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Children's Picture Books - Top 10
Buy a Book! Amazon.com EATS, SHOOTS, & LEAVES, by Lynne Truss. Illustrated by Bonnie Timmons. (Putnam, $15.99.) Comma lessons, adapted from the adult version. (Ages 5 to 8)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com BATS AT THE BEACH, written and illustrated by Brian Lies. (Houghton Mifflin, $16.) After dark, bats head out for the surf, sand and moonlight. (Ages 4 to 8)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com CASTLE: MEDIEVAL DAYS AND KNIGHTS, by Kyle Olmon. Illustrated by Tracy Sabin. (Orchard, $19.99.) A pop-up look at daily life inside a medieval castle. (Ages 9 to 12)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com PIRATES, by John Matthews. (Atheneum, $19.95.) Histories, biographies and assorted buccaneer trivia (in a single attack, Henry Avery captured more than $52 million in today's money). (Ages 8 and up)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com DOOBY DOOBY MOO, by Doreen Cronin. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. (Atheneum, $16.95.) Duck and friends enter a talent show to win a trampoline. (Ages 4 to 8)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com FANCY NANCY, by Jane O'Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. (HarperCollins, $15.99.) A glamour girl dresses her family up and takes them out on the town. (Ages 4 to 7)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com OWEN AND MZEE, by Isabella and Craig Hatkoff with Paula Kahumbu. Photographs by Peter Greste. (Scholastic, $16.99.) The true story of the friendship between a baby hippo and a 130-year-old tortoise. (Ages 4 to 8)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD, by Watty Piper. Illustrated by Loren Long. (Philomel, $17.99.) I think I can: new illustrations for the classic story of a determined train. (Ages 3 and up)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com TAILS, written and illustrated by Matthew Van Fleet. Edited by Skip Skwarek. (Red Wagon/Harcourt,$12.95.) All about them: furry ones and rough ones, long ones and stumpy ones. (Ages 2 to 5)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: DINOSAURS, by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. (Candlewick, $26.99.) A pop-up dinosaur compendium. (Ages 5 and up)


Children's Chapter Books - Top 10
PETER & THE SHADOW THIEVES, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. (Disney, $18.99.) Peter and Tinker Bell go to London to rescue a friend's mother; a sequel to "Peter and the Starcatchers." (Ages 10 and up) Buy a Book! Amazon.com
HOW TO BE POPULAR, by Meg Cabot. (HarperTempest, $16.99.) An Indiana girl follows the advice of a self-help book and manages to join the It Crowd. (Ages 12 and up) Buy a Book! Amazon.com
ELDEST, by Christopher Paolini. (Knopf, $21.) Eragon in the land of elves; Book 2 in the Inheritance trilogy. (Ages 12 and up) Buy a Book! Amazon.com
MAXIMUM RIDE: SCHOOL'S OUT - FOREVER, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown, $16.99.) Who's trying to kill Max and his flying friends? (Ages 10 and up) Buy a Book! Amazon.com
NEW MOON, by Stephenie Meyer. (Megan Tingley/Little, Brown, $17.99.) A human and a vampire continue their dangerous love affair; a sequel to "Twilight." (Ages 12 and up) Buy a Book! Amazon.com
THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $16.95.) In Nazi Germany, a girl saves books from book-burnings and shares them with the Jewish man hiding in her basement. (Ages 14 and up) Buy a Book! Amazon.com
FLUSH, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $16.95.) To free his father from jail, Noah must catch a casino owner whose boat is polluting the Florida Keys. (Ages 9 to 12) Buy a Book! Amazon.com
HEAT, by Mike Lupica. (Philomel, $16.99.) A Cuban boy in the Bronx has the chance to pitch in the Little League World Series, but rivals don't believe he's only 12. (Ages 9 to 12) Buy a Book! Amazon.com
THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. (Candlewick, $18.99.) A rabbit made of china learns about love and loss. (Ages 8 to 12) Buy a Book! Amazon.com
DRAGON RIDER, by Cornelia Funke. (Chicken House/Scholastic, $12.95.) A boy and a dragon set off on a magical quest. (Ages 10 and up) Buy a Book! Amazon.com


Children's Paperbook Books - Top 10
Buy a Book! Amazon.com DIAL L FOR LOSER, by Lisi Harrison. (Little, Brown, $9.99.) Massie and friends head to Hollywood to audition for a movie; a "Clique" novel. (Ages 14 and up)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, adapted by N. B. Grace. (Disney, $4.99.) Troy and Gabriella want to be stars; adapted from the TV movie. (Ages 9 to 12)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, by Irene Trimble. (Disney, $4.99.) Captain Jack Sparrow is on the run from Davy Jones; a movie novelization. (Ages 8 to 12)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com HOOT, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $8.95.) Trying to solve a mystery, a boy newly arrived in Florida encounters bizarre people. (Ages 10 and up)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com MAXIMUM RIDE: THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT, by James Patterson. (Warner Vision, $6.99.) Bred to fly, a flock of children have to track down their parents, rescue one of their own and save the world. (Ages 10 and up)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com ERAGON, by Christopher Paolini. (Knopf, $9.95.) A boy and a young dragon must navigate a bewildering world of dark powers. (Ages 12 and up)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com DRIVING BUDDIES, adapted by Apple Jordan. (Random House, $3.99.) A race car and a tow truck become friends; based on the movie "Cars." (Ages 4 to 7)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com NOTORIOUS, by Cecily von Ziegesar. (Little, Brown, $9.99.) Who is the coolest girl at Waverly Academy? An "It Girl"novel. (Ages 14 and up)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com ONLY IN YOUR DREAMS, by Cecily von Ziegesar. (Little, Brown, $9.99.) It's the last summer before the gang heads off to college, and things are sizzling; a Gossip Girls novel. (Ages 14 and up)
Buy a Book! Amazon.com PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. (Disney, $7.99.) In a prequel to "Peter Pan," an orphan and his friend Molly try to save the world from evil. (Ages 10 and up)