Picture Books
| 1 | Dora Loves Boots. Alison Inches, illus. by Zina Saunders. Simon Spotlight, paper $3.99 ISBN 0-689-86373-X |
| 2 | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. Mordicai Gerstein.Roaring Brook, $17.95 ISBN 0-7613-1791-0 |
| 3 | Henry Climbs a Mountain. D.B. Johnson. Houghton Mifflin, $15 ISBN 0-618-26902-9 |
| 4 | How I Became a Pirate. Melinda Long, illus. by David Shannon. Harcourt, $16 ISBN 0-15-201848-4 |
| 5 | Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink. Diane de Groat. HarperTrophy, paper $4.95 ISBN 0-688-15220-1 |
| 6 | Mr. Peabody's Apples. Madonna, illus. by Loren Long. Callaway/Penguin, $19.99 ISBN 0-670-5883-1 |
| 7 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll, illus. by Robert Sabuda. Little Simon, $24.95 ISBN 0-689-84743-2 |
| 8 | Diary of a Worm. Doreen Cronin, illus. by Harry Bliss. HarperCollins/Cotler, $15.99 ISBN 0-06-000150-X9 |
| 9 | Walter the Farting Dog. William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray, illus. by Audrey Colman. Frog/North Atlantic (PGW, dist.), $15.95 ISBN 1-58394-053-7 |
| 10 | Olivia... and the Missing Toy. Ian Falconer. Atheneum/Schwartz, $16.95 ISBN 0-689-85291-6 |
Fiction
| 1 | Eragon. Christopher Paolini. Knopf, $18.95 ISBN 0-375-82668-8 |
| 2 | The Tale of Despereaux. Kate DiCamillo. Candlewick, $17.99 ISBN 0-7636-1722-9 |
| 3 | The Thief Lord. Cornelia Funke, trans. by Oliver Latsch. Scholastic/Chicken House, paper $6.99 ISBN 0-439-42089-X |
| 4 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Ann Brashares. Delacorte, paper $8.95 ISBN 0-385-73058-6 |
| 5 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. J.K. Rowling. Scholastic/Levine, $29.99 ISBN 0-4393-5806-X |
| 6 | The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. Ann Brashares. Delacorte, $14.95 ISBN 0-385-72934-0 |
| 7 | Inkheart. Cornelia Funke, trans. by Anthea Bell. Scholastic/Chicken House, $19.95 ISBN 0-439-53164-0 |
| 8 | Because of Winn-Dixie. Kate DiCamillo. Candlewick, paper $5.99 ISBN 0-7636-1605-2 |
| 9 | All-American Girl. Meg Cabot. HarperTrophy, paper $6.99 ISBN 0-06-447277-9 |
| 10 | Olive's Ocean. Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow, $15.99 ISBN 0-06-053543-1 |
Series and Tie-ins
| 1 | A Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony Snicket. HarperTrophy |
| 2 | Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling. Scholastic/Levine |
| 3 | Junie B. Jones. Barbara Park, illus. by Denise Brunkus. Random House |
| 4 | Captain Underpants. Dav Pilkey. Scholastic/Blue Sky |
| 5 | Magic Tree House. Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca. Random House |
| 6 | Gossip Girl. Cecily von Ziegesar. Little, Brown |
| 7 | Artemis Fowl. Eoin Colfer. Miramax/Hyperion |
| 8 | Lizzie McGuire. Disney |
| 9 | The Spiderwick Chronicles. Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. Simon & Schuster |
| 10 | Judy Moody. Megan McDonald, illus. by Peter Reynolds. Candlewick |
