There are 48 books in the New York Times Children’s Picture Books Best Sellers 2008 list. Here are the 30 books ranked from 1 to 30.
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1. Gallop!
Weeks on the list: 29
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by: Rufus Butler Seder Release date: Jan 01, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Animals seem to move when you flip the page.
2. Alphabet
Weeks on the list: 15
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by: Matthew Van Fleet Release date: Apr 08, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
One of Trixie’s classmates has a bunny just like hers.
3. Ladybug Girl
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Jacky Davis , David Soman Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Creativity and the right outfit let a little girl feel bigger.
4. Big Words For Little People
Weeks on the list: 13
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by: Jamie Lee Curtis Release date: Sep 09, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A boisterous family improves its vocabulary, and its relationships.
5. Smash! Crash!
Weeks on the list: 12
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by: Jon Scieszka Release date: Jan 08, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A truck named Jack and a dump truck named Dan love to smash into things.
6. Bats At The Library
Weeks on the list: 12
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by: Brian Lies Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Bats can do many things in a library besides hanging upside down.
7. Zen Ties
Weeks on the list: 11
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by: Jon J Muth Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Stillwater the Buddhist panda encourages friends to help a neighbor.
8. Read All About It!
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Laura Bush , Jenna Bush Release date: Apr 22, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A boy is surprised to discover that he loves storybooks.
9. Knuffle Bunny Too
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Mo Willems Release date: Sep 04, 2007 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A young slave mails himself to freedom.
10. Don’T Bump The Glump!
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Shel Silverstein Release date: Mar 18, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
His first collection of nonsense verse, originally published in 1964.
11. A Visitor For Bear
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Bonny Becker Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A mouse keeps dropping in on an antisocial bear.
12. Barack Obama: Son Of Promise, Child Of Hope
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Nikki Grimes Release date: Aug 26, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Yes, he can; a biography of the Democratic presidential nominee.
13. Gingerbread Friends
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Jan Brett Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The Gingerbread Baby just wants somebody to play with.
14. Abc3d
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Marion Bataille Release date: Oct 14, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
The alphabet, in pop-ups.
15. Swing!
Weeks on the list: 9
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by: Rufus Butler Seder Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Athletic children seem to move when you flip the page.
16. Dirt On My Shirt
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Jeff Foxworthy Release date: Mar 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Poems of childhood by the comedian and TV host.
17. Goodnight Goon
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Michael Rex Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Bedtime in the cold gray tomb: a parody of the classic story.
18. Ten Little Fingers And Ten Little Toes
Weeks on the list: 8
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by: Mem Fox Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A celebration of baby fingers, baby toes and baby love.
19. Fairies And Magical Creatures
Weeks on the list: 7
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by: Matthew Reinhart , Robert Sabuda Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Mythological pop-ups from the Encyclopedia Prehistorica team.
20. Splat The Cat: Where’s The Easter Bunny?
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Rob Scotton Release date: Jan 25, 2011 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
First-day-of-school jitters.
21. Brava, Strega Nona!
Weeks on the list: 6
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by: Tomie dePaola Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
An Italian grandmother shares six secrets of life in a pop-up book.
22. You Can Do It!
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Tony Dungy Release date: Jul 08, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
How faith and dreams help us succeed, by the coach of the Indianapolis Colts.
23. Too Many Toys
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: David Shannon Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
When each toy is your favorite, it’s hard to get rid of any.
24. Tea For Ruby
Weeks on the list: 5
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by: Sarah Ferguson Release date: Sep 23, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A clumsy girl learns table manners before meeting the “queen.”
25. Help Me, Mr. Mutt!
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: Janet Stevens Stevens , Susan Stevens Crummel Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A canine counselor encounters a big problem – a cat.
26. Hip Hop Speaks To Children
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: edited Nikki Giovanni Various illustrators Release date: Oct 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
A celebration of poetry with a beat; includes a CD.
27. A Very Marley Christmas
Weeks on the list: 4
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by: John Grogan Release date: Sep 30, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Marley the pup “helps” at holidaytime.
28. Madam President
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: Lane Smith Release date: Jul 29, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
What if a girl were president?
29. Old Bear
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: Kevin Henkes Release date: Aug 19, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
During hibernation, a bear dreams of his youth.
30. On A Scary Scary Night
Weeks on the list: 3
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by: Walter Wick Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Find in Library Check on Amazon Google Preview |
Can you see what I see? Picture puzzles.
Last updated on December 8, 2021
