New York Times Best Sellers - Children Series

 July 2012

 Top 10 Best Sellers in Children Series

1. THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, hardcover and paper.) In a dystopia, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up)       

98 Weeks on the List  




2. DORK DIARIES, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, hardcover only.) Nikki Maxwell navigates the halls of middle school. (Ages 9 to 13)      
    
40 Weeks on the List





3. KANE CHRONICLES, by Rick Riordan. (Hyperion, hardcover and paper.) Ancient gods are unleashed, but the Kanes have power, too. (Ages 10 and up)            

10 Weeks on the List




4. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Abrams, hardcover only.) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12)      
                  
182 Weeks on the List



5. FALLEN, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, hardcover and paper.) Fallen angels and forbidden love through the centuries. (Ages 12 and up)            

14 Weeks on the List





6. THE MAZE RUNNER TRILOGY, by James Dashner. (Delacorte, hardcover and paper.) Amnesiac teenagers endure a series of trials. (Ages 12 and up)         

30 Weeks on the List




7. PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Hyperion, hardcover and paper.) Children of the gods battle monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)              

255 Weeks on the List



8. BIG NATE, written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce. (HarperCollins, hardcover and paper; Andrews McMeel, paper.) Where Nate goes, trouble is sure to follow. (Ages 8 to 12)        

62 Weeks on the List




9. THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, by Cassandra Clare. (McElderry/Simon & Schuster, hardcover and paper.) A world of demons and warriors. (Ages 14 and up)       

63 Weeks on the List  



10. THEODORE BOONE, by John Grisham. (Dutton, hardcover; Puffin, paper.) The adventures of a kid lawyer. (Ages 9 to 12)        
  
7 Weeks on the List





A version of this list appears in the July 22, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 7, 2012.
source: http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2012-07-22/series-books/list.html

Welcome To mintaad!

Thank you for deciding to visit mintaad’s blog, where you can stay up-to-date with all the news, events and offers on our website as well as news of the latest book releases in English and Arabic, author updates and interviews. If it’s happening in the book world, you can be sure we’ll let you know about it.

At mintaad we are passionate about reading and hold a firm and true belief that books are going nowhere even in today’s high-tech world. It is silly to assume that e-books, tablets, and such are not picking up pace but from when the first book came into existence, the method of preserving the written word in book form has proved invincible. There are books surviving hundreds upon hundreds of years that are still not only intact but legible works that are portals into times long gone. Time machines that to access require nothing more than the flip of a front cover and hey presto, like magic, you are on your way flying with fairies, soaring in an air balloon, battling dragons and solving a murder, revisiting the fantasy year upon year. A book requires no batteries, no access points, and is immune to all upgrades in the digital world. Your childhood book will still be there when you revisit it twenty years from now. Unchanged, a bit dusty perhaps, slightly yellow, but still there and still accessible.

Storytelling is an integral part of the Arab World. We pride ourselves on the stories we have learnt from our grandparents who inherited them from theirs before. Stories make up the fabric of our society and I dare anyone to resist a well-told one. Confucius once said, “The book salesman should be honoured because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most”. This is exactly what we will attempt at the heart of our blog. We are making it our job, our mission even, to highlight the best stories (written in Arabic and English) and to make sure that not only are they accessible but that you also receive them in the quickest and most time-efficient way.

The benefits of reading are well-documented and reading advocates have been shouting out from the rooftops since forever singing its praises. Research has proved that our kids are reading less these days not for lack of books but because parents are failing to instil the habit in youngsters. Also, they are failing to be proper role models themselves when it comes to reading. It’s simple: if you read, so will your child!  A well-written, catchy, interesting book that is read early on will capture the imagination of any young child rendering reading for fun a much cherished hobby in the future. We can help!

Through this blog we will highlight the best books out there, past and present, recent and forgotten, bringing advice from authors and readers alike on how best to maximize the reading process for the whole family. mintaad delivers the best of the written word right to your doorstep.

Your feedback is very important to us. Please leave a comment to let us know when we get it right and especially if we get it wrong and for our part we promise you books, books and more books.

Enjoy the ride!