Children’s Hardcover Frontlist

-- Publishers Weekly, 3/26/2007

300,000+

1. The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events #13). Lemony Snicket, illus. by Brett Helquist. HarperCollins (2,089,054)
2. Pirateology. Dugald A. Steer. Candlewick (555,065)
3. Cars. Ben Smiley. Golden (502,470)
4. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony. Eoin Colfer. Hyperion/Miramax (500,000)
5. Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? (board book). Bill Martin Jr., illus. by Eric Carle. Holt (439,000)
6. Pirates. John Matthews. Atheneum (435,330)
7. Maximum Ride #2: School’s Out—Forever. James Patterson. Little, Brown (420,501)
8. Is There Really a Human Race? Jamie Lee Curtis, illus. by Laura Cornell. HarperCollins/Cotler (402,037)
9. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Beatrice Letters. Lemony Snicket, illus. by Brett Helquist. HarperCollins (360,407)
10. Dooby Dooby Moo. Doreen Cronin, illus. by Betsy Lewin. Atheneum (330,635)
11. Charlotte’s Web (paper-over-board). E.B. White, illus. by Garth Williams. HarperCollins (302,872)

200,000+

12. Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House #36). Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca. Random (282,496)
13. Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-Ha-Ha! Barbara Park, illus. by Denise Brunkus. Random (277,392)
14. Eldest (Limited Edition). Christopher Paolini. Knopf (275,558)
15. Disney/Pixar Storybook Collection. Disney (275,000)
16. Thomas Breaks a Promise. Illus. by Richard Courtney. Golden (274,094)
17. Mommy? Arthur Yorinks, illus. by Maurice Sendak, paper engineering by Matthew Reinhart. Scholastic/di Capua (273,261)
18. Dora’s Christmas Adventure (board book). Christine Ricci, illus. by Piero Piluso. Simon Spotlight (270,387)
19. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Kate DiCamillo, illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline. Candlewick (270,009)
20. Night of the New Magicians (MTH #35). Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca. Random (265,858)
21. Santa Claus. Rod Green, illus. by Carol Wright, Simon Danher and Jon Lucas. Atheneum (259,941)
22. Go, Train, Go! (board book). Rev. W. Awdry, illus. by Tommy Stubbs. Random (255,570)
23. Small Steps. Louis Sachar. Delacorte (255,323)
24. Lilly’s Big Day. Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow (255,314)
25. Disney/Pixar Cars Out for a Spin. Disney (250,000)
26. Disney Princess Collection. Disney (250,000)
27. Fisher-Price Let’s Go to the Zoo. Reader’s Digest (241,510)
28. New Moon. Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown (227,398)
29. Our 50 States. Lynne Cheney, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. S&S (225,593)
30. Peter and the Shadow Thieves. Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Disney Editions (225,000)
31. Dora the Explorer Music Player Storybook. Reader’s Digest (220,695)
32. Heat. Mike Lupica. Philomel (212,934)
33. Disney Storybook Collection. Disney (210,000)
34. Eats, Shoots & Leaves (Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference). Lynne Truss, illus. by Bonnie Timmons. Putnam (208,786)
35. Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters. Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. Candlewick (200,478)

100,000+

36. Olivia Forms a Band. Ian Falconer. Atheneum (197,836)
37. Dora’s Spooky Halloween (board book). Sonali Fry. Simon Spotlight (196,152)
38. My First Read and Learn Bible. Scholastic/Little Shepherd (194,220)
39. The Princess Primer. Stephanie True Peters. Dutton (191,215)
40. Mouse Cookies & More. Laura Numeroff, illus. by Felicia Bond. HarperCollins/Geringer (188,837)
41. The Night at the Museum. Milan Trenc. Barron’s (185,000)
42. Your Personal Penguin (board book). Sandra Boynton. Workman (183,620)
43. Thomas’ Big Storybook. Rev. W. Awdry. Random (182,495)
44. Cars: Read Aloud Storybook. Random/Disney (177,791)
45. Hokey Pokey Elmo (board book). Abigail Tabby, illus. by Tom Brannon. Random (177,663)
46. Sabuda & Reinhart Present: Castle: Medieval Days and Knights. Kyle Olmon, illus. by Tracy Sabin. Scholastic/Orchard (172,240)
47. The 12 Days of Christmas Anniversary Edition. Robert Sabuda. Little Simon (172,079)
48. Ark Angel (Alex Rider). Anthony Horowitz. Philomel (171,953)
49. Just Listen. Sarah Dessen. Viking (170,329)
50. Snowmen Pop-Up Book. Caralyn Buehner, illus. by Mark Buehner. Dial (168,363)
51. The Search for Dead Man’s Chest Storybook with Spyglass. Reader’s Digest (166,038)
52. Peter Pan in Scarlet. Geraldine McCaughrean. McElderry (159,704)
53. Miracle on 49th Street. Mike Lupica. Philomel (159,277)
54. Charlie Bone and the Hidden King. Jenny Nimmo. Scholastic/Orchard (158,719)
55. Merry Christmas, Curious George! H.A. and Margret Rey and Cathy Hapka, illus. by Mary O’Keefe Young. Houghton Mifflin (155,284)
56. Fairest. Gail Carson Levine. HarperCollins (155,006)
57. Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! Mo Willems. Hyperion (150,000)
58. Dead Man’s Chest: The Movie Storybook. Catherine McCafferty. Disney (150,000)
59. Flyte (Septimus Heap, Book Two). Angie Sage, illus. by Mark Zug. HarperCollins/Tegen (149,732)
60. The Wandmaker’s Guidebook. Ed Masessa, illus. by Dan Jankowski. Scholastic/Tangerine (149,502)
61. Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship. Isabella and Craig Hatkoff, photos by Peter Greste. Scholastic (148,543)
62. Cars: Join the Pit Crew (board book). Random/Disney (138,037)
63. Care and Feeding of Sprites (Spiderwick Chronicles). Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. S&S (135,717)
64. The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. Knopf (131,906)
65. The Jungle Book. Matthew Reinhart. Little Simon (128,899)
66. Christmas: A Pop-Up Stocking Stuffer. Robert Sabuda. Scholastic/Orchard (127,911)
67. Blue Train, Green Train. Rev. W. Awdry, illus. by Tommy Stubbs. Random (125,547)
68. Mary Engelbreit’s A Merry Little Christmas. Mary Engelbreit. HarperCollins (125,516)
69. Ptolemy’s Gate (Bartimaeus Trilogy #3). Jonathan Stroud. Hyperion/Miramax (125,000)
70. Disney Friendship Stories. Disney (125,000)
71. The Backyardigans Music Player Storybook. Reader’s Digest (119,302)
72. My Very First Book of Numbers (board book). Eric Carle. Philomel (119,036)
73. ttfn. Lauren Myracle. Abrams/Amulet, 2006 (118,000)
74. I Love You: A Keepsake Storybook Collection. Beth Bryan. Scholastic/Cartwheel (117,521)
75. Silent Night. Joseph Mohr, illus. by Thomas Kinkade. HarperCollins (116,798)
76. Dragonology Tracking and Taming Dragons. Dugald A. Steer. Candlewick (116,680)
77. How to Be Popular. Meg Cabot. HarperTeen (116,485)
78. Party Princess (The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII). Meg Cabot. HarperCollins (115,180)
79. The Quillan Games (Pendragon #7). D.J. MacHale. S&S (114,838)
80. The Dragon’s Eye. Dugald A. Steer. Candlewick (114,203)
81. Diego to the Rescue! (board book). Wendy Wax. Simon Spotlight (110,320)
82. Half Moon Investigations. Eoin Colfer. Hyperion/Miramax (110,000)
83. Hedgie Blasts Off! Jan Brett. Putnam (108,145)
84. My Very First Book of Words (board book). Eric Carle. Philomel (105,316)
85. The Wright 3. Blue Balliett, illus. by Brett Helquist. Scholastic (102,585)
86. The Looking Glass Wars. Frank Beddor. Dial (101,896)
87. Corduroy’s Thanksgiving (board book). Don Freeman, illus. by Lisa McCue. Viking (101,672)
88. Holiday Treats Cookbook (Strawberry Shortcake). Ann Bryant. Grosset & Dunlap (101,466)
89. Specials. Scott Westerfeld. Simon Pulse (101,391)
90. The Adventures of Vin Fiz. Clive Cussler. Philomel (100,881)
91. Little Einsteins: Mission: Where’s June? Susan Ring. Disney (100,000)
92. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians). Rick Riordan. Hyperion/Miramax (100,000)
93. John, Paul, George & Ben. Lane Smith. Hyperion (100,000)
94. Disney’s The Little Mermaid: Special Edition. Lara Bergen. Disney (100,000)