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Children's bestsellers

Posted by Jim Concannon July 24, 2008 10:49 AM


1 YOU CAN DO IT!, by Tony Dungy. Illustrated by Amy June Bates. (Little Simon Inspirations, $16.99.) How faith and dreams help us succeedd, by the coach of the Indianapolis Colts. (Ages 4 to 7)
2 GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
3 ALPHABET, by Matthew Van Fleet. (Wiseman/Simon & Schuster, $19.99.) An interactive safari ABC. (Ages 2 to 6)
4 A VISITOR FOR BEAR, by Bonny Becker. Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton. (Candlewick, $16.99.) A mouse pops in on an antisocial bear. (Ages 4 to 8)
5 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)

Source: NY Times, week of July 27 - August 2

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