Top Kids Picturebooks

Check out the top-15 children's picture books sold in the US over the week of April 21, courtesy of our friends at Publishers Weekly.

Colleen's Clue for Kid Marketers: Notice how many titles include rhymes!

1. Gallop! by Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, US$12.95.

2. The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems, Hyperion, US$14.99

3. Dirt on My Shirt by Jeff Foxworthy, HarperCollins, US$16.99

4. Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly by Jane O'Connor, HarperCollins, US$16.99

5. Don't Bump the Glump! And Other Fantasies by Shel Silverstein, HarperCollins, US$17.99

6. Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems, Hyperion, US$16.99

7. The Jellybeans and the Big Dance by Laura Numeroff, Abrams, US$15.95

8. Smash Crash! by Jon Scieszka, Simon & Schuster, US$16.99

9. Zen Ties by Jon J. Muth, Scholastic Press, US$17.99

10. Alphabet by Matthew Van Fleet and Brian Stanton, Simon & Schuster/Wiseman, US$19.99.

11. My Dog May Be a Genius by Jack Prelutsky and James Stevenson, Greenwillow, US$18.99

12. First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Roaring Brook/Porter, US$14.95

13. Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy by Matthew Reinhart, Orchard US$32.99.

14. Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantasical World Around you by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi, Simon & Schuster, US$24.99

15. Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann, HarperCollins, US$16.99.

Used with permission, copyright Publishers Weekly 2008; a full listing in all categories can be found at www.publishersweekly.com.