Nick Jr Bets on Best Books

The November issue of Nick Jr Family Magazine, which offers parents advice on everything from the best holiday toys to the best video games, directs those looking for a good book to read with their children to titles included in Book Sense Best Books: 125 Favorite Books Recommended by Independent Booksellers, published by Newmarket Press and featuring titles recommended by independent booksellers with Book Sense.

"Booksellers' Best Bets" focuses on titles for kids four to eight that were selected by independent booksellers for the Book Sense Picks lists during the first five years of the Book Sense marketing program. Titles featured in the November issue, which is on sale now, are:

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Brian Selznick (Scholastic, 2001)
A Fine, Fine School, by Sharon Creech, illustrated by Harry Bliss (Joanna Cotler, 2001)
Gobble, Quack, Moon, by Matthew Gollub, illustrated by Judy Love (Tortuga Press, 2002)
Grandpa's Corner Store, by DyAnne Disalvo-Ryan (HarperCollins, 2000)
If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World's People, by David J. Smith, illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong (Kids Can Press, 2002)
M Is for Majestic: A National Parks Alphabet, by David Domeniconi, illustrated by Pam Carrol (Gale Group, 2003)
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth, by Douglas Wood, illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic, 2003)
The Quiltmaker's Gift, by Jeff Brumbeau, illustrated by Gail De Marcken (Scholastic, 2001)
Take Me Out to the Bathtub: And Other Silly Dilly Songs, by Alan Katz, illustrated by David Catrow (Margaret K. McElderry, 2001)
Toot & Puddle: Top of the World, by Holly Hobbie (Little, Brown, 2002)
The Water Hole, by Graeme Base (Harry N. Abrams, 2001)
You Read to Me & I'll Read to You, by Janet Schulman (Alfred A. Knopf, 2001)

Book Sense Best Books, published to mark the fifth anniversary of the Book Sense program, lists "Book Sense Best Books of the First Five Years" -- 15 adult and 10 children's titles, annotated by individual booksellers -- as well as an additional 50 Top Reading Group Recommendations and 50 Top Classics for Children and Young Adults. The $12.95 paperback book features an appendix representing the full Best Books ballot, which included 223 adult and 148 children's titles culled from the Book Sense 76 lists of the past five years. Also included is a complete index by title and author.

Orders for Book Sense Best Books should be placed through Newmarket's distributor, W.W. Norton at (800) 233-4830.