What’s Selling? The Bestselling Children’s Books of the Week
Paywall, schmaywall – I’m screenshotting the New York Times bestselling books of the week so we can talk about them. First up, picture books:
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Seeing quite a few familiar faces here. Dragons Love Tacos is very familiar with the number one slot. Also holding strong are The Wonderful Things You Will Be (is this book officially the new go-to baby shower/grad book?), and The Day The Crayons Quit, which have been on the list for years at this point.
Of the two newest books, one is not a surprise (Taylor Swift) and the other is more unexpected (Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden). Filling out the list we have some popular characters and series.
Okay. Middle grade time:
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A teacher friend of mine made a great point the other day: Who hasn’t read Wonder at this point? The book’s reign atop the middle grade bestseller list is Harry Potterian at this point. For me there are no big surprises on this list – we have some Allen Gratz, which has become the norm in the last couple of years. Some Riordan. Some Applegate. Some Korman. They Call Me No Sam might be the most unexpected for me.
Any surprises for you?
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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