Best Books for Ages 6-8 in 2018

Recommended early chapter books and illustrated fiction, ranked by real Amazon UK sales during 2018.

“The Lost Words” by Jackie Morris was the best-selling book for ages 6-8 in 2018, ahead of “The Day The Crayons Quit” and “The Explorer”. 98 of the 100 books below hold an average rating of 4.5 stars or better, led by “The Lost Words” on 4.8 stars from 3,454 reviews.

Ranked by how well each book actually sold on Amazon UK across 2018 — not by our opinion, and not by how they sell today.

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

by Morris, Jackie

4.8 · 3454 reviews

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

by Daywalt, Drew

4.8 · 24398 reviews

The Explorer: From the author of the internationally bestsel...

by Rundell, Katherine

4.7 · 4569 reviews

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

by Ignotofsky, Rachel

4.8 · 6389 reviews

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

by Pilkey, Dav

4.7 · 29305 reviews

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

by White, E. B.

4.7 · 32397 reviews

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

by Novak, B. J.

4.7 · 19997 reviews

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

4.8 · 1461 reviews

How To Train Your Dragon

by Cowell, Cressida

4.6 · 7094 reviews

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

by Griffiths, Andy

4.6 · 4557 reviews

You're Called What?

by Gray, Kes

4.8 · 1310 reviews

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

by Klassen, Jon

4.8 · 5380 reviews

Secrets of a Sun King: ‘THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION’ Gua...

by Carroll, Emma

4.6 · 1157 reviews

Ada Twist, Scientist (The Questioneers): 1

by Beaty, Andrea

4.8 · 5155 reviews

I Swapped My Brother On The Internet

by Simmons, Jo, Reed, Nathan

4.6 · 1364 reviews

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

by Becker, Aaron

4.8 · 2145 reviews

Marge in Charge

4.6 · 695 reviews

The Boy Who Grew Dragons (The Boy Who Grew Dragons 1): The b...

by Shepherd, Andy

4.7 · 5618 reviews

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

by Said, SF

4.7 · 2540 reviews

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

by Potter, Beatrix

4.7 · 14763 reviews

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

by Rosen, Michael

4.8 · 1044 reviews

How To Train Your Parents

by Johnson, Pete

4.6 · 2358 reviews

The Borrowers (A Puffin Book)

by Norton, Mary

4.7 · 2623 reviews

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

4.8 · 1457 reviews

A Place Called Perfect: 1

by Helena Duggan, Usborne

4.6 · 1338 reviews

Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Stories

4.6 · 3026 reviews

Traction Man Is Here: 1

by Grey, Mini

4.7 · 743 reviews

The Hodgeheg: 35th Anniversary Edition

by King-Smith, Dick

4.7 · 1108 reviews

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book 1)

by Kinney, Jeff

4.6 · 24093 reviews

Beegu

by Deacon, Alexis

4.7 · 836 reviews

The Truth Pixie

by Haig, Matt, Mould, Chris

4.7 · 1310 reviews

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

by Bartram, Simon

4.7 · 745 reviews

We're All Wonders: tekst en illustraties R.J. Palacio

by Palacio, R J

4.7 · 1780 reviews

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

by DiCamillo, Kate

4.8 · 10488 reviews

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

4.8 · 730 reviews

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

by Fine, Anne

4.5 · 1073 reviews

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

by O’Leary, Dermot

4.7 · 1546 reviews

Wed Wabbit

by Evans, Lissa

4.5 · 297 reviews

Voices in the Park

by Browne, Anthony

4.6 · 650 reviews

The Sheep-pig: 40th Anniversary Edition

by King-Smith, Dick

4.7 · 742 reviews

The Giving Tree

by Silverstein, Shel

4.6 · 34135 reviews

The Tin Forest

by Ward, Helen

4.7 · 779 reviews

The Nothing to See Here Hotel: Volume 1

by Butler, Steven

4.6 · 792 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

The Legend of Podkin One-Ear: 'A spellbinding story full of ...

by Larwood, Kieran

4.7 · 1308 reviews

Flotsam: A Caldecott Award Winner

by Wiesner, David

4.7 · 1380 reviews

The Big Book of the Blue

by Zommer, Yuval

4.8 · 2336 reviews

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

by Riddell, Chris

4.7 · 641 reviews

Ruby’s Worry: A Big Bright Feelings Book

by Percival, Tom

4.8 · 3619 reviews

The Most Magnificent Thing: 1

by Ashley Spires

4.7 · 4285 reviews

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

4.6 · 539 reviews

The Street Beneath My Feet (Look Closer)

by Guillain, Charlotte

4.8 · 556 reviews

Welcome to Our World: A Celebration of Children Everywhere!

by Moira Butterfield, Harriet Lynas, Harriet Lynas

4.8 · 744 reviews

The Accidental Prime Minister

by McLaughlin, Tom

4.5 · 1257 reviews

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

by Browne, Anthony

4.7 · 382 reviews

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

by Hilary Robinson, Martin Impey, Martin Impey

4.8 · 513 reviews

The Wild Robot: Now a major DreamWorks animation!

by Brown, Peter

4.7 · 17223 reviews

Chocolate Cake

by Rosen, Michael

4.7 · 482 reviews

Meerkat Mail

4.7 · 785 reviews

Riddle of the Runes

by Ramirez, Janina, Wyatt, David

4.6 · 191 reviews

Izzy Gizmo

by Jones, Pip

4.8 · 442 reviews

Please Mrs Butler: The timeless school poetry collection

by Ahlberg, Allan

4.7 · 727 reviews

A Bear Called Paddington

by Bond, Michael

4.7 · 2845 reviews

Silly Billy

by Browne, Anthony, Browne, Anthony

4.8 · 458 reviews

Tuesday: A Caldecott Award Winner

by Wiesner, David

4.6 · 1728 reviews

Arthur and the Golden Rope (Brownstone's Mythical Collection...

by Joe Todd Stanton

4.8 · 809 reviews

Tell Me a Dragon

4.8 · 698 reviews

Oliver and the Seawigs (Reeve and McIntyre Adventures)

by Reeve, Philip

4.6 · 723 reviews

The Queen's Nose

by King-Smith, Dick

4.6 · 608 reviews

The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth

by Hooper, Meredith

4.7 · 304 reviews

Flat Stanley: the original and classic family adventure, ill...

by Brown, Jeff, Biddulph, Rob

4.7 · 530 reviews

The Dark

by Snicket, Lemony

4.6 · 1145 reviews

Real-life Mysteries: Can you explain the unexplained? (Real ...

by Susan Martineau, Vicky Barker

4.6 · 211 reviews

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

4.7 · 328 reviews

The Journey: 0

by Sanna, F

4.8 · 346 reviews

Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish

by Foreman, Michael

4.7 · 286 reviews

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

by Letherland, Lucy

4.7 · 451 reviews

Isadora Moon Goes to School

by Muncaster, Harriet

4.8 · 1044 reviews

Fungus the Bogeyman

by Briggs, Raymond

4.7 · 374 reviews

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

4.8 · 1305 reviews

Krindlekrax (A Puffin Book)

by Ridley, Philip

4.7 · 538 reviews

Mixed Up Fairy Tales: Split-Page Book

by Robinson, Hilary, Sharratt, Nick

4.6 · 441 reviews

Amazing Grace

by Hoffman, Mary

4.8 · 1159 reviews

Lots: An award-winning, beautiful illustrated book, the perf...

by Davies, Nicola, Sutton, Emily

4.6 · 215 reviews

Claude in the City

by Smith, Alex T.

4.7 · 333 reviews

Emil And The Detectives

by Kastner, Erich

4.5 · 728 reviews

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

by Milner, Kate, Milner, Kate

4.8 · 253 reviews

Something Else

by Cave, Kathryn, Riddell, Chris

4.7 · 217 reviews

The Paper Bag Princess (Classic Munsch)

by Robert Munsch

4.7 · 5895 reviews

Tadpole's Promise

by Willis, Jeanne

4.7 · 506 reviews

The Book of Comparisons: Sizing up the world around you

by Gifford, Clive, Boston, Paul

4.8 · 74 reviews

The Princess in Black: 1

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

4.3 · 705 reviews

Wigglesbottom Primary: The Toilet Ghost

by Pamela Butchart, Becka Moor

4.8 · 163 reviews

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

by Baker, Jeannie, Baker, Jeannie

4.7 · 242 reviews

That Rabbit Belongs To Emily Brown

by Cowell, Cressida

4.6 · 355 reviews

The Matilda Effect

4.8 · 152 reviews

Hilda and the Troll (Hildafolk Comics)

by Luke Pearson

4.8 · 1651 reviews

Ice Palace (Young Puffin)

4.4 · 364 reviews

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

by Applegate, Katherine

4.6 · 27567 reviews

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FAQs

What were the best books for ages 6-8 in 2018?
The best-selling book for ages 6-8 in 2018 was "The Lost Words: The bestselling, illustrated nature book – an enchanting read for all ages", measured on real Amazon UK sales rank across 2018. See the full top 100 below.

How is this list ranked?
By real Amazon UK sales rank averaged across 2018 specifically, so it reflects what actually sold to this age group during that year rather than what sells today.