What’s Selling? The Bestselling Children’s Books of the Week
Paywall, schmaywall – I’m screenshotting the New York Times best selling books of the week so we can talk about them. First up, picture books:
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Mostly usual suspects, with two notable new additions – both Dolly Parton related: the Dolly Parton Little Golden Book at #1 and Coat of Many Colors at #5. A good reminder how much current events and seasons shift this list.
And now on to middle grade.
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I’m counting four books with sprayed edges on the middle grade fiction list – is this the new must-have bestseller detail? There are two notable debuts – both from the same series: Kiki’s Delivery Service books one and two hit the list at #1 and #3.
Anything jump out to 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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