Children's Books
Published: October 2, 2005
PICTURE BOOKS
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1 A FAMILY OF POEMS, by Caroline Kennedy. Illustrated by Jon J. Muth. (Hyperion, $19.95.) From Lewis Carroll to Langston Hughes, an anthology of children's verse. (Ages 9 to 12) 2 3
2 ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: DINOSAURS, by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. (Candlewick, $26.99.) A pop-up dinosaur compendium. (Ages 5 and up) 1 9
3 TAILS, written and illustrated by Matthew Van Fleet. Edited by Skip Skwarek. (Red Wagon/Harcourt, $12.95.) All about them: furry ones and rough ones, long ones and stumpy ones. (Ages 2 to 5) 10 78
4 DIARY OF A SPIDER, by Doreen Cronin. Illustrated by Harry Bliss. (Cotler/HarperCollins, $15.99.) Oh, what a sticky web we weave; an arachnidan "memoir." (Ages 4 to 8) 3 8
5 HONEY . . . HONEY . . . LION! written and illustrated by Jan Brett. (Putnam, $16.99.) A badger learns the perils of not sharing. (Ages 4 to 8) 6 3
6 IT'S HARD TO BE FIVE, by Jamie Lee Curtis. Illustrated by Laura Cornell. (Cotler/HarperCollins, $16.99.) The difficulties of self-control. (Ages 4 to 8) 20
7 RUNNY BABBIT, by Shel Silverstein. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) A clayful pollection of animal verse by the author of "Where the Sidewalk Ends." (Ages 6 and up) 8 26
8 LEAF MAN, written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert. (Harcourt, $16.) An autumn leaf travels on the wind. (Ages 4 to 8) 2
9 DR. SEUSS POPS UP! by Dr. Seuss. (Random House, $24.95.) Abridged versions of "The Cat in the Hat," "Fox in Socks" and five other Seuss classics, with pop-up illustrations. (Ages 4 to 8) 1
10 10 LITTLE RUBBER DUCKS, written and illustrated by Eric Carle. (HarperCollins, $19.99.) Bathtub toys overboard! Adrift at sea, rubber duckies meet marine animals; a counting book. (Ages 2 to 6) 9 18
CHAPTER BOOKS
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1 ELDEST, by Christopher Paolini. (Knopf, $21.) Eragon in the land of elves; Book 2 in the Inheritance trilogy. (Ages 12 and up) 1 4
2 FLUSH, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $16.95.) After his father is jailed for trying to sink a casino boat that's been dumping raw sewage into the Florida Keys, Noah sets out to catch the boat's owner himself. (Ages 9 to 12) 5 2
3 MERCY WATSON TO THE RESCUE, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. (Candlewick, $12.99.) Mercy the pig (a k a porcine wonder) just wants to be part of the family. (Ages 6 to 8) 2 4
4 FAIRY DUST AND THE QUEST FOR THE EGG, by Gail Carson Levine. Illustrated by David Christiana. (Disney Press, $16.99.) Prilla, the newest fairy in Never Land, tries to discover her talent. (Ages 6 to 9) 4 3
5 INKSPELL, by Cornelia Funke. (Chicken House/Scholastic, $19.99.) When an escaped fictional character returns to the book he came from, the reader Meggie is trapped there too; a sequel to "Inkheart." (Ages 10 and up) 1
6 REBEL ANGELS, by Libba Bray. (Delacorte, $16.95.) A girl must find her nemesis while navigating an otherworldly realm in 1895 London. (Ages 12 and up) 3 4
7 THE FORETELLING, by Alice Hoffman. (Little, Brown, $16.99.) Born to be queen of a society of warrior women, Rain has other ideas. (Ages 12 and up) 1
8 THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. (Candlewick, $17.99.) A mouse, a rat and a simple servant girl embark on a magical journey. (Ages 10 and up) 10 72
9 DRAGON RIDER, by Cornelia Funke. (Chicken House/Scholastic, $12.95.) A boy and a dragon set off on a magical quest. (Ages 10 and up) 8 58
10 AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS, by Gennifer Choldenko. (Putnam, $15.99.) Growing up on Alcatraz as the son of a guard has its challenges. (Ages 9 to 12) 26
PAPERBACK BOOKS
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1 ERAGON, by Christopher Paolini. (Knopf, $9.95.) A boy and a young dragon must navigate a bewildering world of dark powers. (Ages 12 and up) 1 21
2 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, by C. S. Lewis. (HarperCollins, $19.99.) Through the wardrobe with the Pevensie siblings and friends; all seven volumes collected in one book. (Ages 9 and up) 2 16
3 THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, by C. S. Lewis. (HarperCollins/HarperTrophy, $10.95 and $5.99.) The Pevensie siblings discover the land of Narnia on the other side of the wardrobe. (Ages 9 and up) 5 13
4 SPEAK, by Laurie Halse Anderson. (Puffin, $8.99.) After calling the cops about an end-of-summer party, a teenager is shunned at school. (Ages 12 and up) 4 11
5 BACK IN BLACK, by Zoey Dean. (Little, Brown, $9.99.) Anna and her friends skip the senior trip and head to Las Vegas; an A-List novel. (Ages 12 and up) 3 4
6 HOOT, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $8.95.) Trying to solve a mystery, a boy encounters bizarre animals and even stranger people in Florida. (Ages 10 and up) 9 69
7 BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, by Kate DiCamillo. (Candlewick, $5.99.) The new girl in town makes friends with the help of a dog. (Ages 9 to 12) 7 57
8 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, by Roald Dahl. (Puffin, $6.99.) A boy's adventures with Willy Wonka; the unabridged original, with illustrations from the movie. (Ages 8 to 12) 8 14
9 TRAVEL TEAM, by Mike Lupica. (Puffin, $6.99.) A small basketball player with a big heart and a will to win. (Ages 10 and up) 10 2
10 HOLES, by Louis Sachar. (Dell Yearling, $6.50.) A boy who has been unjustly sent to a detention center tries to solve a mystery. (Ages 10 and up) 168
SERIES BOOKS
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1 HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. (Levine/Scholastic, hardcover and softcover.) A boy wizard hones his skills and battles evil at Hogwarts. (Ages 10 and up) 1 51
2 THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS, by Ann Brashares. (Delacorte, hardcover and paperback.) A pair of magical pants changes the lives of four friends forever. (Ages 12 and up) 2 34
3 IF YOU GIVE . . . , by Laura Numeroff. Illustrated by Felicia Bond. (Geringer/HarperCollins, hardcover and paperback.) Fun with cause and effect. (Ages 4 to 8) 5 2
4 OLOGIES, by Dugald A. Steer. Various illustrators. (Candlewick, hardcover only.) Collected wisdom about dragons, wizards and other phantasms. (Ages 9 to 12) 1
5 JUNIE B. JONES, FIRST GRADER, by Barbara Park. Illustrated by Denise Brunkus. (Stepping Stone/Random House, hardcover and softcover.) It's a whole new school year for Junie B. Jones. (Ages 4 to 8) 3 51
6 MAGIC TREE HOUSE, by Mary Pope Osborne. Illustrated by Sal Murdocca. (Stepping Stone/Random House, hardcover and softcover.) Children travel to the past in a spinning tree house. (Ages 6 to 9) 4 51
7 A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins, hardcover only.) The adventures of the Baudelaire siblings. (Ages 10 and up) 6 51
8 ARTEMIS FOWL, by Eion Colfer. (Talk Miramax/Hyperion, hardcover and softcover.) The adventures of a magical criminal mastermind. (Ages 8 and up) 7 51
9 PENDRAGON, by D. J. MacHale. (Aladdin, hardcover and softcover.) A teenage boy travels through time and space. (Ages 10 and up) 9 15
10 HOW DO DINOSAURS . . .? by Jane Yolen. Illustrated by Mark Teague. (Blue Sky/Scholastic, hardcover and paperback.) Terrible lizards, playful antics and lessons for modern living. (Ages 3 to 8) 1
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending September 17, 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. Publishers have provided the age designations for their best-selling children's titles.
Published: October 2, 2005
PICTURE BOOKS
This
Week Last
Week Weeks
On List
1 A FAMILY OF POEMS, by Caroline Kennedy. Illustrated by Jon J. Muth. (Hyperion, $19.95.) From Lewis Carroll to Langston Hughes, an anthology of children's verse. (Ages 9 to 12) 2 3
2 ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: DINOSAURS, by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. (Candlewick, $26.99.) A pop-up dinosaur compendium. (Ages 5 and up) 1 9
3 TAILS, written and illustrated by Matthew Van Fleet. Edited by Skip Skwarek. (Red Wagon/Harcourt, $12.95.) All about them: furry ones and rough ones, long ones and stumpy ones. (Ages 2 to 5) 10 78
4 DIARY OF A SPIDER, by Doreen Cronin. Illustrated by Harry Bliss. (Cotler/HarperCollins, $15.99.) Oh, what a sticky web we weave; an arachnidan "memoir." (Ages 4 to 8) 3 8
5 HONEY . . . HONEY . . . LION! written and illustrated by Jan Brett. (Putnam, $16.99.) A badger learns the perils of not sharing. (Ages 4 to 8) 6 3
6 IT'S HARD TO BE FIVE, by Jamie Lee Curtis. Illustrated by Laura Cornell. (Cotler/HarperCollins, $16.99.) The difficulties of self-control. (Ages 4 to 8) 20
7 RUNNY BABBIT, by Shel Silverstein. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) A clayful pollection of animal verse by the author of "Where the Sidewalk Ends." (Ages 6 and up) 8 26
8 LEAF MAN, written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert. (Harcourt, $16.) An autumn leaf travels on the wind. (Ages 4 to 8) 2
9 DR. SEUSS POPS UP! by Dr. Seuss. (Random House, $24.95.) Abridged versions of "The Cat in the Hat," "Fox in Socks" and five other Seuss classics, with pop-up illustrations. (Ages 4 to 8) 1
10 10 LITTLE RUBBER DUCKS, written and illustrated by Eric Carle. (HarperCollins, $19.99.) Bathtub toys overboard! Adrift at sea, rubber duckies meet marine animals; a counting book. (Ages 2 to 6) 9 18
CHAPTER BOOKS
This
Week Last
Week Weeks
On List
1 ELDEST, by Christopher Paolini. (Knopf, $21.) Eragon in the land of elves; Book 2 in the Inheritance trilogy. (Ages 12 and up) 1 4
2 FLUSH, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $16.95.) After his father is jailed for trying to sink a casino boat that's been dumping raw sewage into the Florida Keys, Noah sets out to catch the boat's owner himself. (Ages 9 to 12) 5 2
3 MERCY WATSON TO THE RESCUE, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. (Candlewick, $12.99.) Mercy the pig (a k a porcine wonder) just wants to be part of the family. (Ages 6 to 8) 2 4
4 FAIRY DUST AND THE QUEST FOR THE EGG, by Gail Carson Levine. Illustrated by David Christiana. (Disney Press, $16.99.) Prilla, the newest fairy in Never Land, tries to discover her talent. (Ages 6 to 9) 4 3
5 INKSPELL, by Cornelia Funke. (Chicken House/Scholastic, $19.99.) When an escaped fictional character returns to the book he came from, the reader Meggie is trapped there too; a sequel to "Inkheart." (Ages 10 and up) 1
6 REBEL ANGELS, by Libba Bray. (Delacorte, $16.95.) A girl must find her nemesis while navigating an otherworldly realm in 1895 London. (Ages 12 and up) 3 4
7 THE FORETELLING, by Alice Hoffman. (Little, Brown, $16.99.) Born to be queen of a society of warrior women, Rain has other ideas. (Ages 12 and up) 1
8 THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. (Candlewick, $17.99.) A mouse, a rat and a simple servant girl embark on a magical journey. (Ages 10 and up) 10 72
9 DRAGON RIDER, by Cornelia Funke. (Chicken House/Scholastic, $12.95.) A boy and a dragon set off on a magical quest. (Ages 10 and up) 8 58
10 AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS, by Gennifer Choldenko. (Putnam, $15.99.) Growing up on Alcatraz as the son of a guard has its challenges. (Ages 9 to 12) 26
PAPERBACK BOOKS
This
Week Last
Week Weeks
On List
1 ERAGON, by Christopher Paolini. (Knopf, $9.95.) A boy and a young dragon must navigate a bewildering world of dark powers. (Ages 12 and up) 1 21
2 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, by C. S. Lewis. (HarperCollins, $19.99.) Through the wardrobe with the Pevensie siblings and friends; all seven volumes collected in one book. (Ages 9 and up) 2 16
3 THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, by C. S. Lewis. (HarperCollins/HarperTrophy, $10.95 and $5.99.) The Pevensie siblings discover the land of Narnia on the other side of the wardrobe. (Ages 9 and up) 5 13
4 SPEAK, by Laurie Halse Anderson. (Puffin, $8.99.) After calling the cops about an end-of-summer party, a teenager is shunned at school. (Ages 12 and up) 4 11
5 BACK IN BLACK, by Zoey Dean. (Little, Brown, $9.99.) Anna and her friends skip the senior trip and head to Las Vegas; an A-List novel. (Ages 12 and up) 3 4
6 HOOT, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $8.95.) Trying to solve a mystery, a boy encounters bizarre animals and even stranger people in Florida. (Ages 10 and up) 9 69
7 BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, by Kate DiCamillo. (Candlewick, $5.99.) The new girl in town makes friends with the help of a dog. (Ages 9 to 12) 7 57
8 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, by Roald Dahl. (Puffin, $6.99.) A boy's adventures with Willy Wonka; the unabridged original, with illustrations from the movie. (Ages 8 to 12) 8 14
9 TRAVEL TEAM, by Mike Lupica. (Puffin, $6.99.) A small basketball player with a big heart and a will to win. (Ages 10 and up) 10 2
10 HOLES, by Louis Sachar. (Dell Yearling, $6.50.) A boy who has been unjustly sent to a detention center tries to solve a mystery. (Ages 10 and up) 168
SERIES BOOKS
This
Week Last
Week Weeks
On List
1 HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. (Levine/Scholastic, hardcover and softcover.) A boy wizard hones his skills and battles evil at Hogwarts. (Ages 10 and up) 1 51
2 THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS, by Ann Brashares. (Delacorte, hardcover and paperback.) A pair of magical pants changes the lives of four friends forever. (Ages 12 and up) 2 34
3 IF YOU GIVE . . . , by Laura Numeroff. Illustrated by Felicia Bond. (Geringer/HarperCollins, hardcover and paperback.) Fun with cause and effect. (Ages 4 to 8) 5 2
4 OLOGIES, by Dugald A. Steer. Various illustrators. (Candlewick, hardcover only.) Collected wisdom about dragons, wizards and other phantasms. (Ages 9 to 12) 1
5 JUNIE B. JONES, FIRST GRADER, by Barbara Park. Illustrated by Denise Brunkus. (Stepping Stone/Random House, hardcover and softcover.) It's a whole new school year for Junie B. Jones. (Ages 4 to 8) 3 51
6 MAGIC TREE HOUSE, by Mary Pope Osborne. Illustrated by Sal Murdocca. (Stepping Stone/Random House, hardcover and softcover.) Children travel to the past in a spinning tree house. (Ages 6 to 9) 4 51
7 A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, by Lemony Snicket. (HarperCollins, hardcover only.) The adventures of the Baudelaire siblings. (Ages 10 and up) 6 51
8 ARTEMIS FOWL, by Eion Colfer. (Talk Miramax/Hyperion, hardcover and softcover.) The adventures of a magical criminal mastermind. (Ages 8 and up) 7 51
9 PENDRAGON, by D. J. MacHale. (Aladdin, hardcover and softcover.) A teenage boy travels through time and space. (Ages 10 and up) 9 15
10 HOW DO DINOSAURS . . .? by Jane Yolen. Illustrated by Mark Teague. (Blue Sky/Scholastic, hardcover and paperback.) Terrible lizards, playful antics and lessons for modern living. (Ages 3 to 8) 1
Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending September 17, 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. Publishers have provided the age designations for their best-selling children's titles.
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