‘The Big Bad Wolf’ tops Australian children’s fiction bestsellers chart

Aaron Blabey is having an exceptional month, with The Big Bad Wolf: The Bad Guys Episode Nine leading the Australian children’s fiction bestsellers chart in June and ‘The Bad Guys’ series topping a recent NYT children’s series chart. A film adaptation of the series is also in the works. Meanwhile, the prolific Anh Do has three titles from three different children’s book series in the top 10: Movie Time! Hotdog! Book Six, Hopping Weird! WeirDo Book 12 and Ninja Switch! Ninja Kid Book Three.

Australian children’s fiction bestsellers: June

1. The Big Bad Wolf: The Bad Guys Episode Nine (Aaron Blabey, Omnibus)
2. Movie Time! Hotdog! Book Six (Anh Do, Omnibus)
3. Hopping Weird! WeirDo Book 12 (Anh Do, Omnibus)
4. Funny Kid Slapstick: Funny Kid Book Five (Matt Stanton, ABC Books)
5. The 13-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths, illus by Terry Denton, Pan)
6. Gym Squad Tumble: Ella Diaries Book 16 (Meredith Costain, Scholastic)
7. The Search for the Silver Witch: Polly and Buster Book Three (Sally Rippin, Hardie Grant Egmont)
8. Ninja Switch! Ninja Kid Book Three (Anh Do, Scholastic)
9. The Happy Unicorn: Pearl Book Four (Sally Odgers, Scholastic)
10. The 104-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths, illus by Terry Denton, Pan)

© Nielsen BookScan 2019
Period covered: 2–29 June 2019
Data supplied by Nielsen BookScan’s book sales monitoring system from 1000 retailers nationwide

Category: Think Junior bestsellers