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The New York Times® Best Sellers: Children's Picture Books

For the Week of April 6th, 2014
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1. The Day the Crayons Quit
The Day the Crayons Quit
by Oliver Jeffers
4.7 out of 5 stars (710 customer reviews)
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Philomel
June 27, 2013
Hardcover

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Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best Children's Book of 2013: The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt’s clever story of a box of crayons gone rogue will get the whole family laughing at the letters written by the occupants of the ubiquitous yellow and green box. The combination of text and ... Read more

2. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
by Tom Lichtenheld
4.9 out of 5 stars (1,176 customer reviews)
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Chronicle Books
May 4, 2011
Hardcover

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Amazon.com Review
Amazon.com Exclusive Essay: From the Slush Pile to #1: Realizing My Vision. Or Not. First-time author Sherri Duskey Rinker's Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site steadily climbed up the New York Times' Bestseller list throughout 2011, reaching #1 on January 29th, 2012. Here she shares the ... Read more

3. Locomotive (Caldecott Medal Book)
Locomotive (Caldecott Medal Book)
by Brian Floca
4.5 out of 5 stars (80 customer reviews)
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Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
September 3, 2013
Hardcover

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From School Library Journal
Gr 3-5-It all started with "a new road of rails/made for people to ride" where "covered wagons used to crawl." Almost 150 years ago-just after the Civil War-the completion of the transcontinental railway radically changed both this country's landscape and ... Read more

4. Goodnight Songs: Illustrated by Twelve Award-Winning Picture Book Artists
Goodnight Songs: Illustrated by Twelve Award-Winning Picture Book Artists
by Margaret Wise Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews)
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Sterling Children's Books
March 4, 2014
Hardcover

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Review
“It's a treasure trove: one dozen previously unpublished lyrical songs illustrated by the likes of Jonathan Bean, Carin Berger and Melissa Sweet. In an introduction, estate editor Amy Gary explains how she found a trunk in Brown's sister's barn filled with unpublished manuscripts with Brown's handwritten notes along with ... Read more

5. Journey
Journey
by Aaron Becker
4.8 out of 5 stars (108 customer reviews)
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Candlewick
August 6, 2013
Hardcover

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Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2013: The influence of Harold and the Purple Crayon is unmistakable, but rather than a cheap imitation, Journey is a beautiful homage to the classic. Aaron Becker’s balance of color and immaculately detailed illustrations capture the eye and effortlessly tell the ... Read more

6. What Does the Fox Say?
What Does the Fox Say?
by Ylvis
4.5 out of 5 stars (359 customer reviews)
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
December 10, 2013
Hardcover

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Product Description
Do you know what the fox says? Based on the hugely popular YouTube video with more than 200 million views, this picture book is packed full of foxy fun.Dog goes woof. Cat goes meow. Bird goes tweet and mouse goes squeak… But what does the fox say? The lyrics ... Read more

7. Dragons Love Tacos
Dragons Love Tacos
by Adam Rubin
4.4 out of 5 stars (231 customer reviews)
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Dial
June 14, 2012
Hardcover

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Review
"Rubin and Salmieri, the team behind the equally hilarious "Those Darn Squirrels!," bring their kooky sensibility to this irresistible story about what can go wrong at a taco party for dragons... The dragons may screw up the party, but this book gets everything right." -The New York Times"Off-kilter fun for ... Read more

8. Press Here
Press Here
by Hervé Tullet
4.8 out of 5 stars (528 customer reviews)
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Chronicle Books
March 30, 2011
Hardcover

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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Tullet's brilliant creation proves that books need not lose out to electronic wizardry; his colorful dots perform every bit as engagingly as any on the screen of an iPad. "Ready?" the voiceover-style narration asks on the first page; it sho... Read more

9. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
by Eric Litwin
4.9 out of 5 stars (488 customer reviews)
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HarperCollins
March 2, 2010
Hardcover

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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1 A slight episode about a navy-blue cat, new white shoes, and maintaining a positive outlook. Pete the Cat strolls down the street singing, I love my white shoes, I love my white shoes, I love my white shoes. Then he steps in (actually cli... Read more

10. Rosie Revere, Engineer
Rosie Revere, Engineer
by Andrea Beaty
4.8 out of 5 stars (94 customer reviews)
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Harry N. Abrams
September 3, 2013
Hardcover

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From School Library Journal
K-Gr 2–Young Rosie is always trying to solve problems with her inventions. Shy and quiet, she resists talking about her dream to become a great engineer when a favorite uncle laughs at one of the gizmos she designs especially for him. But when Great-Great Aunt Rose shows up for ... Read more