Children's bestsellers

1 GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8) 42
2 SPLAT THE CAT, written and illustrated by Rob Scotton. (HarperCollins, $16.99.) First-day-of-school jitters. (Ages 4 to 8) 5
3 BATS AT THE LIBRARY, written and illustrated by Brian Lies. (Houghton Mifflin, $16.) Bats can do many things in a library besides hanging upside down. (Ages 4 to 8) 4
4 OLD BEAR, written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. (Greenwillow/HarperCollins, $17.99.) During hibernation, a bear dreams of his youth. (Ages 2 to 7) 2
5 BARACK OBAMA: SON OF PROMISE, CHILD OF HOPE, by Nikki Grimes. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. (Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) Yes, he can; a biography of the Democratic presidential nominee. (Ages 5 to 10)

SOURCE: NY Times, week of Sept. 14