List O Mania

For those kids who can't get enough of lists, here's our top five picks in an assortment of categories for picture books, beginning readers, middle readers, and teens.

Great Picture Books for Squirmy Boys

1. I Stink, by Kate McMullan
2. Smash! Crash! by John Sciezka
3. Too Many Toys, by David Shannon
4. Traction Man is Here! by Mini Grey
5. Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, by Adam Rex

Princess Crazy Picture Books

1. Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude, by Kevin O'Malley
2.  Hinky Pink, by Megan McDonald
3. Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum, by Kate Bernheimer
4. Ella Sarah Gets Dressed, by Margaret Chodos Irvine
5. Fancy Nancy, by Jane O'Connor

Read-Aloud-O-Rama for Young Readers

1. 13 Clocks, by James Thurber
2. Bunnicula, by James Howe
3. Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little, by Peggy Gifford
4. Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog, by John R. Erickson
5. Soupy Saturdays With the Pain and the Great One, by Judy Blume

If You Liked The Lightning Thief ...

1. Fablehaven, by Brandon Mull
2.  Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, by Rick Yancey
3. Warrior Heir, by Cinda Williams Chima
4. Monster Blood Tattoo, by D.M. Cornish
5. Fly by Night, by Frances Hardinge

If You Liked Princess Academy ...

1. City in the Lake, by Rachel Neumeier
2. Kiki Strike, by Kirsten Miller
3. Sabriel, by Garth Nix
4. Hunter's Moon, by O.R. Melling
5. Dreamhunter, by Elizabeth Knox

Soooooo Mysterious

1. London Eye Mystery, by Siobhan Dowd
2. Hannah West Mysteries, by Linda Johns
3. Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
4. Black Duck, by Janet Turner Lisle
5. Found, by margaret Peterson Haddix

Stranded in the Wilderness

1. Cracker, by Cynthia Kadohata
2.  Ghost Canoe, by Will Hobbs
3. Alabama Moon, by Watt Key
4. Wolf Brother, by Michelle Paver
5. Peak, by Roland Smith

For Teens Who Liked Twilight ...

1. Blue Bloods, byMelissa de la Cruz
2. Blood and Chocolate, by Annette Klause
3. Devilish, by Maureen Johnson
4. Peeps, by Scott Westerfield
5. Certain Slant of Light, by Laura Whitcomb

Spy Thrillers for Teens

1. Stormbreaker, by Anthony Horowitz
2. Silverfin, by Charlie Higson
3. Recruit, by Robert Muchmore
4. Maximum Ride, by James Patterson
5. Tamar, by Mal Peet