National Indie Bestsellers - Children's Illustrated

Bestseller List for January 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2012
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 3/12
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 2/*
3. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 9780395389492		 1/*
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 12/*
5. The Twelve Days of Christmas
Laurel Long, Dial, $16.99, 9780803733572		 /2
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 9/*
7. Home for Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $17.99, 9780399256530		 6/9
8. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 /*
9. The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book
Rufus Butler Seder (Illus.), Workman, $14.95, 9780761163732		 10/21
10. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 14/21
11. If You Give a Dog a Donut
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer & Bray/Harper, $16.99, 9780060266837		 8/13
12. Stuck
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $16.99, 9780399257377		 11/5
13. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Eric Carle, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399257131		 /12
14. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House , $15, 9780394800790		 4/*
15. Bad Kitty Christmas
Nick Bruel, Roaring Brook, $15.99, 9781596436688		 7/7


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