| January 1 |*Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown: Smash! Crash! by Jon Scieszka, illus. by David Gordon, Loren Long and David Shannon (S&S, $16.99). 350,000 copies.Poseur by Rachel Maude (Poppy, $9.99 paper). 150,000 copies.Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, illus. by Betsy Lewin (S&S/Atheneum, $16.99 reissue). 100,000 copies.Tunnels by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams (Scholastic/Chicken House, $17.99). 100,000 copies.| January 2 |
*Airman by Eoin Colfer (Hyperion, $17.99). 250,000 copies.
| January 8 |
What’s Up, Duck? by Tad Hills (Random/Schwartz & Wade, $6.99). 150,000 copies.
Where Are Baby’s Easter Eggs? by Karen Katz (Little Simon, $6.99). 150,000 copies.
Ten Rubber Duckies by Dawn Bentley, illus. by Heather Cahoon (Random/Corey, $10.99). 125,000 copies.
Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who Pop-Up! by Dr. Seuss, pop-ups by David Carter (Random/Corey, $25.99). 100,000 copies.
*Runemarks by Joanne Harris (Knopf, $18.99). 100,000 copies.
*We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, $18.99). 100,000 copies.
| January 22 |
Ma! There’s Nothing to Do Here! A Word from Your Baby in Waiting by Barbara Park, illus. by Viviana Garofoli (Random, $15.99). 100,000 copies.
| February 1 |
*Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney (Abrams/Amulet, $12.95). 250,000 copies.
*Zen Ties by Jon J Muth (Scholastic Press, $17.99). 100,000 copies.
| February 5 |
Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly by Jane O’Connor, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $16.99). 350,000 copies.
The Clique #9: Bratfest at Tiffany’s by Lisi Harrison (Poppy, $9.99 paper). 350,000 copies.
Disney’s High School Musical: Along for the Ride (Disney, $14.99 paper). 125,000 copies.
| February 19 |
Private #6: Legacy by Kate Brian (Simon Pulse, $9.99 paper). 150,000 copies.
| March 1 |
*Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls by Meg Cabot (Scholastic Press, $15.99). 150,000 copies.
The Jellybeans and the Big Dance by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans, illus. by Lynn Munsinger (Abrams, $15.95). 100,000 copies.
| March 4 |
The Big Field by Mike Lupica (Philomel, $17.99). 200,000 copies.
Barnstormers #3: Game 3 by Phil Bildner, illus. by Loren Long (S&S, $10.99). 100,000 copies.
| March 11 |
MySpace/OurPlanetby the MySpace Community with Jeca Taudte (HarperTeen/Bowen Press, $12.99 paper). 200,000 copies.
| March 13 |
Return to Fairyopolis: The Search for the Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker (Penguin/Warne, $19.99). 300,000 copies.
| March 18 |
Don’t Bump the Glump! by Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins, $17.99 reissue). 400,000 copies.
Ranger’s Apprentice: Book Four, The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan (Philomel, $16.99). 150,000 copies.
| March 25 |
Magic Tree House #39: Dark Day in the Deep Sea by Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca (Random, $11.99). 500,000 copies.
Steel Trapp: The Challenge by Ridley Pearson (Disney Editions, $16.99). 100,000 copies.
*The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (Hyperion, $16.99). 100,000 copies.
| March 31 |
*The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry (Houghton/Lorraine, $16). 100,000 copies.
| April 1 |
Narnia Chronology by Mary Jane Wilkins, illus. by Mark Edwards (HarperCollins, $22.99). 500,000 copies.
The Clique Summer Collection: Massie by Lisi Harrison (Poppy, $6.99 paper). 350,000 copies.
The Pigeon Wants... by Mo Willems (Hyperion, $14.99). 250,000 copies.
In Grandma’s Arms by Jayne Shelton, illus. by Karen Katz (Scholastic/Cartwheel, $6.99). 100,000 copies.
Goosebumps HorrorLand #1: Revenge of the Living Dummy by R.L. Stine (Scholastic, $5.99 paper). 100,000 copies.
Goosebumps HorrorLand #2: Creep from the Deep by R.L. Stine (Scholastic, $5.99 paper). 100,000 copies.
Hotlanta #1 by Denene Millner and Mitzi Miller (Scholastic/Point, $8.99 paper). 100,000 copies.
| April 8 |
Alphabet by Matthew Van Fleet (S&S/Wiseman, $19.99). 350,000 copies.
Septimus Heap, Book Four: Queste by Angie Sage, illus. by Mark Zug (HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99). 250,000 copies.
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall (Knopf, $15.99). 150,000 copies.
Jealous? by Melissa de la Cruz (S&S/Aladdin, $9.99 paper). 100,000 copies.
| April 10 |
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway (Razorbill, $16.99). 100,000 copies.
| April 15 |
Big Plans by Bob Shea, illus. by Lane Smith (Hyperion, $17.99). 100,000 copies.
| April 22 |
Fancy Nancy’s Favorite Fancy Words by Jane O’Connor, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $12.99). 200,000 copies.
*Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (Viking, $18.99). 200,000 copies.
Warriors: Power of Three #3: Outcast by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99). 200,000 copies.
Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman (Knopf, $12.99). 100,000 copies.
| April 29 |
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr (HarperTeen, $16.99). 125,000 copies.
The Joys of Love by Madeleine L’Engle (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $16.95). 100,000 copies.
| May 1 |
The Calder Game by Blue Balliett, illus. by Brett Helquist (Scholastic Press, $17.99). 100,000 copies.
Peeled by Joan Bauer (Putnam, $16.99). 100,000 copies.
| May 6 |
The Clique Summer Collection: Dylan by Lisi Harrison (Poppy, $6.99 paper). 350,000 copies.
Gossip Girl: The Carlyles by Cecily von Ziegesar (Poppy, $10.99 paper). 200,000 copies.
Ever by Gail Carson Levine (HarperCollins, $16.99). 150,000 copies.
Ambition by Kate Brian (Simon Pulse, $9.99). 150,000 copies.
How to Be Bad by E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle (HarperTeen, $16.99). 125,000 copies.
Generation Dead by Daniel Waters (Hyperion, $16.99). 125,000 copies.
| May 13
Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume (Delacorte, $12.99). 250,000 copies.
| May 20 |
Pendragon: Raven Rise by D.J. MacHale (S&S, $17.99). 250,000 copies.
Declare Yourself, foreword by Norman Lear (Greenwillow, $11.99). 150,000 copies.
| May 22 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Movie Novelization by James Luceno (Scholastic Licensed Publishing, $6.99). 125,000 copies.
| May 27 |
Seekers #1: The Quest Begins by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99). 150,000 copies.
Dogfessions by Nikki Moustaki (HarperCollins, $19.99). 125,000 copies.
| June 1 |
Airhead by Meg Cabot (Scholastic/Point, $16.99). 200,000 copies.
| June 3 |
The Clique Summer Collection: Alicia by Lisi Harrison (Poppy, $6.99 paper). 350,000 copies.
Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown: Meet Jack Truck! by Hunter McKown, illus. by David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon (Little Simon, $5.99). 125,000 copies.
Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown: Vroom!: It’s Color Time! by Hunter McKown, illus. by David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon (Little Simon, $6.99). 125,000 copies.
Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown: Who’s That Truck? by Tom Mason and Dan Danko, illus. by David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon (Little Simon, $7.99). 125,000 copies.
I Love My New Toy! An Elephant and Piggie Book by Mo Willems (Hyperion, $8.99). 100,000 copies.
I Will Surprise My Friend! An Elephant and Piggie Book by Mo Willems (Hyperion, $8.99). 100,000 copies.
| June 10 |
Rumors: A Luxe Novel by Anna Godbersen (HarperCollins, $17.99). 150,000 copies.
| June 19 |
Talent by Zoey Dean (Razorbill, $9.99 paper). 250,000 copies.
| June 24 |
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2: Movie Tie-In by Ann Brashares (Delacorte, $9.99). 250,000 copies.
The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott (Delacorte, $16.99). 150,000 copies.
Warriors: Cats of the Clans by Erin Hunter, illus. by Wayne McLoughlin (HarperCollins, $15.99). 150,000 copies.
Gone by Michael Grant (HarperTeen, $17.99). 125,000 copies.
Big Children's Books for Spring
Feb 18, 2008
A version of this article appeared in the 02/18/2008 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: