Bestseller Lists
Volume 32, Number 4, April 2005
Compiled by Kim Tabor from data provided by Amazon.com.
Fiction | Nonfiction | Picture Books
Legend: Each book on the bestseller list is categorized according to its reading level:
E = Elementary, J = Junior, S = Secondary
Some books may be considered appropriate for more than one reading level.
Fiction
1. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince. J. K. Rowling. Scholastic. |
J/S |
1 |
2. The opal deception. Eoin Colfer. Miramax. 0-7868-5289-5. |
J/S |
- |
3. Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix. J.K. Rowling. Scholastic. 0-439-35806-X. |
J/S |
3 |
4. The grim grotto Lemony Snicket. HarperCollins. 0-06-441014-5. |
J |
2 |
5. 5. Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata. Atheneum. 0-689-85639-3 |
J/S |
- |
6. Dragon rider. Cornelia Funke. Chicken House. 0-439-45695-9. |
J |
10 |
7. Harry Potter and the goblet of fire. J. K. Rowling. Arthur A. Levine Books. 0439139597. |
J/s |
- |
8. Al Capone does my shirts. Gennifer Choldenko. Putnam. 0-399-23861-1. |
J/S |
- |
9. The slippery slope. Lemony Snicket. HarperCollins. 0-06-441013-7 |
J |
5 |
10. Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. J. K. Rowling. Scholastic. 0-590-35340-3. |
J/S |
8 |
Nonfiction
1. The care and keeping of you: The body book for girls. Valorie Schaefer. Pleasant. 1562476661. |
J |
3 |
2. What do you do with a tail like this? Robin Page. Houghton Mifflin. 0-618-25628-8. |
E |
1 |
3. 3. Saint Francis of Assisi: A joy of life. Robert F. Kennedy. Hyperion. 0-7868-1875-1. |
E |
- |
4. Philadelphia chickens: A too-illogical zoological musical revue. Sandra Boynton. Workman. 0-7611-2636-8. |
E/J |
8 |
5. Math curse. Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Viking. 0-670-86194-4. |
J |
10 |
6. It's hard to be five. Jamie Lee Curtis. Joanna Cotler. 0-06-008095-7. |
J |
5 |
7. The new way things work. David Macaulay. Houghton Mifflin. 0-395-93847-3. |
J |
4 |
8. Science verse. Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Viking. 0-670-91057-0. |
J |
7 |
9. The man who walked between the towers. Mordicai Gerstein. Roaring Brook. 0-7613-1791-0. |
E |
6 |
10. We beat the street: How a friendship led to success. Sampson Davis. Dutton. 0-525-47407-2. |
S |
- |
Picture Books
1. 1. Girls hold up this world. Jada Pinkett-Smith. Cartwheel. 0-439-08793-7. |
E |
- |
2. Oh, the places you’ll go! Dr. Seuss. Random. 0-679-80527-3. |
E |
10 |
3. Where the wild things are. Maurice Sendak. HarperCollins. 0-06-025492-0. |
E |
2 |
4.The giving tree. Shel Silverstein. HarperCollins. 0-06-025665-6. |
E |
4 |
5. Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus! Mo Willems. Hyperion. 0-7868-1988-X. |
E |
3 |
6. A treasure's trove: A fairy tale about real treasure for parents and children of all ages. Michael Stadther. Treasure Trove. 0-9760618-0-5. |
E |
- |
7. The red book. Barbara Lehman. Houghton Mifflin. 0-618-42858-5. |
E |
- |
8. Harold and the purpose crayon 50th anniversary edition. Crockett Johnson Ill. HarperTrophy. 0-06-443022-7.Crockett Johnson. HarperCollins. 0-06-022935-7. |
E |
- |
9. Love you forever. Robert N. Munsch. Firefly. 0-920668-37-2. |
E |
- |
10. Dora's book of manners. Christine Ricci. Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon. 0-689-86533-3. |
E |
- |
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