National Indie Bestsellers - Children's Illustrated

Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012
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  Children's Illustrated Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617		 1/*
2. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442457027		 2/7
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926		 4/*
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908		 6/*
5. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274		 11/*
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007		 10/*
7. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824		 9/47
8. Rocket Writes a Story
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375870866		 8/3
9. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983		 7/44
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905		 /*
11. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763634988		 3/*
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035		 5/*
13. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553		 /*
14. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698		 14/*
15. Kindergarten, Here I Come!- Debut
D.J. Steinberg, Grosset & Dunlap, $3.99, 9780448456249		 /1


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