New York Times Children's & Graphic Books List
The New York Times Children books and Graphic novel best sellers list has been published. I am including them on this blog. V for Vendetta is still on the Graphic books list. The author Alan Moore has two other graphic novels on the lists also. The books are Batman: the Killing Joke and Watchmen! I am looking forward to catching the Watchmen movie soon.
Here is the list of New York Times Children's Best Sellers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/books/bestseller/bestchildren.html?ref=bestseller
A fairly recent newcomer to the Children's list has taken on the number one spot on the children's Picture Books list. I am looking forward to reading this book and sharing it during story time. Will keep you posted!!!!!!
| PICTURE BOOKS | |||
| This Week | Weeks on List | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE EASTER EGG, written and illustrated by Jan Brett. (Putnam, $17.99.) A story of caring and the hatching of spring. (Ages 4 to 8) | 3 | |
| 2 | THE LION AND THE MOUSE, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. (Little, Brown, $16.99.) A fable of reciprocal kindness, redrawn. (Ages 4 to 8) | 17 | |
| 3 | DISNEY’S ALICE IN WONDERLAND: THE VISUAL GUIDE, written by Jo Casey and Laura Gilbert. (DK, $16.99.) A movie tie-in. (Ages 8 and up) | 1 | |
| 4 | LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND "THREE CUPS OF TEA", by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth. Illustrated by Susan L. Roth. (Dial, $16.99.) A school grows in Pakistan. (Ages 4 to 8) | 48 | |
| 5 | CAT THE CAT, WHO IS THAT?, written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, $10.99.) A friendly cat introduces her social set. (Ages 1 to 5) | 2 | |
| 6 | WADDLE!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Animals in motion, with color. (Ages 4 to 8) | 24 | |
| 7 | LET'S SAY HI TO FRIENDS WHO FLY!, written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, $10.99.) The cat named Cat expands her circle to the creatures of the air. (Ages 1 to 5) | 1 | |
| 8 | ALL THE WORLD, by Liz Garton Scanlon. Illustrated by Marla Frazee. (Beach Lane, $17.99.) A day in the life of a multicultural family. (Ages 4 to 8) | 6 | |
| 9 | I AM GOING!, written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Hyperion, $8.99.) Gerald and Piggie, contrary pals, work out their comings and goings. (Ages 4 to 8) | 4 | |
| 10 | SIT-IN, by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. (Little, Brown, $16.99.) Four friends at a lunch counter take a stand for civil rights. (Ages 6 and up) | 3 | |
| CHAPTER BOOKS | |||
| This Week | Weeks on List | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up) | 77 | |
| 2 | PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (THE ULTIMATE GUIDE), written by Mary-Jane Knight. Designed by Philip Chidlow. (Disney-Hyperion, $12.99.) Gods, beasts and tips for children with an immortal parent, based on Rick Riordan’s series. (Ages 10 and up) | 6 | |
| 3 | CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) The “Hunger Games” continue. (Ages 12 and up) | 26 | |
| 4 | SWEET LITTLE LIES, by Lauren Conrad. (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99.) The heroines of "L.A. Candy" in a new Hollywood story. (Ages 14 and up) | 4 | |
| 5 | FALLEN, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $17.99.) Thwarted love among misfits at boarding school. (Ages 12 and up) | 12 | |
| 6 | WITCH AND WIZARD, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $17.99.) Brother and sister flex their newfound powers. (Ages 12 and up) | 11 | |
| 7 | ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Camille Rose Garcia. (Collins Design/HarperCollins, $16.99.) Down the rabbit-hole again, with new illustrations. (Ages 9 to 12) | 4 | |
| 8 | SHIVER, by Maggie Stiefvater. (Scholastic Press/Scholastic, $17.99.) Love among the lupine. (Ages 12 and up) | 29 | |
| 9 | WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON, written and illustrated by Grace Lin. (Little, Brown, $16.99.) Traditional folktales embroider a Chinese girl’s adventures. (Ages 9 to 12) | 2 | |
| 10 | INCARCERON, by Catherine Fisher. (Dial/Penguin, $17.99.) An infamous prison, where inmates don’t believe there is an outside world. (Ages 14 and up) | 4 | |
| PAPERBACK BOOKS | |||
| This Week | Weeks on List | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L.A. CANDY, by Lauren Conrad. (HarperCollins, $9.99.) Excitement in TV land by one who has been there. (Ages 14 and up) | 8 | |
| 2 | THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl saves books from Nazi burning. Excerpt (Ages 14 and up) | 129 | |
| 3 | THIRST NO. 2: PHANTOM, EVIL THIRST, CREATURES OF FOREVER, by Christopher Pike. (Simon Pulse, $9.99.) A girl struggles with her dreamed-of transition from undead to mortal. (Ages 14 and up) | 8 | |
| 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). (Ages 14 and up) | 30 | |
| 5 | ETERNAL, by Cynthia Leitich Smith. (Candlewick, $8.99.) Vampires plus fallen angels equal romance. (Ages 14 and up) | 1 | |
| 6 | GRACELING, by Kristin Cashore. (Graphia/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $9.99.) A girl endowed with special talents is also celebrated as a warrior. (Ages 14 and up) | 22 | |
| 7 | DARK VISIONS, by L. J. Smith. (Simon Pulse, $9.99.) A school for psychic teens. (Ages 14 and up) | 25 | |
| 8 | THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH, by Carrie Ryan. (Delacorte, $9.99.) No place is safe in a poorly gated community surrounded by hungry zombies. (Ages 14 and up) | 1 | |
| 9 | THE GIRL WHO COULD FLY, by Victoria Forester. (Square Fish, $6.99.) A girl soars into a nightmare of villains who tinker with DNA. (Ages 9 to 12) | 2 | |
| 10 | THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown, $8.99.) A young boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up) | 47 | |
| SERIES BOOKS | |||||
| This Week | Weeks on List | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, hardcover and paper) Modern children of the gods battle mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) | 138 | |||
| 2 | DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Abrams, hardcover only) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12) | 59 | |||
| 3 | THE TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. (Megan Tingley/Little, Brown, hardcover and paper) Vampires and werewolves in school. (Ages 12 and up) | 134 | |||
| 4 | THE 39 CLUES, by various authors. (Scholastic, hardcover only) A brother and sister travel the world in search of the key to their family’s power. (Ages 9 to 12) | 37 | |||
| 5 | HOUSE OF NIGHT, by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. (St. Martin’s, hardcover and paper) Vampires in school. (Ages 14 and up) | 79 | |||
| 6 | MAGIC TREE HOUSE, by Mary Pope Osborne. Illustrated by Sal Murdocca. (Stepping Stone/Random House, hardcover and paper) Winged children try to save the world. (Ages 6 to 9) | 221 | |||
| 7 | CHRONICLES OF VLADIMIR TOD, by Heather Brewer. (Putnam) School is no picnic for a student who thirsts for blood. (Ages 12 and up) | 3 | |||
| 8 | VAMPIRE DIARIES, by L. J. Smith. (HarperTeen, hardcover and paper) Vampires in school, with a love triangle. (Ages 12 and up) | 44 | |||
| 9 | RANGER’S APPRENTICE, by John Flanagan. (Philomel, hardcover and paper) A boy warrior battles evil. (Ages 9 to 12) | 39 | |||
| 10 | WAKE , by Lisa McMann. (Simon Pulse) A teenage girl channels the dreams of others. (Ages 12 and up) | * | |||
List of Graphic Books
| HARDCOVER GRAPHIC BOOKS | |||
| This Week | Weeks on List | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BOOK OF GENESIS: ILLUSTRATED, by R. Crumb. (W.W. Norton & Co., $24.95.) The legendary artist tackles the first book of the Bible. | 20 | |
| 2 | HALO: HELLJUMPER, by Peter David and Eric Nguyen. (Marvel Entertainment, $24.99.) Something deadly is transpiring on the colony planet Ariel and it’s up to the elite soldiers known as "Helljumpers" to find out what. | 1 | |
| 3 | STARMAN OMNIBUS, VOL. 4, by James Robinson and others. (DC Comics, $49.99.) Jack Knight, the son of the 1940’s Starman, meets Captain Marvel and Bulletman in an adventure with ties to his father’s past. Plus: Batman and Hellboy. | 1 | |
| 4 | DARK TOWER: THE FALL OF GILEAD, by Robin Furth and Peter David. (Marvel Entertainment, $24.99.) This comic series explores the world set forth by Stephen King’s “Dark Tower” novels. Has Roland committed the worst crime of all? | 4 | |
| 5 | WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN, by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. (Marvel Entertainment, $34.99.) In a future world where the villains are triumphant, Wolverine has left heroics behind to care for his family. If only Hawkeye and the Hulk gang would accept that. | 14 | |
| 6 | BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. (DC Comics, $17.99.) This critically acclaimed story from 1988 offers a possible origin for the Joker. | 51 | |
| 7 | MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN, by Fred Van Lente and others. (Marvel Entertainment, $24.99.) The latest installment in the adventures of the undead versions of Marvel heroes. | 5 | |
| 8 | THOR, VOL. 3, by J. Michael Straczynski and Marko Djurdjevic. (Marvel Entertainment, $19.99.) The story of the Asgardians on Earth takes a turn that involves Doctor Doom. Will Thor turn his back on his people? | 3 | |
| 9 | BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL, by Tony Daniel. (DC Comics, $19.99.) Following the "death" of Batman, the protectors and plunderers of Gotham City fight to see who will control the mantle of the bat. | 14 | |
| 10 | DEADPOOL: X MARKS THE SPOT, by Daniel Way and Shawn Crystal. (Marvel Entertainment, $19.99.) Deadpool hits the road to find himself and that journey leads him to an encounter with the X-Men. | 1 | |
| PAPERBACK GRAPHIC BOOKS | ||||||||||||||
| http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/books/bestseller/bestgraphicbooks.html?ref=bestseller This Week | Weeks on List | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | FABLES, VOL. 13, by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges. (DC Comics, $17.99.) The Fables face-off against the Literals, the embodiments of romance, comedy, fantasy and one who can forever erase them from the world. | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | THE WALKING DEAD, VOL. 11, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. (Image Comics, $14.99.) The road to Washington is filled with many dangers for Rick and his band of refugees. To say anything more will ruin the story. | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE: RECORDED ATTACKS, by Max Brooks. (Three Rivers Press, $17.00.) If you want to survive a zombie attack, there may be no better way than to see how past cultures have done it. | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | WATCHMEN, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. (DC Comics, $19.99.) This epic tale from 1986 signaled a new maturity in comic books. | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | CHEW, VOL. 1, by John Layman and Rob Guillory. (Image Comics, $9.99.) Talk about taking a bite out of crime! Detective Tony Chu gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats, including corpses. He’s recruited to help solve the strangest cases. | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | V FOR VENDETTA, by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. (DC Comics, $19.99.) In a dystopian future, an anarchist sets out to topple the oppressive and totalitarian government of the United Kingdom. | 46 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | ULTIMATUM, by Jeph Loeb and David Finch. (Marvel Entertainment, $19.99.) The end, and rebirth, of Marvel’s "Ultimate" universe, in which its classic heroes were re-imagined for modern times, happens here. | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | WALKING DEAD, VOL. 2, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. (Image Comics, $14.99.) The gripping story of the human survivors in a world overrun by zombies continues. | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, VOL. 2, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. (DC Comics, $12.99.) Another batch of brilliant Superman tales in which the Man of Steel faces Bizarro, a couple who survived Krypton’s destruction and... his death? | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | THE UNWRITTEN, VOL. 1, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross. (DC Comics, $9.99.) The father of Tom Taylor created a famous boy-wizard character modeled after his son. Now the fictional Tommy threatens to overwhelm the real one. | 7 | ||||||||||||
| MANGA | |||
| This Week | Weeks on List | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEGIMA! (MAGISTER NEGI MAGI), VOL. 25, by Ken Akamatsu. (Del Rey, $10.99.) Fate Averruncus gives Negi a choice: fight him and save the world or flee and guarantee his student’s safety. | 1 | |
| 2 | NARUTO, VOL. 47, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media, $9.99.) Naurto learns more secrets from his past and moves closer to discovering the identity of his nemesis, Pain. | 4 | |
| 3 | SOUL EATER, VOL. 2, by Atsushi Ohkubo. (Yen Press, $10.99.) Maka, an arms expert, wants to turn the Soul Eater, her living scythe, into the ultimate weapon for Death. | 1 | |
| 4 | VAMPIRE KNIGHT, VOL. 9, by Matsuri Hino. (VIZ Media, $9.99.) Cross Academy has day and evening students, but the latter have a secret: they are vampires. | 4 | |
| 5 | BLACK BUTLER, VOL. 1, by Yana Toboso. (Yen Press, $10.99.) Sebastian is a loyal butler who moves easily from dinner parties to the underworld. Is he too good to be true? Is he even human? | 5 | |
| 6 | BLACK BIRD, VOL. 3, by Kanoko Sakurakoji. (VIZ Media, $9.99.) Misao Harada can see into a magical realm where she is the bride demon of prophecy. How will she survive the pursuit of demons who want the power in her blood? | 4 | |
| 7 | ALICE IN THE COUNTRY OF HEARTS, VOL. 1, by Quinrose and Soumei Hoshino. (TOKYOPOP, $10.99.) Alice wanders into a very different part of Wonderland in this interpretation of the classic tale. In this new area of the fantasy land, every man is in love with Alice... and firearms. | 4 | |
| 8 | YU-GI-OH! R, VOL. 3, by Kazuki Takahashi and Akira Ito. (VIZ Media, $9.99.) When the follower of an old enemy returns to take revenge, Yugi Mutou must duel to save a friend’s life. | 4 | |
| 9 | FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, VOL. 22, by Hiromu Arakawa. (VIZ Media, $9.99.) Two brothers harmed in a ritual that was half magic/half science seek the legendary Philosopher’s Stone to make things right. But others seek the weapon of alchemy for their own nefarious means. | 7 | |
| 10 | HIGURASHI: WHEN THEY CRY, VOL. 2, by Ryukishi07 and Jiro Suzuki. (Yen Press, $10.99.) The village of Hinamizawa is filled with many mysteries, but Keiichi Maebara must combat something closer to home: his friend is being abused by her uncle and no one seems to want to help. | 1 | |
Happy reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Until the next time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A children's book a day, keeps the scary monster away!
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