Kidsreads.com Best Books of 2006

Kidsreads.com's Best Books of 2006

Stand-Alone Chapter Books/Middle Grade Novels

• The Adventures of Vin Fiz by Clive Cussler
  
• Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story) by Barbara Ensor
  
• Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
  
• Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce
  
• Gossamer by Lois Lowry
  
• Heat by Mike Lupica
  
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
  
• Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements
  
• Vanishing Act: Mystery at the U.S. Open
  

Debut Series

• The Dragon's Eye: The Dragonology Chronicles, Volume 1 by Dugald A. Steer
  
• The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean (Harrien Bean Series) by Alexander McCall Smith
  
• Araminta Spookie: The Sword of the Grotto by Angie Sage
  
• Escape from the Carnival: A Never Land Adventure by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
  
• Ulysses Moore #1 : The Door to Time by Beth Dunfey
  
• Ulysses Moore #2 : The Long-Lost Map by Beth Dunfey
  

Series Updates

• The End by Lemony Snicket
  
• The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket
  
• Ark Angel: An Alex Rider Adventure by Anthony Horowitz
  
• The Lost Colony: Artemis Fowl #5 by Eoin Colfer
  
• Pirateology: The Pirate Hunter's Companion by Captain Will Lubber, edited by Dugald A. Steer
  
• Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean
  
• Small Steps by Louis Sachar
  
• The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett
  
• Evil Star: Book Two of the Gatekeepers by Anthony Horowitz
  
• Sir Thursday: The Keys to the Kingdom, Book Four by Garth Nix
  
• Lord of the Shadows: Cirque du Freak Book #11 by Darren Shan
  
• Sons of Destiny: Cirque du Freak Book #12 by Darren Shan
  
• Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
  
• Flyte: Septimus Heap, Book Two by Angie Sage
  
• Spirit Walker: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #2 by Michelle Paver
  
• Mercy Watson Goes for A Ride by Kate DiCamillo
  
• Mercy Watson Fights Crime by Kate DiCamillo
  
• Amelia Bedelia Under Construction by Herman Parish
  
• Geronimo Stilton Series Geronimo Stilton
  
• Water Street by Patricia Reilly Giff
  

Pop Up Books

• Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart
  
• Mommy? by Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks, and Matthew Reinhart
  
• Sabuda and Reinhart Present-- Castle: Medieval Days and Knights by Kyle Olman, illustrated by Tracy Sabin
  

Picture Books

• The Berenstain Bears Go On Vacation by Stan and Jan Berenstain
  
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
  
• Eloise in Hollywood by Kay Thompson
  
• Is There Really A Human Race by Jamie Lee Curtis
  
• Lucille Lost: A True Adventure by Margaret George and Christopher J. Murphy, illustrated by Bob Dacey and Debra Bandelin
  
• A Million Dots by Andrew Clements, illustrated by Mike Reed
  
• Olivia Forms A Band by Ian Falconer
  
• Probuditi by Chris Van Allsburg
  
• Where's Waldo? The Great Picture Hunt by Martin Handford