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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Can you tell it’s back to school time? Over half of the list is hitting the books, including The Crayons Go Back to School, The Yellow Bus, Time for School, Little Blue Truck, The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!, and We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!
Okay. Middle grade time:
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Wow – this one is almost exactly the same as a couple weeks back, with the lone change being Newbery winner The Eyes and the Impossible kicking Gordon Korman’s Faker off the list. Other than that, it’s the same books shuffled around a bit.
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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