Editor's note: This is the first of a 3-part series on the most popular reads this past year from the Dixon Library. The next two parts will appear at noon consecutively.
The Most Popular Children’s Books at the Dixon Public Library in 2011
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1. Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinny
2. Dork Diaries series by Rachel Russell
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3. Lightening Thief Series by Rick Riordan
4. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
5. Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
6. The Forgotten Warrior Erin Hunter.
7. Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl by Tedd Arnold
8. Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
9. I Broke My Trunk by Mo Willems
10. The Princess Encyclopedia by Disney Corporation
The children’s list is topped by the Wimpy Kid series, books that never remain on the shelves more than 24 hours. Dork Diaries by Russell is the “girl version” of Wimpy Kid, and almost as popular.
Children wanting to check the latest of Rick Riordan novels featuring Percy Jackson and Greek gods and goddesses will have to get on the holds list for Son of Neptune. Two books, War Horse, historical fiction set in World War I, and Hugo Cabret, beautifully illustrated and written by Brian Selznick are exceptionally popular as holiday blockbuster movies directed by Stephen Spielberg and Martin Scorcese hit the movie theaters in November and December of this year. Everyone is asking for the Forgotten Warrior, a seemingly never-ending series about a clan of cats by Erin Hunter.
Children just beginning to read should check out the escapades of Fly Guy, a series by Tedd Arnold, and Piggy and Gerald the Elephant, two amiable and funny friends created by Mo Willems. Parents will love reading “Little White Rabbit” and other picture books by Kevin Henkes to their pre-schoolers. Rarely seen on the Library shelves is The Princess Encyclopedia, the last word on the most famous Disney heroines.
Many more exciting books have just arrived at the Dixon Public Library for parents, children and teens to enjoy over the Winter Holiday.
