Big Fall Children's Books
-- Publishers Weekly, 7/21/2008
August
| August 1 |
Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night by Walter Wick (Scholastic/Cartwheel, $13.99). 125,000 copies.
| August 2 |
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown/Tingley, $22.99). 3.2 million copies.
| August 5 |
Clique Summer Collection #5: Claire by Lisi Harrison (Little, Brown/Poppy, $6.99 paper). 350,000 copies.
Disney Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales (Disney Press, $15.99). 200,000 copies.
Hannah Montana: Rock the Waves by Suzanne Harper (Disney Press, $12.99). 125,000 copies.
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: The New Girl by Meg Cabot (Scholastic Press, $15.99). 125,000 copies.
| August 12 |
Going, Going, Gone! with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume, illus. by James Stevenson ( Delacorte, $12.99). 250,000 copies.
Let's Dance, Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton (Random/Corey, $5.99). 150,000 copies.
Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts by Dr. Ernest Drake, ed. by Dugald A. Steer, illus. by Helen Ward et al. (Candlewick, $19.99). 140,000 copies.
Duck and Goose, 1, 2, 3 by Tad Hills (Random/Schwartz & Wade, $6.99). 125,000 copies.
Born to Read by Judy Sierra, illus. by Marc Brown (Knopf, $16.99). 125,000 copies.
| August 19 |
* Old Bear by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow, $17.99). 300,000 copies.
| August 26 |
Disney-Pixar Cars: Meet the Cars (Disney Press, $12.99). 150,000 copies.
The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau (Random, $16.99). 150,000 copies.
*Identical by Ellen Hopkins (S&S/McElderry, $17.99). 150,000 copies.
September
| September 1 |
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox, illus. by Helen Oxenbury (Harcourt, $16). 150,000 copies.
America by Charlie Samuels (Little, Brown, $19.99). 125,000 copies.
| September 2 |
Warriors: Power of Three #4: Eclipse by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99). 200,000 copies.
The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman (Disney-Hyperion, $15.99). 150,000 copies.
| September 4 |
Madeline and the Cats of Rome by John Bemelmans Marciano (Viking, $17.99). 150,000 copies.
| September 9 |
Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis, illus. by Laura Cornell (HarperCollins/Cotler, $16.99). 500,000 copies.
The 39 Clues #1: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan (Scholastic Press, $12.99). 500,000 copies.
* Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure by Doreen Cronin, illus. by Betsy Lewin (S&S/Atheneum, $16.99). 300,000 copies.
| September 11 |
Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett (Putnam, $17.99). 300,000 copies.
| September 16 |
Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: A Giant Problem by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi (Simon & Schuster, $10.99). 350,000 copies.
The 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey, illus. by Stacy Curtis (Simon & Schuster, $19.99). 350,000 copies.
Private: Revelation by Kate Brian (Simon Pulse, $9.99 paper). 150,000 copies.
| September 20 |
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, $27.50). 2.5 million copies.
| September 23 |
Disney High School Musical 3 Junior Novel by N.B. Grace (Disney Press, $4.99 paper). 1 million copies.
Magic Tree House #40: Eve of the Emperor Penguin by Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca (Random, $11.99). 500,000 copies.
Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo, illus. by Harry Bliss (HarperCollins/Cotler, $17.99). 300,000 copies.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Special Anniversary Edition by J.K. Rowling, illus. by Mary GrandPré (Scholastic/Levine, $30). 180,000 copies.
Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins/Cotler, $15.99). 125,000 copies.
| September 30 |
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff, illus. by Felicia Bond (HarperCollins/Geringer, $16.99). 1 million copies.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean (HarperCollins, $17.99). 250,000 copies.
Fancy Nancy Sees Stars by Jane O'Connor, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperTrophy, $3.99 paper). 300,000 copies.
A Very Marley Christmas by John Grogan, illus. by Richard Cowdrey (HarperCollins, $17.99). 250,000 copies.
Charlie Bone and the Shadow by Jenny Nimmo (Scholastic/Orchard, $12.99). 200,000 copies.
Tea for Ruby by Sarah Ferguson, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser (S&S/Wiseman, $16.99). 200,000 copies.
Marley & Me: Marley to the Rescue! by M.K. Gaudet (HarperTrophy, $3.99 paper). 175,000 copies.
Marley & Me: Meet Marley by Natalie Engel (HarperTrophy, $3.99 paper). 175,000 copies.
Christmas Cookies by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illus. by Jane Dyer (HarperCollins, $12.99). 150,000 copies.
The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket, illus. by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins, $12.99). 150,000 copies.
October
| October 1 |
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press, $17.99). 200,000 copies.
Too Many Toys by David Shannon (Scholastic/Blue Sky, $16.99). 150,000 copies.
Santa Paws by Rachael Hale (Little, Brown/LB Kids, $6.99). 125,000 copies.
| October 7 |
Paula Deen's My First Cookbook by Paula Deen with Martha Nesbit, illus. by Susan Mitchell (Simon & Schuster, $21.99). 400,000 copies.
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic/Chicken House, $24.99). 350,000 copies.
The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body by David Macaulay (Houghton/Lorraine, $35). 300,000 copies.
Gossip Girl, The Carlyles #2: You Just Can't Get Enough by Cecily von Ziegesar (Little, Brown/Poppy, $10.99 paper). 250,000 copies.
The Runaway Dolls by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, illus. by Brian Selznick (Disney-Hyperion, $16.99). 175,000 copies.
| October 14 |
Hannah Montana Backstage Pass by M.C. King (Disney Press, $19.99). 750,000 copies.
Science Fair by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney Editions, $18.99). 250,000 copies.
Mary Engelbreit's Nursery Tales by Mary Engelbreit (HarperCollins, $19.99). 250,000 copies.
| October 15 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself Book by Jeff Kinney (Abrams/Amulet, $10.95). 500,000 copies.
| October 21 |
Fancy Nancy: Let's Get Fancy Together! by Jane O'Connor, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, $17.99). 250,000 copies.
| October 28 |
Jon Scieszka's Trucktown: Melvin Might? by Jon Scieszka, illus. by David Gordon et al. (Simon & Schuster, $16.99). 350,000 copies.
Spyology by Spencer Blake, ed. by Dugald Steer, illus. by Ian Andrew et al. (Candlewick, $22.99). 175,000 copies.
| October 30 |
Brava, Strega Nona! by Tomie dePaola, paper engineering by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart (Putnam, $29.99). 125,000 copies.
November
| November 3 |
The It Girl #7: Infamous by Cecily von Ziegesar (Little, Brown/Poppy, $9.99). 200,000 copies.
| November 4 |
Peter Pan by Robert Sabuda (S&S/Little Simon, $29.99). 200,000 copies.
Ranger's Apprentice: The Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan (Philomel, $16.99). 150,000 copies.
| November 13 |
Almost Famous: A Talent Novel by Zoey Dean (Razorbill, $9.99 paper). 250,000 copies.
| November 18 |
Influence by Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen (Razorbill, $35). 250,000 copies.
| November 25 |
How to Talk to Girls by Alec Greven (Collins, $9.99). 150,000 copies.
December
| December 23 |
Warriors: Power of Three #5: Long Shadows by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99). 250,000 copies.
Princess Diaries, Volume X: Forever Princess by Meg Cabot (HarperTeen, $16.99). 125,000 copies.
| December 30 |
Privilege by Kate Brian (S&S/Simon Pulse, $9.99 paper). 150,000 copies.
