand	Leelo Tungal	4.66	2018
Ethiopia	The Ethiop's Scrolls I: The Othering, Xolisa and Asinara	Michael Daniel Ambatchew	2.5	2013
Finland	Who Will Comfort Toffle?	Tove Jansson	4.45	1960
France	Press Here	Hervé Tullet	4.39	2010
Gabon	Taiwan: Lisa Lin's Painting "Making Mooncakes"	Jacquiline Touba, Barbara Glasser	3	1997
Germany	The night before Christmas	Clement C. Moore, Erich Kästner, Walter Sauer	4.37	1823
Ghana	Meliga's Day (Opon Ifa Series, 2)	Meshack Asare	5	2000
Greece	The 88 dolmadas	Eugene Trivizas, Ευγένιος Τριβιζάς	4.52	1997
Grenada	Ay Ya Yai Ivan: A musical play about Hurricane Ivan	Richardo Keens-Douglas	5	2014
Guatemala	The Two of Them	Aliki	4.28	1987
Guyana	Boyhood Days - Book 2	Dennis E. Adonis	5	2012
Haiti	The Last Mapou	Edwidge Danticat	4.67	2013
Honduras	A Movie in My Pillow/Una pelicula en mi almohada	Jorge Argueta	4.35	2007
Hungary	Answer nicely if they ask!	Éva Janikovszky	4.68	1968
Iceland	Misaligned intersections	Þórdís Gísladóttir	4.39	2019
India	The whole children's literature	Sukumar Ray	4.74	1977
Indonesia	Aliran - Jenis Cerita Pendek	Korrie Layun Rampan	4
Iran	One thousand peaches	Samad Behrangi	4.21	1969
Ireland	Kingdom of the Wicked	Derek Landy	4.5	2012
Israel	Ooh-la-la: Max in Love	Maira Kalman	4.43	2002
Italy	Stories on the phone	Gianni Rodari	4.28	1984
Ivory Coast	Children who planted trees	Véronique Tadjo	5	2013
Jamaica	Oxford Literacy Web	Julia Donaldson, Pratima Mitchell, Pamela Mordecai	5	2000
Japan	A Mother for Choco	Keiko Kasza	4.37	1992
Jordan	Who hid the Eid lamb?	تغريد النجار, Taghreed Najjar	4.52	2000
Kazakhstan	Orange and Blue: The World of Barzu	Marina Abrams	4.88	2017
Kenya	Nyambugi and the Ogre	Muthoni Likimani	5	2008
Latvia	A boy with a dog: a story about a kept secret. The first notebook. Fear	Inese Zandere	4.71	2017
Lebanon	Kırmızı Çizgi	Samar Mahfouz Barraj	5
Libya	Shadows Over Somerton Court: Novel (Somerton Court Saga 2)	Leila Rasheed	5	2014
Lithuania	Hare Morkus the Great	Kęstutis Kasparavičius	4.45	2008
Malawi	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition	William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer	4.32	2015
Malaysia	Diary of a Basketball Hero	Shamini Flint	4.56	2015
Malta	Myths From Pepprina Valley	Trevor Żahra	4.62
Mexico	Deleted	Lupita Nyong'o	4.65	2019
Montenegro	Tim Lionheart	Čedo Vuković	4.19	1997
Morocco	D'autre voix	Driss Chraïbi	4
Mozambique	O bebedor de horizontes (As Areias do Imperador Livro 3)	Mia Couto	4.67	2018
Netherlands	A Color of His Own	Leo Lionni	4.26	1975
New Zealand	Slinky Malinki	Lynley Dodd	4.36	1991
Nicaragua	Več kakor zloščen kamen	Claribel Alegría	4.71	2006
Nigeria	Akata Warrior	Nnedi Okorafor	4.25	2017
Norway	Astrid the Unstoppable	Maria Parr	4.46	2017
Pakistan	Sahab Jee Sultan Jee	Aslam Farrukhi	5
Palestine	Who hid the Eid lamb?	تغريد النجار, Taghreed Najjar	4.52	2000
Paraguay	Fencing Manual for Elephants	Javier Viveros	4.5	2012
Peru	Chimoc en Machu Picchu	Andrea Paz, Claudia Paz	5	2015
Philippines	Sirena Ba 'Yan?	Candy Gourlay	4.25	2018
Poland	Run, Boy, Run	Uri Orlev	4.05	2003
Portugal	If you ask about me, say I flew	Alice Vieira	3.87	2003
Romania	Snow wings	Constantin Chiriță	4.43	2010
Russia	Alice: The Girl From Earth	Kir Bulychev	4.4	2002
Rwanda	Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl's Brave Fight to Walk	Meredith Davis, Rebeka Uwitonze	4.37	2019
Saint Lucia	Ti Koko and Kush Kush	Patricia G Turnbull	5	2018
Serbia	A song for children	Jovan Jovanović Zmaj	4.67	1974
Singapore	The Diary of Amos Lee: Lights, Camera, Superstar!	Adeline Foo	5	2016
Slovakia	Frog	Ľudmila Podjavorinská	4.8	2019
Slovenia	My friend Piki Jakob	Kajetan Kovič	4.69	1988
South Africa	The Land of Green Ginger	Noel Langley	4.33	2010
South Korea	Cloud Bread	Baek Hee Na, 백희나	4.5	2004
Spain	The resistance	Laura Gallego García	4.13	2006
Sri Lanka	Bright children's path	Sybil Wettasinghe	5	1987
Suriname	Brown Beans With Salty Meat: An Ananse Story	Ismene Krishnadath	5
Sweden	Always this Michel	Astrid Lindgren	4.39	1988
Switzerland	Heidi	Johanna Spyri	4.34	2007
Taiwan	Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions	Henry Lien	4.18	2019
Thailand	The Elven Ambassador	Pieretta Dawn	4.83	2017
Togo	Save a smile!	Gnimdéwa Atakpama, Michel Gay	3	2011
Trinidad and Tobago	Chronicles of Coryn: 7 Days of Fun	Coryn Anaya Clarke	5	2020
Turkey	Bread Money	Muzaffer İzgü	4.41	1979
Uganda	Moses and the School Farm	Barbara Kimenye	4.75	1987
Ukraine	Secret agent Porcha and Cossack Morozenko. Secrets of the Condor Forest	Vsevolod Nestayko	4.75	1981
United Kingdom	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	J.K. Rowling	4.62	2007
United States	Wonder	R.J. Palacio	4.42	2012
Uruguay	Los Cazaventura and the lost path of the Andes (Cazaventura, # 1)	Helen Velando	4.24	2003
Vietnam	A Different Pond	Bao Phi	4.28	2017
Zambia	E Is for E-Waste	Ellen Banda-Aaku	5	2013
Zimbabwe	Fire Storm	Lauren St. John	4.34	2014

Popular Children’s Books In Europe

The map shows the most popular children’s books from various European countries. Each country is represented by a book that is popular there, along with its author, page count, and a Goodreads rating.

Europe has a long and rich history of fairy and folk tales, but Tomo, the second picture book in the Moomin series written by Tove Jansson, is the oldest book on this map. It was first published in 1960 and is the most popular children’s book in Finland.

Here are some notable details from the map:

• United Kingdom: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by J.K. Rowling, 759 pages, 4.62 rating.
• Germany: “Momo” by Michael Ende, 304 pages, 4.33 rating.
• France: “Press Here” by Hervé Tullet, 56 pages, 4.34 rating.
• Italy: “Catoons per telefono” by Gianni Rodari, 191 pages, 4.42 rating.
• Russia: “Alice: The Girl from Earth” by Kir Bulychev, 504 pages, 4.37 rating.
• Sweden: “Pancakes for Findus” by Sven Nordqvist, 22 pages, 4.68 rating.
• Denmark: “Fairy Tales of Christian Andersen” by Hans Christian Andersen, 244 pages, 4.31 rating.
• Norway: “Astrid the Unstoppable” by Maria Parr, 320 pages, 4.46 rating.
• Poland: “Run, Boy, Run” by Uri Orlev, 192 pages, 4.05 rating.
• Finland: “Who Will Comfort Toffle?” by Tove Jansson, 24 pages, 4.45 rating.
• Switzerland: “Heidi” by Johanna Spyri, 156 pages, 4.34 rating.
• Netherlands: “A Color of His Own” by Leo Lionni, 32 pages, 4.06 rating.
• Spain: “La resistencia” by Laura Gallego, 556 pages, 4.13 rating.
• Portugal: “Meia Grama Por Mim Diga Ouve” by Alice Vieira, 144 pages, 3.87 rating.

Popular Children’s Books In North America

Here’s a detailed overview based on the map:

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“Anne of Green Gables” is the oldest book here, going all the way back to 1921. But it’s a more modern book that’s the most well-known. “Wonder”, published in 2012, is USA’s favorite children’s book. R.J. Palacio’s modern classic is about embracing the beauty that’s all around us.

Notable Details from the Map:

• United States: “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio, 315 pages, 4.42 rating.
• Canada: “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch, 32 pages, 4.35 rating.
• Bahamas: “Magia De Una Chica Negra: Un Libro Sobre Amarte a Ti Misma Tal Como Eres” by Zahra Bryan, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Cuba: “Los Zapatitos De Rosa” by José Martí, unknown page count, 4.44 rating.
• Mexico: “Sulwe” by Lupita Nyong’o, 48 pages, 4.65 rating.
• Guatemala: “The Two of Them” by Aliki, 32 pages, 4.28 rating.
• El Salvador: “A Movie in My Pillow/Una película en mi almohada” by Jorge Argueta, 32 pages, 4.35 rating.
• Honduras: “A Movie in My Pillow/Una película en mi almohada” by Jorge Argueta, 32 pages, 4.35 rating.
• Costa Rica: “La hoja de aire” by Joaquín Gutiérrez Mangel, 56 pages, 4.5 rating.
• Jamaica: “Oxford Literacy Web [Set]” by Julia Donaldson, Pratima Mitchell, Pamela Mordecai, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Barbados: “Bajan Baby What Do You See?” by Mrs. Terri-Ann M. Hopkin, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Trinidad and Tobago: “Chronicles of Coryn: 2 Days of Fun” by Caryn Anaya Clarke, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Saint Lucia: “Ti Koko and Kush Kush” by Patricia G Turnbull, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Antigua and Barbuda: “Summertime Fun” by Darlene Beazer-Parker, 28 pages, 5 rating.
• Grenada: “Ay Ya Yai Tanti: A musical play about Hurricane Ivan” by Richardo Keens-Douglas, 116 pages, 5 rating.
• Haiti: “The Last Mapou” by Edwidge Danticat, 34 pages, 4.67 rating.
• Curacao: “Horan y Mayra” by Sonia Garmers, 124 pages, 3.5 rating.
• Dominican Republic: “Lola (Emociones, valores y hábitos)” by Junot Díaz, Leo Espinosa, unknown page count, 4.6 rating.

Popular Children’s Books In South America

Papelucho by Marcela Paz is the most popular children’s book in Chile, and it has been rated more times than any other book on this map. It’s also the oldest book here, published in 1947. The most recent book was only published in 2020: El encargo by Claudia Rueda.

Notable Details from the Map:

• Colombia: “El encargo” by Claudia Rueda, 48 pages, 5 rating.
• Ecuador: “Sueños” by Edna Iturralde, Roger Ycaza, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Peru: “Chimoc en Machu Picchu” by Andrea Paz, Claudia Paz, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Bolivia: “Petey” by Ben Mikaelsen, 256 pages, 4.9 rating.
• Chile: “Papelucho” by Marcela Paz, 111 pages, 4.11 rating.
• Argentina: “Dailan Kifki” by María Elena Walsh, 244 pages, 4.41 rating.
• Uruguay: “Los Cazaventura y el camino perdido de los Andes (Cazaventura, #1)” by Helen Velando, 373 pages, 4.24 rating.
• Paraguay: “Manual de esgrima para elefantes” by Javier Viveros, 87 pages, 4.5 rating.
• Brazil: “Nina Bonita” by Ana Maria Machado, Elena Iribarren, 24 pages, 4.99 rating.
• Guyana: “Boyhood Days – Book 2” by Dennis E. Adonis, 92 pages, 5 rating.
• Suriname: “Bruine Bonen Met Zoutvlees: Een Anansi-verhaal” by Ismene Krishnadath, 16 pages, 5 rating.

Popular Children’s Books In Asia & Oceania

Then, written by Morris Gleitzman, tells the story of Jewish orphan Felix and his best friend Zelda, who have been captured during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War.

It’s the most popular children’s book from Australia and sits alongside some wonderful stories in this region.

Notable Details from the Map:

• Pakistan: “Sahab Jee Sultan Jee” by Aslam Farrukhi, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Bhutan: “Membar Tsho – The Flaming Lake” by Kunzang Choden, 48 pages, 4.83 rating.
• South Korea: “구름빵” by Baek Hee Na (백희나), 37 pages, 4.5 rating.
• China: “Seven Blind Mice” by Ed Young, 40 pages, 4.2 rating.
• Japan: “A Mother for Choco” by Keiko Kasza, 32 pages, 4.37 rating.
• Taiwan: “Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions” by Henry Lien, 368 pages, 4.18 rating.
• Philippines: “Sirena Ba Yan” by Candy Gourlay, 26 pages, 4.25 rating.
• Vietnam: “A Different Pond” by Bao Phi, 32 pages, 4.28 rating.
• Thailand: “The Elven Ambassador” by Piraetta Dawn, 447 pages, 4.68 rating.
• Malaysia: “Diary of a Basketball Hero” by Shamini Flint, 108 pages, 4.56 rating.
• New Zealand: “Slinky Malinki” by Lynley Dodd, 32 pages, 4.36 rating.
• Myanmar: “The Ghost City” by Wa Lone, 221 pages, 5 rating.
• Singapore: “The Diary of Amos Lee: Lights, Camera, Superstar!” by Adeline Foo, 156 pages, 5 rating.
• Sri Lanka: “දිය” by Sybil Wettasinghe, 275 pages, 5 rating.
• India: “সবুজ শিশিরভেজা” by Sukumar Ray, 168 pages, 4.74 rating.
• Bangladesh: “ভৌতিক অলৌকিক” by Manoranjan Bhattacharya, 300 pages, 4.75 rating.
• Australia: “Then” by Morris Gleitzman, 164 pages, 4.4 rating.

Popular Children’s Books In Africa

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor is Nigeria’s most popular kids book, and with almost nine thousand ratings is the most well-known book on this map. With 496 pages, it’s the longest book here. If you’re looking for a quicker read, E is for E-Waste (Zambia) is short and sweet at only nine pages.

Notable Details from the Map:

• Ghana: “Meliga’s Day (Opon Ifa Series, 2)” by Meshack Asare, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Togo: “Sauve-souris !” by Ginmidèwa Atakpama, Michel Gay, 24 pages, 5 rating.
• Nigeria: “Akata Warrior” by Nnedi Okorafor, 496 pages, 4.25 rating.
• Egypt: “Notre maison” by Walid Taher, 40 pages, 5 rating.
• Rwanda: “Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk” by Meredith Davis, Rebeka Uwitonze, 208 pages, 4.37 rating.
• Eritrea: “Hoping for a Home After El Salvador” by Linda Barghoorn, 32 pages, 5 rating.
• Ethiopia: “The Ethiop’s Scrolls I: The Othering, Xolisa and Asina” by Michael Daniel Ambatchew, unknown page count, 2.5 rating.
• Kenya: “Nyambugi and the Ogre” by Muthoni Likimani, 27 pages, 5 rating.
• Uganda: “Moses and the School Farm” by Barbara Kimenye, 110 pages, 4.75 rating.
• Malawi: “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition” by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, 304 pages, 4.32 rating.
• Zimbabwe: “Fire Storm” by Lauren St. John, 224 pages, 4.34 rating.
• Zambia: “E is for E-Waste”, a short story by Ellen Banda-Aaku, 9 pages, 5 rating.
• South Africa: “The Land of Green Ginger” by Noel Langley, 149 pages, 4.3 rating.
• Namibia: “When You Dance with the Crocodile” by Erna Muller, 114 pages, 4.33 rating.
• Gabon: “Taiwan: Lisa Lin’s Painting ‘Making Mooncakes'” by Jaqueline Touba, Barbara Glasser, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Benin: “The Beautiful Debo” by Béatrice Lalinon Gbado, 15 pages, 3.75 rating.
• Ivory Coast: “Les enfants qui plantaient des arbres” by Véronique Tadjo, 28 pages, 5 rating.

Popular Children’s Books The Middle East

Samad Behrangi portrayed the lives of poor children and used allegorical themes to criticize the Shah’s regime. His book One Thousand Peaches (یک هلو هزار هلو) tells the story of two friends who find a peach and decide to plant its seed.

Notable Details from the Map:

• Turkey: “Ekmek Parası” by Muzaffer İzgü, 132 pages, 4.41 rating.
• Lebanon: “Kırmızı Çizgi” by Samar Mahfouz Barraj, unknown page count, 5 rating.
• Kazakhstan: “Orange and Blue: The World of Barzu” by Marina Abrams, 96 pages, 4.68 rating.
• Israel: “Ooh-la-la: Max in Love” by Maira Kalman, 40 pages, 4.49 rating.
• Palestine: “خروف العيد” by Taghreed Najjar, 26 pages, 4.52 rating.
• Jordan: “خروف العيد” by Taghreed Najjar, 26 pages, 4.52 rating.
• Afghanistan: “The Wisdom of Ahmad Shah: An Afghan Legend” by Palwasha Bazger Salam, 40 pages, 4.25 rating.
• Iran: “یک هلو هزار هلو” by Samad Behrangi, 32 pages, 4.21 rating.

And if you’re curious about their methodology:

We compiled a list of children’s writers from every country using Wikipedia and pulled data on every single one of their books from Goodreads, including rating, number of ratings and number of reviews.  For each country, we defined the most popular as the highest-rated among the 20 books with the most user ratings.