Picture Books
| 1 | The English Roses. Madonna, illus. by Jeffrey Fulvimari. Callaway/Penguin, $19.99 ISBN 0-670-03678-1 |
| 2 | Diary of a Worm. Doreen Cronin, illus. by Harry Bliss. HarperCollins/Cotler, $15.99 ISBN 0-06-000150-X |
| 3 | A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women. Lynne Cheney, illus. by Robin Preiss Glasser. S&S, $16.95 ISBN 0-689-85819-1 |
| 4 | Dora's Halloween Adventures. Sarah Willson, illus. by Steven Savitsky. Simon Spotlight, $5.99 ISBN 0-689-85844-2 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Halloween Bugs. David A. Carter. Little Simon, $10.95 ISBN 0-689-85916-3 |
| 7 | How I Became a Pirate. Melinda Long, illus. by David Shannon. Harcourt, $16 ISBN 0-15-201848-4 |
| 8 | Philadelphia Chickens. Sandra Boynton. Workman, $16.95 ISBN 0-7611-2636-8 |
| 9 | The Wolves in the Walls. Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean. HarperCollins, $16.99 ISBN 0-380-97827-X |
| 10 | Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr., illus. by Eric Carle. Holt, $15.95 ISBN 0-8050-1758-5 |
Fiction
| 1 | Eragon. Christopher Paolini. Knopf, $18.95 ISBN 0-375-82668-8 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. J.K. Rowling. Scholastic/Levine, $29.99 ISBN 0-4393-5806-X |
| 3 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Ann Brashares. Delacorte, paper $8.95 ISBN 0-385-73058-6 |
| 4 | Holes. Louis Sachar. Dell/Yearling, paper $6.50 ISBN 0-440-41946-8 and 0-440-41480-6 |
| 5 | All-American Girl. Meg Cabot. HarperTrophy, paper $6.99 ISBN 0-06-447277-9 |
| 6 | The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. Ann Brashares. Delacorte, $14.95 ISBN 0-385-72934-0 |
| 7 | Coraline. Neil Gaiman. HarperTrophy, paper $5.99 ISBN 0-380-80734-3 |
| 8 | Loser. Jerry Spinelli. HarperTrophy, paper $5.99 ISBN 0-06-054074-5 |
| 9 | The Thief Lord. Cornelia Funke, trans. by Oliver Latsch. Scholastic/Chicken House, paper $6.99 ISBN 0-439-42089-X |
| 10 | The Day My Butt Went Psycho. Andy Griffiths. Scholastic, paper $4.99 ISBN 0-439-42469-0 |
Series and Tie-ins
| 1 | Captain Underpants. Dav Pilkey. Scholastic/Blue Sky |
| 2 | A Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony Snicket. HarperTrophy |
| 3 | Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling. Scholastic/Levine |
| 4 | Junie B. Jones. Barbara Park, illus. by Denise Brunkus. Random House |
| 5 | Magic Tree House. Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca. Random House |
| 6 | Artemis Fowl. Eoin Colfer. Miramax/Hyperion |
| 7 | Gossip Girl. Cecily von Ziegesar. Little, Brown |
| 8 | Lizzie McGuire. Disney |
| 9 | Judy Moody. Megan McDonald, illus. by Peter Reynolds. Candlewick |
| 10 | Bionicles. Scholastic |
