Picture Books
1 | Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr., illus. by Eric Carle. Holt, $15.95 ISBN 0-8050-1758-5 |
2 | The Night Before Kindergarten. Natasha Wing, illus. by Julie Durrell. Grosset & Dunlap, paper $3.49 ISBN 0-448-42500-9 |
3 | Diary of a Worm. Doreen Cronin, illus. by Harry Bliss. HarperCollins/Cotler, $15.99 ISBN 0-06-000150-X |
4 | Walter the Farting Dog. William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray, illus. by Audrey Colman. Frog/North Atlantic (PGW, dist.), $15.95 ISBN 1-58394-053-7 |
5 | First Day Jitters. Julie Danneberg, illus. by Judith Dufour Love. Charlesbridge, paper $6.95 ISBN 1-58089-061-X |
6 | The Wolves in the Walls. Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean. HarperCollins, $16.99 ISBN 0-380-97827-X |
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 | Snuggle Puppy. Sandra Boynton. Workman, $6.95 ISBN 0-7611-3067-5 |
9 | Mouse's First Day of School. Lauren Thompson, illus. by Buket Erdogan. Simon & Schuster, $12.95 ISBN 0-689-84727-0 |
10 | Philadelphia Chickens. Sandra Boynton. Workman, $16.95 ISBN 0-7611-2636-8 |
Fiction
1 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. J.K. Rowling. Scholastic/Levine, $29.99 ISBN 0-4393-5806-X |
2 | All-American Girl. Meg Cabot. HarperTrophy, paper $6.99 ISBN 0-06-447277-9 |
3 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Ann Brashares. Delacorte, paper $8.95 ISBN 0-385-73058-6 |
4 | The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. Ann Brashares. Delacorte, $14.95 ISBN 0-385-72934-0 |
5 | Freaky Friday. Mary Rodgers. Avon, paper $5.99 ISBN 0-06-057010-5 |
6 | Coraline. Neil Gaiman. HarperTrophy, paper $5.99 ISBN 0-380-80734-3 |
7 | Holes. Louis Sachar. Dell/Yearling, paper $6.50 ISBN 0-440-41946-8 and 0-440-41480-6 |
8 | The Day My Butt Went Psycho. Andy Griffiths. Scholastic, paper $4.99 ISBN 0-439-42469-0 |
9 | Loser. Jerry Spinelli. HarperTrophy, paper $5.99 ISBN 0-06-054074-5 |
10 | How to Deal. Sarah Dessen. Puffin, paper $7.99 ISBN 0-14-250103-4 |
Series and Tie-ins
1 | Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling. Scholastic/Levine |
2 | Junie B. Jones. Barbara Park, illus. by Denise Brunkus. Random House |
3 | Magic Tree House. Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca. Random House |
4 | Artemis Fowl. Eoin Colfer. Miramax/Hyperion |
5 | Lizzie McGuire. Disney |
6 | The Princess Diaries. Meg Cabot. HarperCollins |
7 | Finding Nemo. Random House/Disney and DK |
8 | Gossip Girl. Cecily von Ziegesar. Little, Brown |
9 | Captain Underpants. Dav Pilkey.Scholastic/Blue Sky |
10 | Judy Moody. Megan McDonald, illus. by Peter Reynolds. Candlewick |