Everyone loves picture books, and everyone loves dinosaurs, and everyone, it seems, loves dinosaur picture books, as Three little dinosaurs was Cockburn Libraries’ most borrowed picture book of 2014. After finsishing on top last year, The very cranky bear slipped to third, though another Nick Bland book, The wrong book , jumped up to second, so Nick can be pretty happy with spots 2 and 3, as well as four other books in the Top 100. Julia Donaldson’s The gruffalo celebrated its 15th anniversary with ninth spot on the list.
Here’s the 100 most borrowed picture books of 2014:
- Three little dinosaurs / Charles Fuge
- The wrong book / Nick Bland
- The very cranky bear / Nick Bland
- The dinosaur that pooped Christmas / Tom Fletcher
- Slinky Malinki early bird / Lynley Dodd
- The Octonauts explore the great big ocean
- The terrible suitcase / Emma Allen
- Splat says thank you! / Rob Scotton
- The gruffalo / Julia Donaldson
- Police Car on patrol / Peter Bently
- Whizz pop, granny stop! / Tracey Corderoy
- Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack / Lynley Dodd
- Giraffes can’t dance : number-rumba counting book / Giles Andreae
- The very itchy bear / Nick Bland
- Ambulance in action / Peter Bently
- Who sank the boat? / Pamela Allen
- Fire engine is flashing / Mandy Archer
- Noni the pony / Alison Lester
- The very messy mermaid / Tracey Corderoy
- Where the wild things are / Maurice Sendak
- Stomp and roar! : a noisy dinosaur book / Neville Astley
- Hairy Maclary’s bone / Lynley Dodd
- Peppa Pig and the muddy puddles / —
- Stuck / Oliver Jeffers
- The Octonauts & the sea of shade / Meomi (Firm)
- Racing car is roaring / Mandy Archer
- Too many elephants in this house / Ursula Dubosarsky
- Colour for curlews / Renée Treml
- I love you, little monster / Giles Andreae
- My dad’s the coolest / Rosie Smith
- This little piggy went dancing / Margaret Wild
- Giraffes can’t dance / Giles Andreae
- Where is the green sheep? / Mem Fox
- Goldilocks and just the one bear / Leigh Hodgkinson
- Little elephants / Graeme Base
- Scaredy-cat, Splat! / Rob Scotton
- The twelve dogs of Christmas / Kevin Whitlark
- Harry and the dinosaurs go to school / Ian Whybrow
- The runaway hug / Nick Bland
- Tom the outback mailman / Kristin Weidenbach
- Baby bedtime / Mem Fox
- Esther’s rainbow / Kim Kane
- Goodnight, mice! / Frances Watts
- I want to win! / Tony Ross
- Merry Christmas, Splat / Rob Scotton
- Spot the robot in space / Alex Koken
- The pirate house / Rebecca Patterson
- My granny / Mandy Archer
- Peppa goes to hospital / —
- Touch and feel playbook / Eric Carle
51-100
- Hairy Maclary, sit / Lynley Dodd
- I love bugs! / Emma Dodd
- Marley and the kittens / John Grogan
- Peppa goes skiing / Sue Nicholson
- Scarface claw / Lynley Dodd
- The magnificent tree / Nick Bland
- Who’s afraid of the big bad book? / Lauren Child
- Zog / Julia Donaldson
- Feathers for Phoebe / Rod Clement
- Good night, little rainbow fish / Marcus Pfister
- Harry the dirty dog / Gene Zion
- The Queen with the wobbly bottom / Phillip Gwynne
- The singing mermaid / Julia Donaldson
- Zoom, rocket, zoom! / Margaret Mayo
- ABC animal jamboree / Giles Andreae
- George’s new dinosaur / Zoe Hedges
- Slinky Malinki’s Christmas crackers / Lynley Dodd
- The Octonauts & the frown fish / Meomi (Firm)
- But where completely are we? / Lauren Child
- Cuddle Bear / Claire Freedman
- Hairy Maclary scattercat / Lynley Dodd
- Harry and the dinosaurs go on holiday / Ian Whybrow
- Little white dogs can’t jump / Bruce Whatley
- Some dads / Nick Bland
- The bad-tempered ladybird / Eric Carle
- The further adventures of the Owl and the Pussy-cat / Julia Donaldson
- The house of 12 bunnies / Caroline Stills
- The pink pirate / Michelle Worthington
- Peppa’s Christmas wish / —
- Dear zoo / Rod Campbell
- Diggory Digger and the dinosaurs / Peter Bently
- Dinosaur zoom! / Penny Dale
- Don’t do that! / Tony Ross
- Lofty and the monster / —
- Martha Bunny loves school! / Clara Vulliamy
- My superhero / Chris Owen
- Russell’s Christmas magic / Rob Scotton
- The last Viking / Norman Jorgensen
- The other ark / Lynley Dodd
- Tractor saves the day / Mandy Archer
- Elmer and Snake / David McKee
- Grug learns to read / Ted Prior
- I will not ever never eat a tomato / Lauren Child
- Maisy goes camping / Lucy Cousins
- Paddles the platypus / Eva-Marie Welsh
- Pirates love underpants / Claire Freedman
- Secret Agent Splat! / Rob Scotton
- Splat the cat / Rob Scotton
- The Somethingosaur / Tony Mitton
- The treacherous travels of Tasman Turtle / story by Simon McLean and Carolina Haggstrom