2013 ABC Best Books for Children Catalog Titles Unveiled
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Presented below in alphabetical order by publisher are the more than 150 titles featured in this year’s ABC Best Books for Children Catalog.
In addition to titles published in 2013, the catalog features award-winning backlist books.
The 21st edition of the catalog, which is in production now, is scheduled to ship to stores in early October. The deadline for orders is August 20.
All members of the ABC Children’s Group at ABA will automatically receive 250 catalogs with no imprinting. All other ABA member stores will automatically receive 20 catalogs with no imprinting.
An order form for additional copies, either imprinted or plain, is available here.
For further information or to place an order for more than 5,000 copies, ABA members should contact ABC Children’s Group Manager Shannon O’Connor via e-mail or by phone at (800) 637-0037, ext. 7551. A list of the 2013 catalog titles in Excel spreadsheet format is also available to stores upon request.
The 2013 ABC Best Books for Children Catalog Title List
Alphablock, Christopher Franceschelli, $16.95, (BB), 9781419709364, Abrams Appleseed
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Jeff Kinney, $13.95, (HC), 9781419711329, Amulet Books
I Know A Lot! Stephen Krensky, $6.95, (BB), 9781419709388, Abrams Appleseed
Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work, Maurice Sendak (illus.), $45.00, (HC), 9781419708268, Abrams
Rosie Revere, Engineer, Andrea Beaty, $16.95, (HC), 9781419708459, Abrams Books for Young Readers
The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett, Tom Angleberger, $12.95, (POB), 9781419708589, Amulet Books
The Wimpy Kid 2014 Wall Calendar, $13.99, (CAL), 9781419710445, Abrams Books for Young Readers
Anton and Cecil: Cats at Sea, Lisa Martin & Valerie Martin, Kelly Murphy (illus.), $16.95, (HC), 9781616202460, Algonquin Young Readers
If You Could Be Mine, Sara Farizan, $16.99, (HC), 9781616202514, Algonquin Young Readers
The Time Fetch, Amy Herrick, $16.95, (HC), 9781616202200, Algonquin Young Readers
Desmond Pucket Makes Monster Magic, Mark Tatulli, $13.99, (HC), 9781449435486, Andrews McMeel Publishing
In Darkness, Nick Lake, $17.99, (HC), 9781599907437, Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton, Matt Phelan, $22.99, (HC), 9780763650797, Candlewick Press
Dinosaur Kisses, David Ezra Stein, $15.99, (HC), 9780763661045, Candlewick Press
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (illus.), $17.99, (HC), 9780763660406, Candlewick Press
How to Train a Train, Jason Carter Eaton, $16.99, (HC), 9780763663070, Candlewick Press
Ike’s Incredible Ink, Brianne Farley, $16.99, (HC), 9780763662967, Candlewick Press
Journey, Aaron Becker, $15.99, (HC), 9780763660536, Candlewick Press
Maggot Moon, Sally Gardner, Julian Crouch (illus.), $16.99, (HC), 9780763665531, Candlewick Press
More Than This, Patrick Ness, $19.99, (HC), 9780763662585, Candlewick Press
One Gorilla: A Counting Book, Anthony Browne, $16.99, (HC), 9780763663520, Candlewick Press
The Kingdom of Little Wounds, Susann Cokal, $22.99, (HC), 9780763666941, Candlewick Press
The Odyssey, Gillian Cross, Neil Packer (illus.), $19.99, (HC), 9780763647919, Candlewick Press
The Smallest Gift of Christmas, Peter H. Reynolds, $14.00, (HC), 9780763661038, Candlewick Press
This Is Not My Hat, Jon Klassen, $15.99, (HC), 9780763655990, Candlewick Press
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, Stephan Pastis, $14.99, (HC), 9780763660505, Candlewick Press
With a Mighty Hand, Amy Ehrlich, $29.99, (HC), 9780763643959, Candlewick Press
Zebra Forest, Adina Rishe Gewirtz, $15.99, (HC), 9780763660413, Candlewick Press
Carnivores, Aaron Reynolds, $16.99, (HC), 9780811866903, Chronicle Books
Fish Finelli: Seagulls Don’t Eat Pickles, E. S. Farber, $15.99, (HC), 9781452108209, Chronicle Books
Ivy and Bean Take the Case: Book 10, Annie Barrows, $14.99, (HC), 9781452106991, Chronicle Books
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein, Jennifer Berne, $17.99, (HC), 9780811872355, Chronicle Books
Open This Little Book, Jesse Klausmeier, $16.99, (HC), 9780811867832, Chronicle Books
Steam Train, Dream Train, Sherri Duskey Rinker, $16.99, (HC), 9781452109206, Chronicle Books
The Clockwork Scarab: A Stoker & Holmes Novel, Colleen Gleason, $17.99, (HC), 9781452110707, Chronicle Books
Vader’s Little Princess, Jeffrey Brown, $14.95, (HC), 9781452118697, Chronicle Books
Cozy Light, Cozy Night, Elisa Kleven, $16.99, (HC), 9781939547026, Creston Books
Lola Goes to Work: a Nine-to-Five Therapy Dog, Marcia Goldman, $16.99, (HC), 9781939547002, Creston Books
A Girl Called Problem, Katie Quirk, $8.00, (TP), 9780802854049, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Thunderstorm, Arthur Geisert, $17.95, (HC), 9781592701339, Enchanted Lion Books / Consortium (dist.)
Welcome to Your Awesome Robot, Viviane Schwarz, $13.95, (TP), 9781909263000, Flying Eye Books / Consortium (dist.)
Read Me a Story, Stella, Marie-Louise Gay, $16.95, (HC), 9781554982165, Groundwood Books / PGW (dist.)
Ink (The Paper Gods), Amanda Sun, $9.99, (TP), 9780373210718, Harlequin Teen
The Eternity Cure, Julie Kagawa, $16.99, (HC), 9780373210695, Harlequin Teen
The Immortal Rules, Julie Kagawa, $9.99, (TP), 9780373210800, Harlequin Teen
The Iron Fey: Volume One, Julie Kagawa, $14.95, (TP), 9780373211388, Harlequin Teen
Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot, Caroline Carlson, $16.99, (HC), 9780062194343, HarperCollins Children’s Books
The Brokenhearted, Amelia Kahaney, $17.99, (HC), 9780062230928, HarperCollins Children’s Books
How to Love, Katie Cotugno, $17.99, (HC), 9780062216359, HarperCollins Children’s Books
The Paradox of Vertical Flight, Emil Ostrovski, $17.99, (HC), 9780062238528, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Amelia Bedelia Means Business, Herman Parish, Lynne Avril (illus.), $4.99, (TP), 9780062094964, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Elvis and the Underdogs, Jenny Lee, Kelly Light (illus.), $16.99, (HC), 9780062235541, HarperCollins Children's Books
Extra Yarn, Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (illus.), $16.99, (HC), 9780061953385, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Fortunately, the Milk, Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young (illus.), $14.99, (HC), 9780062224071, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Grumpy Goat, Brett Helquist, $17.99, (HC), 9780061139536, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Guys Read: Other Worlds, $6.99, (TP), 9780061963797, HarperCollins Children’s Books
In the After, Demitris Lunetta, $17.99, (HC), 9780062105455, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Never Say Die, Will Hobbs, $16.99, (HC), 9780061708787, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Not a Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis, $17.99, (HC), 9780062198501, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Pulse, Patrick Carman, $17.99, (HC), 9780062085764, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Rush: Book One of The Game, Eve Silver, $17.99, (HC), 9780062192134, HarperCollins Children’s Books
That Is Not a Good Idea! Mo Willems, $17.99, (HC), 9780062203090, HarperCollins Children’s Books
The Madman’s Daughter, Megan Shepherd, $17.99, (HC), 9780062128027, HarperCollins Children’s Books
The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate, $16.99, (HC), 9780061992254, HarperCollins Children’s Books
The Silver Dream: An InterWorld Novel, Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves, $18.99, (HC), 9780062067968, HarperCollins Children’s Books
The Snow Queen, Hans Christian Anderson, Bagram Ibatoulline (illus.), $17.99, (HC), 9780062209504, HarperCollins Children’s Books
The Truth of Me, Patricia MacLachlan, $14.99, (HC), 9780061998591, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker’s Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty, Russell Freedman, $24.95, (HC), 9780823423743, Holiday House
Hunter Moran Saves the Universe, Patricia Reilly Giff, $6.99, (TP), 9780823429172, Holiday House
The Reluctant Dragon 75th Anniversary Edition, Kenneth Graham, $6.95, (TP), 9780823428212, Holiday House
Big Bear’s Big Boat, Eve Bunting, Nancy Carpenter (illus.), $12.99, (HC), 9780618585373, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Crankle Doodle, Tom Angleberger, $16.99, (HC), 9780547818542, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Dark Triumph, Robin LaFevers, $17.99, (HC), 9780547628387, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets, Evan Roskos, $16.99, (HC), 9780547928531, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Mr. Wuffles! David Wiesner, $17.99, (HC), 9780618756612, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Song of the Quarkbeast, Jasper Fforde, $16.99, (HC), 9780547738482, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Candy Smash, Jacqueline Davies, $15.99, (HC), 9780544022089, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Last Dragonslayer: The Chronicles of Kazam, Book 1, Jasper Fforde, $7.99, (TP), 9780544104716, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Testing, Joelle Charbonneau, $17.99, (HC), 9780547959108, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Xander’s Panda Party, Linda Sue Park, Matt Phelan (illus.), $16.99, (HC), 9780547558653, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Mysterious Woods of Whistle Root, Christopher Pennell, $16.99, (HC), 9780547792637, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Martín de Porres: The Rose in the Desert, Gary D. Schmidt, David Diaz (illus.), $16.99, (HC), 9780547612188, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Maya Was Grumpy, Courtney Pippin-Mathur, $16.95, (HC), 9781936261130, Flashlight Press
Too Much Glue! Jason Lefebvre, Zac Retz (illus.), $16.95, (HC), 9781936261277, Flashlight Press
“When Did You See Her Last?” Lemony Snicket, $16.99, (HC), 9780316123051, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Boy Nobody, Allen Zadoff, $18.00, (HC), 9780316199681, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Icons, Margaret Stohl, $18.00, (HC), 9780316205184, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, Peter Brown, $18.00, (HC), 9780316200639, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Reality Boy, A.S. King, $18.00, (HC), 9780316222709, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black, $19.00, (HC), 9780316213103, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
The Dark, Lemony Snicket, Jon Klassen (illus.), $16.99, (HC), 9780316187480, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns, Chris Colfer, $18.00, (HC), 9780316201544, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
The Tortoise & the Hare, Jerry Pinkney, $18.00, (HC), 9780316183567, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Treasure Hunters, James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein with Mark Shulman, $14.99, (HC), 9780316207560, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Unbreakable, Kami Garcia, $18.00, (HC), 9780316210171, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World, Henry Clark, $17.00, (HC), 9780316206662, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Zombie Baseball Beatdown, Paolo Bacigalupi, $17.00, (HC), 9780316220781, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Not for Parents: The Real Wonders of the World, Lonely Planet, $19.99, (HC), 9781743217344, Lonely Planet
Not For Parents: How to be a Dinosaur Hunter, Lonely Planet, $17.99, (HC), 9781743219089, Lonely Planet
Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell, $18.99, (HC), 9781250030955, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell, $18.99, (HC), 9781250012579, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Battling Boy, Paul Pope, $15.99, (TP), 9781596431454, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
If You Want to See a Whale, Julie Fogliano, Erin Stead (illus.), $16.99, (HC), 9781596437319, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Siege and Storm, Leigh Bardugo, $17.99, (HC), 9780805094602, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Dead End in Norvelt, Jack Gantos, $7.99, (TP), 9781250010230, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
From Norvelt to Nowhere, Jack Gantos, $16.99, (HC), 9780374379940, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Building Our House, Jonathan Bean, $17.99, (HC), 9780374380236, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Elephant’s Story, Tracey Campbell Pearson, $17.99, (HC), 9780374399139, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Hello, My Name is Ruby, Philip C. Stead, $16.99, (HC), 9781596438095, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Scarlet, Marissa Meyer, $17.99, (HC), 9780312642969, Macmillan Children’s Publishing
An Otis Christmas, Loren Long, $17.99, (HC), 9780399163951, Penguin Young Readers
Counting By 7s, Holly Goldberg Sloan, $16.99, (HC), 9780803738553, Penguin Young Readers
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Robert Byrd, $17.00, (HC), 9780803737495, Penguin Young Readers
Friends, Eric Carle, $17.99, (HC), 9780399165337, Penguin Young Readers
Otis and the Puppy, Loren Long, $17.99, (HC), 9780399254697, Penguin Young Readers
The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (illus.), $17.99, (HC), 9780399255373, Penguin Young Readers
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, $17.99, (HC), 9780525478812, Penguin Young Readers
The Twistrose Key, Tone Almhjell, $16.99, (HC), 9780803738959, Penguin Young Readers
After Iris, Natasha Farrant, $16.99, (HC), 9780803739826, Penguin Young Readers
The Theory of Everything, Kari Luna, $17.99, (HC), 9780399256264, Penguin Young Readers
Nick & Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab, Bob Pflugfelder & Steve Hockensmith, $12.95, (HC), 9781594746482, Quirk Books
Bluebird, Bob Staake, $17.99, (HC), 9780375870378, Random House Children’s Books
Chomp, Carl Hiaasen, $8.99, (TP), 9780375868276, Random House Children’s Books
Daisy Gets Lost, Chris Raschka, $17.99, (HC), 9780449817414, Random House Children’s Books
Dog Loves Counting, Louise Yates, $17.99, (HC), 9780449813423, Random House Children’s Books
Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey, Emily Winfield Martin, $17.99, (HC), 9780449810804, Random House Children’s Books
Every Day, David Levithan, $9.99, (HC), 9780307931894, Random House Children’s Books
Far Far Away, Tom McNeal, $17.99, (HC), 9780375849725, Random House Children’s Books
Gated, Amy Christine Parker, $17.99, (HC), 9780449815977, Random House Children’s Books
Liar & Spy, Rebecca Stead, $6.99, (TP), 9780375850875, Random House Children’s Books
Listening for Lucca, Suzanne LaFleur, $16.99, (HC), 9780385742993, Random House Children’s Books
Loud Awake and Lost, Adele Griffin, $16.99, (HC), 9780385752725, Random House Children’s Books
Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things, Cynthia Voigt, Iacopo Bruno (illus.), $16.99, (HC), 9780307976819, Random House Children’s Books
Navigating Early, Clare Vanderpool, $16.99, (HC), 9780385742092, Random House Children’s Books
Rocket’s Mighty Words, Tad Hills, $10.99, (BB), 9780385372336, Random House Children’s Books
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, Liesl Shurtliff, $16.99, (HC), 9780307977939, Random House Children’s Books
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman, $17.99, (HC), 9780375866562, Random House Children’s Books
Sky Jumpers, Peggy Eddleman, $16.99, (HC), 9780307981271, Random House Children’s Books
Snowflakes Fall, Patricia MacLachlan , Stephen Kellogg (illus.), $17.99, (HC), 9780385376938, Random House Children’s Books
Sophie’s Squash, Pat Zietlow Miller, Anne Wilsdorf (illus.), $16.99, (HC), 9780307978967, Random House Children’s Books
Steelheart, Brandon Sanderson, $19.99, (HC), 9780385743563, Random House Children’s Books
Tandem: The Many Worlds Trilogy, Book I, Anna Jarzab, $17.99, (HC), 9780385742771, Random House Children’s Books
Teardrop, Lauren Kate, $18.99, (HC), 9780385742658, Random House Children’s Books
The Apple Orchard Riddle, Margaret McNamara, G. Brian Karas (illus.), $15.99, (HC), 9780375847448, Random House Children’s Books
The Eye of Minds, James Dashner, $18.99, (HC), 9780385741392, Random House Children’s Books
The Fire Chronicle, John Stephens, $7.99, (TP), 9780375872723, Random House Children’s Books
The Living, Matt de la Pena, $17.99, (HC), 9780385741200, Random House Children’s Books
The Paladin Prophecy, Mark Frost, $17.99, (HC), 9780375870453, Random House Children’s Books
The Waking Dark, Robin Wasserman, $17.99, (HC), 9780375868771, Random House Children’s Books
Twerp, Mark Goldblatt, $16.99, (HC), 9780375971426, Random House Children’s Books
Two Boys Kissing, David Levithan, $16.99, (HC), 9780307931900, Random House Children’s Books
Will in Scarlet, Matthew Cody, $16.99, (HC), 9780375868955, Random House Children’s Books
Wonder, R.J. Palacio, $15.99, (HC), 9780375869020, Random House Children’s Books
Betsy’s Day at the Game, Greg Bancroft, $13.95, (TP), 9781938063015, Scarletta Press
Ghost Detectors, Volume 1: Let the Specter-Detecting Begin, Dotti Enderle, $8.95, (TP), 9781938063282, Scarletta Press
Monster Needs A Costume, Paul Czajak, $16.95, (HC), 9781938063091, Scarletta Press
Better to Wish: Family Tree, Book I, Ann M. Martin, $16.99, (HC), 9780545359429, Scholastic
Exclamation Mark, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Tom Lichtenheld (illus.), $17.99, (HC), 9780545436793, Scholastic
Fly Guy and the Frankenfly, Tedd Arnold, $6.99, (POB), 9780545493284, Scholastic
Gorgeous, Paul Rudnick, $18.99, (HC), 9780545464895, Scholastic
Hold Fast, Blue Balliett, $17.99, (HC), 9780545299886, Scholastic
How Do Dinosaurs Say I’m Mad? Jane Yolen, $16.99, (HC), 9780545143158, Scholastic
Spirit Animals, Brandon Mull, $12.99, (HC), 9780545522557, Scholastic
Star Wars: Jedi Academy, Jeffrey Brown, $12.99, (HC), 9780545505178, Scholastic
The Adventures of Captain Underpants: Color Edition, Dav Pilkey, $9.99, (POB), 9780545499088, Scholastic
The Bird King: An Artist’s Notebook, Shaun Tan, $19.99, (HC), 9780545465137, Scholastic
The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf, Mark Teague, $16.99, (HC), 9780439915014, Scholastic
Wolf Princess, Cathryn Constable, $16.99, (HC), 9780545528399, Scholastic
Year of the Jungle, Suzanne Collins, $17.99, (HC), 9780545425162, Scholastic
Battle Bunny, Jon Scieszka & Mac Barnett, Matthew Myers (illus.), $14.99, (HC), 9781442446731, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Ghost Hawk, Susan Cooper, $16.99, (HC), 9781442481411, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Let the Sky Fall, Shannon Messenger, $17.99, (HC), 9781442450417, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit, Octavia Spencer, $16.99, (HC), 9781442476813, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
The Critter Club: Amy and the Missing Puppy, Callie Barkley, Marsha Riti (illus.), $4.99, (TP), 9781442457690, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
The Lord of Opium, Nancy Farmer, $17.99, (HC), 9781442482548, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Warning: Do Not Open This Book, Adam Lehrhaupt, Matthew Forsythe, $16.99, (HC), 9781442435827, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Goblin Secrets, William Alexander, $6.99, (TP), 9781442427273, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Rooftoppers, Katherine Rundell, $16.99, (HC), 9781442490581, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Grandma Loves You! Helen Foster James, $14.99, (HC), 9781585368365, Sleeping Bear Press
Memoirs of a Hamster, Devin Scillian, Tim Bowers (illus.), $15.99, (HC), 9781585368310, Sleeping Bear Press
No Pirates Allowed! Said Library Lou, Rhonda Gowler Greene, $15.95, (HC), 9781585367962, Sleeping Bear Press
Ozzie and the Art Contest, Dana Sullivan, $15.99, (HC), 9781585368204, Sleeping Bear Press
Isabella, Star of the Story, Jennifer Fosberry, Mike Litwin (illus.), $16.99, (HC), 9781402279362, Sourcebooks
Snatchabook, Helen & Thomas Docherty, $16.99, (HC), 9781402290824 , Sourcebooks
Yes, Let’s, Galen Goodwin Longstreth, Maris Wicks (illus.), $15.95, (HC), 9781933718873, Tanglewood Press
Breaking Point, Kristen Simmons, $17.99, (HC), 9780765329592, Tor
Solstice, P.J. Hoover, $17.99, (HC), 9780765334695, Tor
The Rithmatist, Brandon Sanderson, $17.99, (HC), 9780765320322, Tor
My Awesome Japan Adventure: A Diary about the Best 4 Months Ever! Rebecca Otowa, $14.95, (HC), 9784805312162, Tuttle
Francis and Eddie, Brad Herzog, Zachary Pullen (illus.), $17.95, (HC), 9780984991921, Why Not Books
A Little Bit of Oomph! Barney Saltzberg, $13.95, (HC), 9780761177449, Workman Publishing Company
Frog Trouble and Eleven Other Pretty Serious Songs, Sandra Boynton, $16.95, (POB), 9780761171768, Workman Publishing Company
Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design, Chip Kidd, $17.95, (HC), 9780761172192, Workman Publishing Company
Zeke the Frog Plush, Sandra Boynton, $12.95, Plush, 9780761178354, Workman Publishing Company