Best Books for Ages 6-8 in 2017

Recommended early chapter books and illustrated fiction, ranked by real Amazon UK sales during 2017.

“The Day The Crayons Quit” by Drew Daywalt was the best-selling book for ages 6-8 in 2017, ahead of “Women in Science” and “Charlotte's Web”. 95 of the 100 books below hold an average rating of 4.5 stars or better, led by “The Day The Crayons Quit” on 4.8 stars from 24,398 reviews.

Ranked by how well each book actually sold on Amazon UK across 2017 — not by our opinion, and not by how they sell today.

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The Day The Crayons Quit: A Funny Picture Book About Express...

by Daywalt, Drew

4.8 · 24398 reviews

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

by Ignotofsky, Rachel

4.8 · 6389 reviews

Charlotte's Web: The beloved modern classic from the bestsel...

by White, E. B.

4.7 · 32397 reviews

How To Train Your Dragon

by Cowell, Cressida

4.6 · 7094 reviews

Ada Twist, Scientist (The Questioneers): 1

by Beaty, Andrea

4.8 · 5155 reviews

Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape: Book 1 - Funn...

by O’Leary, Dermot

4.7 · 1546 reviews

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Journey to Narnia in t...

4.8 · 1461 reviews

The Book With No Pictures: A Hilarious Read Out Loud Book fo...

by Novak, B. J.

4.7 · 19997 reviews

The 13-Storey Treehouse: The laugh-out-loud adventure, full ...

by Griffiths, Andy

4.6 · 4557 reviews

I Want My Hat Back: "The funniest book ever written" - Guard...

by Klassen, Jon

4.8 · 5380 reviews

Michael Rosen's Sad Book: An award-winning picture book to h...

by Rosen, Michael

4.8 · 1044 reviews

The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Rediscover the classic children's ...

by Potter, Beatrix

4.7 · 14763 reviews

Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Stories

4.6 · 3026 reviews

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book 1)

by Kinney, Jeff

4.6 · 24093 reviews

The Borrowers (A Puffin Book)

by Norton, Mary

4.7 · 2623 reviews

Marge in Charge

4.6 · 695 reviews

A Place Called Perfect: 1

by Helena Duggan, Usborne

4.6 · 1338 reviews

Journey: An award-winning modern classic picture book. The f...

by Becker, Aaron

4.8 · 2145 reviews

Badger's Parting Gifts: 40th Anniversary Edition of a pictur...

4.8 · 1457 reviews

Man on the Moon: a day in the life of Bob (Bartram, Simon Se...

by Bartram, Simon

4.7 · 745 reviews

Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball: The best-selling, spooky ...

4.8 · 730 reviews

The Polar Bear Explorers' Club: Alex Bell: 1 (The Explorers'...

4.6 · 539 reviews

How To Train Your Parents

by Johnson, Pete

4.6 · 2358 reviews

Varjak Paw: An award-winning modern children's classic: 1

by Said, SF

4.7 · 2540 reviews

Beegu

by Deacon, Alexis

4.7 · 836 reviews

Traction Man Is Here: 1

by Grey, Mini

4.7 · 743 reviews

The Giving Tree

by Silverstein, Shel

4.6 · 34135 reviews

The Diary of a Killer Cat: 1 (The Killer Cat, 1)

by Fine, Anne

4.5 · 1073 reviews

The Accidental Prime Minister

by McLaughlin, Tom

4.5 · 1257 reviews

Voices in the Park

by Browne, Anthony

4.6 · 650 reviews

Please Mrs Butler: The timeless school poetry collection

by Ahlberg, Allan

4.7 · 727 reviews

Ottoline and the Yellow Cat: A Beautifully Illustrated Myste...

by Riddell, Chris

4.7 · 641 reviews

The Tin Forest

by Ward, Helen

4.7 · 779 reviews

Mixed Up Fairy Tales: Split-Page Book

by Robinson, Hilary, Sharratt, Nick

4.6 · 441 reviews

Gorilla: A multi award-winning classic that's sold over one ...

by Browne, Anthony

4.7 · 382 reviews

The Sheep-pig: 40th Anniversary Edition

by King-Smith, Dick

4.7 · 742 reviews

The Hodgeheg: 35th Anniversary Edition

by King-Smith, Dick

4.7 · 1108 reviews

Leon and the Place Between

by Mcallister/Grahame Baker-Smith, Angela

4.7 · 590 reviews

100 Best Poems for Children

4.6 · 464 reviews

Meerkat Mail

4.7 · 785 reviews

Silly Billy

by Browne, Anthony, Browne, Anthony

4.8 · 458 reviews

Dog Man: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1)

by Pilkey, Dav

4.7 · 29305 reviews

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane: A 6-million-copy-se...

by DiCamillo, Kate

4.8 · 10488 reviews

We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rig...

4.7 · 328 reviews

Tuesday: A Caldecott Award Winner

by Wiesner, David

4.6 · 1728 reviews

Atlas of Adventures: A collection of natural wonders, exciti...

by Letherland, Lucy

4.7 · 451 reviews

The Journey: 0

by Sanna, F

4.8 · 346 reviews

Oliver and the Seawigs (Reeve and McIntyre Adventures)

by Reeve, Philip

4.6 · 723 reviews

The Princess in Black: 1

by Hale, Shannon, Hale, Dean, Pham, LeUyen

4.3 · 705 reviews

Flotsam: A Caldecott Award Winner

by Wiesner, David

4.7 · 1380 reviews

Finn Family Moomintroll: Tove Jansson (Moomins Collectors' E...

4.8 · 1305 reviews

The Queen's Nose

by King-Smith, Dick

4.6 · 608 reviews

Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish

by Foreman, Michael

4.7 · 286 reviews

Fungus the Bogeyman

by Briggs, Raymond

4.7 · 374 reviews

The Dark

by Snicket, Lemony

4.6 · 1145 reviews

A Bear Called Paddington

by Bond, Michael

4.7 · 2845 reviews

Izzy Gizmo

by Jones, Pip

4.8 · 442 reviews

Atlas of Animal Adventures

by Williams, Rachel, Hawkins, Emily, Letherland, Lucy

4.8 · 348 reviews

The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth

by Hooper, Meredith

4.7 · 304 reviews

The Matilda Effect

4.8 · 152 reviews

Amazing Grace

by Hoffman, Mary

4.8 · 1159 reviews

Michael Rosen's A-Z: The best children's poetry from Agard t...

by Rosen, Michael

4.5 · 331 reviews

Until I Met Dudley: How everyday things really work

by McGough, Roger, Riddell, Chris

4.7 · 186 reviews

Emil And The Detectives

by Kastner, Erich

4.5 · 728 reviews

The Most Magnificent Thing: 1

by Ashley Spires

4.7 · 4285 reviews

Something Else

by Cave, Kathryn, Riddell, Chris

4.7 · 217 reviews

Wigglesbottom Primary: The Toilet Ghost

by Pamela Butchart, Becka Moor

4.8 · 163 reviews

Hilda and the Troll (Hildafolk Comics)

by Luke Pearson

4.8 · 1651 reviews

Claude in the City

by Smith, Alex T.

4.7 · 333 reviews

Window: A stunning wordless picture book that highlights our...

by Baker, Jeannie, Baker, Jeannie

4.7 · 242 reviews

The Street Beneath My Feet (Look Closer)

by Guillain, Charlotte

4.8 · 556 reviews

Krindlekrax (A Puffin Book)

by Ridley, Philip

4.7 · 538 reviews

That Rabbit Belongs To Emily Brown

by Cowell, Cressida

4.6 · 355 reviews

The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig

by Stamp, Emer

4.6 · 617 reviews

Barry Loser: I am Not a Loser: A Roald Dahl Funny Prize-Winn...

by Smith, Jim

4.3 · 934 reviews

A River

by Martin, Marc, Martin, Marc

4.7 · 438 reviews

Mrs Noah's Pockets

by Jackie Morris, James Mayhew

4.8 · 70 reviews

Heard it in the Playground

4.7 · 293 reviews

My Name is Not Refugee: 1: Winner of the Klaus Flugge Prize

by Milner, Kate, Milner, Kate

4.8 · 253 reviews

Ice Palace (Young Puffin)

4.4 · 364 reviews

The Green Ship: Celebrate Quentin Blake’s 90th Birthday

4.7 · 151 reviews

Cakes in Space (Reeve and McIntyre Adventures)

4.6 · 361 reviews

101 Poems for Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate...

by Duffy DBE, Professor Carol Ann, Gravett, Emily

4.4 · 169 reviews

Varmints

by Ward, Helen

4.7 · 231 reviews

The Lost Words: The bestselling, illustrated nature book – a...

by Morris, Jackie

4.8 · 3454 reviews

Where The Poppies Now Grow:. CARNEGIE & KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL...

by Hilary Robinson, Martin Impey, Martin Impey

4.8 · 513 reviews

Lots: The Diversity of Life on Earth

by Davies, Nicola, Sutton, Emily

4.6 · 215 reviews

Zita the Spacegirl: 1

by Ben Hatke, Ben Hatke

4.7 · 966 reviews

The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart (The Dragon Heart Series)

by Burgis, Stephanie

4.7 · 706 reviews

The Epic Book of Epicness

by Frost, Adam

4.8 · 86 reviews

The Wonder

by Hanson, Faye, Hanson, Faye

4.7 · 122 reviews

The Midnight Fox: 1 (Faber Children's Classics)

by Byars, Betsy

4.5 · 416 reviews

FArTHER

4.7 · 112 reviews

There Is a Tribe of Kids: Lane Smith

by Smith, Lane

4.3 · 27 reviews

One and Only Ivan: A #1 NYT Bestselling Children's Animal Ad...

by Applegate, Katherine

4.6 · 27567 reviews

Under the Ocean (Pop Up Book)

by Boisrobert, Anouck, Rigaud, Louis

4.8 · 314 reviews

Where My Wellies Take Me

by Morpurgo, Michael, Morpurgo, Clare, Lomenech Gill, Olivia

4.6 · 74 reviews

Isadora Moon Goes to School

by Muncaster, Harriet

4.8 · 1044 reviews

Anna Hibiscus

by Atinuke, Lauren Tobia

4.7 · 337 reviews

Squishy McFluff: The Invisible Cat!: 1

by Jones, Pip

4.6 · 132 reviews

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FAQs

What were the best books for ages 6-8 in 2017?
The best-selling book for ages 6-8 in 2017 was "The Day The Crayons Quit: A Funny Picture Book About Expressing Feelings and Emotions, NYT Bestseller", measured on real Amazon UK sales rank across 2017. See the full top 100 below.

How is this list ranked?
By real Amazon UK sales rank averaged across 2017 specifically, so it reflects what actually sold to this age group during that year rather than what sells today.