Publishers Weekly puts out a monthly Children's Bestseller List

[Alan L Brown <alanbrown@SYMPATICO.CA>]

Hello Everyone.

If you don't know about this, Publishers Weekly puts out a monthly
Children's Bestseller List available at
http://www.publishersweekly.com/bsl/currentChildrens.asp

Here's this month's:
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Publishers Weekly Children's Bestseller List
August 1999

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Children's Picture Book Bestsellers

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 What's Heaven?
Maria Shriver, illus. by Sandra Speidel
Golden, $15
ISBN 0-307-44043-5

 Eloise in Paris
Kay Thompson, illus. by Hilary Knight
Simon & Schuster, $17
ISBN 0-689-82704-0

 Why Do You Love Me?
Laura Schlessinger and Martha Lambert, illus. by Daniel McFeeley
HarperCollins/Cliff Street, $14.95
ISBN 0-060-27866-8

 The Absolutely Essential Eloise
Kay Thompson, illus. by Hilary Knight
Simon & Schuster, $19.95
ISBN 0-689-82703-2

 Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day
Jamie Lee Curtis, illus. by Laura Cornell
HarperCollins/Cotler, $15.95
ISBN 0-060-24560-3

 Look-Alikes
Joan Steiner
Little, Brown, $12.95
ISBN 0-316-81255-2

 If You Gave a Pig a Pancake
Laura Joffe Numeroff, illus. by Felicia Bond
HarperCollins/Geringer, $14.95
ISBN 0-060-26686-4

 Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Kevin Henkes
Greenwillow, $15
ISBN 0-688-12897-1

 No, David!
David Shannon
Scholastic/Blue Sky, $14.95
ISBN 0-590-93002-8

 Hooway for Wodney Wat
Helen Lester, illus. by Lynn Munsinger
Houghton Mifflin/Lorraine, $15
ISBN 0-395-92392-1

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Children's Fiction Bestsellers
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 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling
Scholastic/Levine, $17.95
ISBN 0-439-06486-4

 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling
Scholastic/Levine, $16.95
ISBN 0-440-21977-9

 Holes
Louis Sachar
FSG, $16
ISBN 0-374-33265-7

 Talking Toilets
Dav Pilkey
Scholastic/Blue Sky, paper, $3.99
ISBN 0-590-63427-5

 Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine
Harper Trophy, paper $4.95
ISBN 0-064-40705-5

 The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey
Scholastic, paper, $3.50
ISBN 0-064-40705-5

 Frindle
Andrew Clements
Aladdin, paper, $4.50
ISBN 0-689-81876-9

 P.S. Longer Letter Later
Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin
Scholastic, paper, $4.98
ISBN 0-590-21311-3

 Lily's Crossing
Patricia Reilly Giff
Dell/Yearling, paper, $4.99
ISBN 0-440-41453-9

 Ramona's World
Beverly Clearly, illus. by Alan Tiegreen
Morrow, paper, $15
ISBN 0-688-16816-7

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Series and Tie-Ins
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 Pokeman
Scholastic

 Star Wars
Random and DK

 Tarzan
MouseWorks and Golden

 Animorphs
K.A. Applegate
Scholastic

 Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca
Random

 Junie B. Jones
Barbara Park
Random

 American Girls
Pleasant Company

 Teletubbies
Scholastic/Cartwheel

 Brain Quest
Workman

 Wishbone
Lyrick Studios

Alan L. Brown
Toronto, Canada
alanbrown@sympatico.ca
Teacher-Librarian
www.alanbrown.com

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