| How picturebooks work M Nikolajeva, C Scott Routledge, 2013 | 2164 | 2013 |
| Barnbokens byggklossar M Nikolajeva Studentlitteratur, Lund, 2004 | 702 | 2004 |
| Children's literature comes of age: toward a new aesthetic M Nikolajeva Garland, 1996 | 689* | 1996 |
| Power, voice and subjectivity in literature for young readers M Nikolajeva Routledge, 2009 | 548 | 2009 |
| The dynamics of picturebook communication M Nikolajeva, C Scott Children's literature in Education 31, 225-239, 2000 | 518 | 2000 |
| Reading for learning M Nikolajeva John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014 | 506 | 2014 |
| Bilderbokens pusselbitar M Nikolajeva idskrift, 59, 2000 | 490 | 2000 |
| Aesthetic approaches to children's literature: An introduction M Nikolajeva Scarecrow Press, 2005 | 438 | 2005 |
| The rhetoric of character in children's literature M Nikolajeva Scarecrow Press, 2002 | 401 | 2002 |
| Livro ilustrado: palavras e imagens M Nikolajeva, C Scott Cosac Naify, 2011 | 363 | 2011 |
| From mythic to linear: Time in children's literature M Nikolajeva Scarecrow Press, 1991 | 281 | 1991 |
| The magic code: The use of magical patterns in fantasy for children. M Nikolajeva | 271 | 1989 |
| Picturebooks and emotional literacy. M Nikolajeva Reading Teacher 67 (4), 2013 | 252 | 2013 |
| Fairy tale and fantasy: From archaic to postmodern M Nikolajeva Marvels & Tales 17 (1), 138-156, 2003 | 238 | 2003 |
| Reading other people’s minds through word and image M Nikolajeva Children's literature in education 43, 273-291, 2012 | 155 | 2012 |
| Exit Children's literature? M Nikolajeva The lion and the unicorn 22 (2), 221-236, 1998 | 131 | 1998 |
| Verbal and visual literacy: The role of picturebooks in the reading experience of young children M Nikolajeva Handbook of early childhood literacy, 235-248, 2003 | 121 | 2003 |
| Play and playfulness in postmodern picturebooks M Nikolajeva Postmodern Picturebooks, 67-86, 2010 | 116 | 2010 |
| Aspects and Issues in the History of Children's Literature M Nikolajeva Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 1995 | 111 | 1995 |
| Re-conceptualising picturebook theory in the digital age G Al-Yaqout, M Nikolajva Barnelitterært forskningstidsskrift 6 (1), 26971, 2015 | 110 | 2015 |
