July 20, 2008
New York Times Children's Books Best-seller List
| PICTURE BOOKS | |||
| This Week |
Weeks On List |
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| 1 | GALLOP!,
written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder (Workman, $12.95.) Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8) |
34 | |
| 2 | ALPHABET,
by Matthew Van Fleet (Wiseman/Simon & Schuster, $19.99.) An interactive safari ABC. (Ages 2 to 6) |
13 | |
| 3 | THE
DANGEROUS ALPHABET, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Gris
Grimly (HarperCollins, $17.99.) A phantasmagoric ABC treasure hunt. (Ages 9 to 12) |
2 | |
| 4 | SMASH!
CRASH!, by Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by David Shannon,
Loren Long and David Gordon (Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) A truck named Jack and a dump truck named Dan love to smash into things. (Ages 3 to 7) |
24 | |
| 5 | ZEN
TIES, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic, $17.99.) Stillwater the Buddhist panda encourages friends to help a neighbor. (Ages 4 to 8) |
25 | |
| 6 | READ
ALL ABOUT IT!, by Laura Bush and Jenna Bush. Illustrated
by Denise Brunkus (HarperCollins, $17.99.) A boy is surprised to discover that he loves storybooks. (Ages 4 to 8) |
11 | |
| 7 | DON’T
BUMP THE GLUMP!, written and illustrated by Shel
Silverstein (HarperCollins, $17.99.) His first collection of nonsense verse, originally published in 1964. (Ages 5 and up) |
13 | |
| 8 | A
VISITOR FOR BEAR, by Bonny Becker. Illustrated by Kady
MacDonald Denton (Candlewick, $16.99.) A mouse pops in on an antisocial bear. (Ages 4 to 8) |
4 | |
| 9 | DIRT
ON MY SHIRT, by Jeff Foxworthy. Illustrated by Steve
Bjorkman (HarperCollins, $16.99.) Poems of childhood by the comedian and TV host. (Ages 4 to 7) |
17 | |
| 10 | LADYBUG
GIRL, by Jacky Davis and David Soman. Illustrated by
David Soman (Dial, $16.99.) Imagination and the right outfit help a little girl feel bigger. (Ages 4 and up) |
16 | |
| CHAPTER BOOKS | |||
| This Week |
Weeks On List |
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| 1 | DIARY
OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney (Amulet/Abrams, $12.95.) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12) |
64 | |
| 2 | DIARY
OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES, by Jeff Kinney (Amulet/Abrams, $12.95.) How Greg embarrassed himself on his vacation; a sequel to “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” (Ages 9 to 12) |
25 | |
| 3 | WARRIORS: CATS
OF THE CLANS, by Erin Hunter. Illustrated by Wayne
McLoughlin (HarperCollins, $15.99.) A guide to the characters in the Warriors series. (Ages 10 and up) |
2 | |
| 4 | SEEKERS: THE
QUEST BEGINS, by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99.) The adventures of three bear cubs. (Ages 12 and up) |
6 | |
| 5 | THE
MAGICIAN, by Michael Scott (Delacorte, $16.99.) Twins must stop an evil sorcerer; a sequel to “The Alchemyst.” (Ages 12 and up) |
2 | |
| 6 | LOCK
AND KEY, by Sarah Dessen (Viking, $18.99.) A freespirited high school girl is sent to live with her wealthy older sister. (Ages 12 and up) |
11 | |
| 7 | THE
INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, written and illustrated by
Brian Selznick (Scholastic, $22.99.) An orphan deciphers his father’s last message. (Ages 9 to 12) |
66 | |
| 8 | THE
NIXIE’S SONG, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black (Simon & Schuster, $10.99.) Fire-breathing giants are on the rampage in Florida. (Ages 9 to 12) |
27 | |
| 9 | THE
ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman
Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney (Little, Brown, $16.99.) A boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up) |
33 | |
| 10 | THE
MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY AND THE PERILOUS JOURNEY, by
Trenton Lee Stewart. Illustrated by Diana Sudyka (Little, Brown, $16.99.) The society has one week to save Mr. Benedict. (Ages 9 to 12) |
4 | |
| PAPERBACK BOOKS | |||
| This Week |
Weeks On List |
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| 1 | KRISTEN,
by Lisi Harrison (Poppy/Little, Brown, $6.99.) In summer school, a scholarship student baby-sits for a popular boy’s younger sister; a Clique novel. (Ages 12 and up) |
1 | |
| 2 | CAMP
ROCK, by Lucy Ruggles (Disney, $4.99.) A girl spends her summer learning pop music; a tie-in to the TV movie. (Ages 9 to 12) |
6 | |
| 3 | ALICIA,
by Lisi Harrison (Poppy/Little, Brown, $6.99.) In Spain for the summer, a girl auditions for a role in a rock video; a Clique novel. (Ages 12 and up) |
5 | |
| 4 | THE
BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl saves books from Nazi burning and shares them with a Jewish man in hiding. (Ages 14 and up) |
43 | |
| 5 | DYLAN,
by Lisi Harrison (Poppy/Little, Brown, $6.99.) The daughter of a TV journalist falls in love at a Hawaiian tennis tournament; a Clique novel. (Ages 12 and up) |
9 | |
| 6 | NIGHT
WORLD, by L. J. Smith (Simon Pulse, $8.99.) Three previously published fantasy novels, packaged together: “Secret Vampire,” “Daughters of Darkness” and “Spellbinder.” (Ages 14 and up) |
1 | |
| 7 | WALL-E,
by Irene Trimble (Random House/Disney, $4.99.) A robot’s adventure; a movie tie-in. (Ages 9 to 12) |
5 | |
| 8 | CHOSEN,
by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast (St. Martin’s, $8.95.) A young vampire learns who her real school friends are. (Ages 12 and up) |
10 | |
| 9 | MASSIE,
by Lisi Harrison (Poppy/Little, Brown, $6.99.) A Westchester girl takes a summer job selling cosmetics; a Clique novel. (Ages 12 and up) |
14 | |
| 10 | TEMPTED,
by Cecily von Ziegesar (Poppy/Little, Brown, $9.99.) Who at Waverly stopped Jenny from being expelled? An It Girl novel. (Ages 15 and up) |
5 | |
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 5, at almost 4,000 bookstores plus wholesalers serving 50,000 other retailers (gift shops, department stores, newsstands, supermarkets), statistically weighted to represent all such outlets nationwide. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (+) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
List and descriptions from the New York Times web site at
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/index.html