Picture Books
| 1 | My Friend Rabbit. Eric Rohmann. Roaring Brook, $15.95 ISBN 0-7613-1535-7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Chickens. Sandra Boynton. Workman, $16.95 ISBN 0-7611-2636-8 |
| 3 | How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? Jane Yolen, illus. by Mark Teague. Scholastic/Blue Sky, $15.95 ISBN 0-439-24100-6 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Hondo & Fabian. Peter McCarty. Holt, $16.95 ISBN 0-8050-6352-8 |
| 6 | The Spider and the Fly. Mary Botham Howitt, illus. by Tony DiTerlizzi. Simon & Schuster, $16 ISBN 0-689-85289-4 |
| 7 | If You Take a Mouse to School. Laura Joffe Numeroff, illus. by Felicia Bond. HarperCollins/Geringer, $15.99 ISBN 0-06-028328-9 |
| 8 | Bear Snores On. Karma Wilson, illus. by Jane Chapman. McElderry, $16 ISBN 0-689-83187-0 |
| 9 | Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School. Mark Teague. Scholastic Press, $15.95 ISBN 0-439-20663-4 |
| 10 | Walter the Farting Dog. William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray, illus. by Audrey Colman. Frog/North Atlantic Books, $15.95 ISBN 1-58394-053-7 |
Fiction
| 1 | Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Avi. Hyperion, $15.99 ISBN 0-7868-0828-4 |
| 2 | A Single Shard. Linda Sue Park. Dell/Yearling, paper $5.99 ISBN 0-440-41851-8 |
| 3 | Holes. Louis Sachar. Dell/Yearling, paper $5.99 ISBN 0-440-41480-6 |
| 4 | Artemis Fowl. Eoin Colfer. Miramax/Hyperion, paper $6.99 ISBN 0-7868-1707-0 |
| 5 | Hoot. Carl Hiaasen. Knopf, $15.95 ISBN 0-375-82181-3 |
| 6 | Abhorsen. Garth Nix. Harper/Eos, $17.99 ISBN 0-06-027825-0 |
| 7 | Speak. Laurie Halse Anderson. Puffin, $7.99 ISBN 0-14-131088-X |
| 8 | Tuck Everlasting. Natalie Babbitt. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, paper $5.95 ISBN 0-374-48013-3 |
| 9 | How Angel Peterson Got His Name. Gary Paulsen. Random/Lamb, $12.99 ISBN 0-385-72949-9 |
| 10 | The Thief Lord. Cornelia Funke, trans. by Oliver Latsch. Scholastic/Chicken House, $16.95 ISBN 0-439-40437-1 |
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 | The Secrets of Droon. Tony Abbott. Scholastic |
| 6 | Captain Underpants. Dav Pilkey. Scholastic/Blue Sky |
| 7 | Dora the Explorer. Simon Spotlight |
| 8 | Lizzie McGuire. Disney |
| 9 | Mary-Kate and Ashley.Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. HarperEntertainment |
| 10 | SpongeBob SquarePants. Simon Spotlight and Golden |
