NY Times Book Review Published Today 11/29/2009

It is that time again when the New York Times Book Review is published. Let's take a look at list that I am including below. I plan to purchase several of these books for my students and read some of these books during our story time as well.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the Twilight Saga are VERY popular in my library! 


Here is the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/books/bestseller/bestchildren.html?_r=1&ref=bestseller

Children's Books

Here are the Picture books this week:

This Week		Weeks on List
1	SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser.	3
2	THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER, adapted by Chris Schoebinger from the story by Glenn Beck. Illustrated by Brandon Dorman.	4
3	LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft. (DK, $21.99.)		7
4	NUBS, by Brian Dennis, Mary Nethery and Kirby Larson.	3
5	THE LION AND THE MOUSE, by Jerry Pinkney.	3
6	SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE, by Judy Schachner.	10
7	WADDLE!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder.	10
8	JULIE ANDREWS’S COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, AND LULLABIES, by Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Andrews.	6
9	YUMMY, written and illustrated by Lucy Cousins.	1
10	WHITE NOISE, by David A. Carter.

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Here is the list of Chapter books:

CHAPTER BOOKS
This Week		Weeks on List
1	CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins.	12
2	THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins.	63
3	MILLION-DOLLAR THROW, by Mike Lupica.	3
4	THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT, by Kate DiCamillo and Yoko Tanaka	11
5	TRICKS, by Ellen Hopkins.	12
6	THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher.	55
7	THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, by Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Dave McKean.	59
8	SENT, by Margaret Peterson Haddix.	7
9	THE GREATEST MOMENTS IN SPORTS, by Len Berman. (Jabber	1
10	SHIVER, by Maggie Stiefvater

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Here is the list of Paperback books:

This Week		Weeks on List
1	THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak.	115
2	THREE CUPS OF TEA: YOUNG READERS EDITION, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.	44
3	THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney.	34
4	THIRST NO. 1, by Christopher Pike. (Simon Pulse, $9.99.) A reissue of "The Last Vampire" (1994), "Black Blood" (1994) and "Red Dice" (1995).	16
5	BETRAYALS, by Lili St. Crow.	1
6	DARK VISIONS, by L. J. Smith.	11
7	GRACELING, by Kristin Cashore.	8
8	IMPOSSIBLE, by Nancy Werlin.	7
9	THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS, by John Boyne.	48
10	LET IT SNOW, by John Green, Lauren Myracle and Maureen Johnson.	1

SERIES BOOKS This Week Weeks on List 1 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. 45 2 THE TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. 120 3 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. 124 4 HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. 65 5 THE IMMORTALS, by Alyson Noël. 1 6 THE ALEX RIDER ADVENTURES, by Anthony Horowitz. 55 7 THE 39 CLUES, by various authors.  28 8 VAMPIRE DIARIES, by L. J. Smith. 30 9 THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, by Trenton Lee Stewart. 7 10 VAMPIRE ACADEMY, by Richelle Mead. 17

		Until the next time.................... A children's book a day, keeps the scary monster away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!