local bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests. This week’s list of bestsellers is from Toad Hall Children’s Bookstore, 4520 Burnet. A board book is constructed of stiff cardboard pages to prevent destruction by young readers.

1. The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco

2. Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

3. Goodnight Moon (board book) by Margaret Wise Brown

4. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss

5. What Dads Can’t Do by Douglas Wood

6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

7. Oh My Baby, Little One by Kathi Appelt

8. Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco

9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (board book) by Bill Martin Jr.

10. Good Night, Gorilla (board book) by Peggy Rathmann

This article appears in June 16 • 2000.

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