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Children’s Books

Published: May 4, 2008

PICTURE BOOKS
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1 GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8) 23
2 DON’T BUMP THE GLUMP!, written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) His first collection of nonsense verse, originally published in 1964. (Ages 5 and up) 5
3 DIRT ON MY SHIRT, by Jeff Foxworthy. Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman. (HarperCollins, $16.99.) Poems of childhood by the comedian and TV host. (Ages 4 to 7) 7
4 MY DOG MAY BE A GENIUS, by Jack Prelutsky. Illustrated by James Stevenson. (Greenwillow, $18.99.) Fanciful poems about a pig in a bathing suit, a skunk in a courtroom and more. (Ages 4 to 8) 2
5 ALPHABET, by Matthew Van Fleet. (Wiseman/Simon & Schuster, $19.99.) An interactive safari ABC. (Ages 2 to 6) 2
6 KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO, written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Hyperion, $16.99.) One of Trixie’s classmates has a bunny just like hers. (Ages 4 to 8) 24
7 ZEN TIES, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth. (Scholastic, $17.99.) A panda encourages his nephew and their friends to help a grouchy neighbor. (Ages 4 to 8) 14
8 SMASH! CRASH!, by Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon. (Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) A truck named Jack and a dump truck named Dan love to smash into things. (Ages 3 to 7) 15
9 LADYBUG GIRL, by Jacky Davis and David Soman. Illustrated by David Soman. (Dial, $16.99.) Creativity and the right outfit let a little girl feel bigger. (Ages 4 and up) 5
10 FIRST THE EGG, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook, $14.95.) An egg becomes a chick; a tadpole becomes a frog; a seed becomes a flower. (Ages 2 to 6) 7


CHAPTER BOOKS
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1 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Amulet/Abrams, $12.95.) How Greg embarrassed himself on his vacation; a sequel to “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” (Ages 9 to 12) 14
2 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Amulet/Abrams, $12.95.) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12) 53
3 TWEAK, by Nic Sheff. (Ginee Seo/Atheneum, $16.99.) A memoir of a teenager’s methamphetamine addiction. (Ages 15 and up) 8
4 THE PENDERWICKS ON GARDAM STREET, by Jeanne Birdsall. (Knopf, $15.99.) Four sisters intervene in their father’s dating life; a sequel to “The Penderwicks.” (Ages 12 and up) 2
5 CITY OF ASHES, by Cassandra Clare. (McElderry, $17.99.) A girl must find her father in a hidden realm of demons; a sequel to “City of Bones.” (Ages 14 and up) 4
6 THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, written and illustrated by Brian Selznick. (Scholastic, $22.99.) A novel “in words and pictures”; an orphaned thief must decipher his father’s last message. (Ages 9 to 12) 55
7 GLASS, by Ellen Hopkins. (McElderry, $16.99.) A story of addiction, told in verse; the sequel to “Crank.” (Ages 14 and up) 21
8 EXTRAS, by Scott Westerfeld. (Simon Pulse, $16.99.) A 15-year-old girl falls in with a secretive clique; Book 4 in the “Uglies” series. (Ages 12 and up) 20
9 THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown, $16.99.) A boy leaves his reservation for an all-white school. (Ages 12 and up) 25
10 THE BIG FIELD, by Mike Lupica. (Philomel, $17.99.) With the championship on the line, a hot prospect replaces Hutch as shortstop. (Ages 10 and up) 7