Picture Books
| 1 | The Night Before Christmas Pop-Up. Clement C. Moore, illus. by Robert Sabuda. Little Simon, $24.95 ISBN 0-689-83899-9 |
| 2 | I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem. Jamie Lee Curtis, illus. by Laura Cornell. HarperCollins/Cotler, $15.99 ISBN 0-06-028761-6 |
| 3 | Eloise Takes a Bawth. Kay Thompson with Mart Crowley, illus. by Hilary Knight. Simon & Schuster, $17.95 ISBN 0-689-84288-0 |
| 4 | Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? Jan Brett. Putnam, $16.99 ISBN 0-399-23873-5 |
| 5 | Stranger in the Woods. Carl R. Sams II, photos by Jean Stoick. Sams, $19.95 ISBN 0-96717-4805 |
| 6 | The Night Before Christmas. Clement C. Moore, illus. by Mary Engelbreit. HarperCollins, $16.99 ISBN 0-06-008160-0 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Chickens. Sandra Boynton. Workman, $16.95 ISBN 0-7611-2636-8 |
| 8 | Zathura. Chris Van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin, $18 ISBN 0-618-25396-3 |
| 9 | If You Take a Mouse to School. Laura Joffe Numeroff, illus. by Felicia Bond. HarperCollins/Geringer, $15.99 ISBN 0-06-028328-9 |
| 10 | Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth. Eric Carle. Philomel, $16.99 ISBN 0-399-23954-5 |
Fiction
| 1 | Tuck Everlasting. Natalie Babbitt. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, paper $5.95 ISBN 0-374-48013-3 |
| 2 | Artemis Fowl. Eoin Colfer. Miramax/Hyperion, paper $6.99 ISBN 0-7868-1707-0 |
| 3 | Hoot. Carl Hiaasen. Knopf, $15.95 ISBN 0-375-82181-3 |
| 4 | The Thief Lord. Cornelia Funke, trans. by Oliver Latsch. Scholastic/Chicken House, $16.95 ISBN 0-439-40437-1 |
| 5 | Double Fudge. Judy Blume. Dutton, $15.99 ISBN 0-525-46926-5 |
| 6 | Summerland. Michael Chabon. Miramax/Hyperion, $22.95 ISBN 0-7868-0877-2 |
| 7 | Triss. Brian Jacques. Philomel, $23.99 ISBN 0-399-23723-2 |
| 8 | Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident. Eoin Colfer. Miramax/Hyperion, $16.95 ISBN 0-7868-0855-1 |
| 9 | All-American Girl. Meg Cabot. HarperCollins, $15.99 ISBN 0-06-029469-8 |
| 10 | Holes. Louis Sachar. Dell/Yearling, paper $5.99 ISBN 0-440-41480-6 |
Series and Tie-ins
| 1 | Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling. Scholastic/Levine |
| 2 | A Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony Snicket. HarperTrophy |
| 3 | Junie B. Jones. Barbara Park, illus. by Denise Brunkus. Random House |
| 4 | Magic Tree House. Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca. Random House |
| 5 | Kaya. Janet Shaw. Pleasant Company |
| 6 | Captain Underpants. Dav Pilkey. Scholastic/Blue Sky |
| 7 | Dora the Explorer. Simon Spotlight |
| 8 | Bob the Builder. Simon Spotlight |
| 9 | Mary-Kate and Ashley. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. HarperEntertainment |
| 10 | SpongeBob SquarePants. Simon Spotlight and Golden |
