Best selling children’s books

The New York Times has a lot of best-seller lists, including a list for children’s books.  Below are the top five picture books, but you can also see the complete list for children, including chapter books, paperback books, and series books.  You can reserve any title from our catalog, or suggest a book if you see one missing.

1. LISTEN TO THE WIND, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth

2. DEWEY (THERE’S A CAT IN THE LIBRARY!), by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter

3. TRUCKERY RHYMES, by Jon Scieszka

4. GOLDILICIOUS, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann

5. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder

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I Love My Librarian

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The Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community.

Nominations will be open from August 17 to October 9.  Click here to nominate a public librarian.