Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 10: Old School by Jeff Kinney
2. Laugh Your Head Off: Funny Stories for All Kinds of Kids by various authors
3. The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
4. The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt (translated by Laura Watkinson)
5. My Dog Bigsy by Alison Lester
6. Grandpa’s Great Escape by David Walliams
7. The Singing Bones by Shaun Tan
8. The Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey
9. In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey
10. The Wonder Garden: Wander Through The World’s Wildest Habitat and Discover More Than 80 Amazing Animals by Jenny Broom and Kristjana S Williams

There’s something for everybody on this week’s bestseller list!

If you’re looking for something funny to entertain the nine and ups over the holidays, Jeff Kinney’s phenomenally successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has a new entry with book ten, Old School. And if the six and ups are looking for a laugh, The Bad Guys: Episode 1 will have them in stitches.

There’s also a lot to feast your eyes on with some really great picture books in our top ten. Shaun Tan’s The Singing Bones is a work of art in book form, with his whimsical sculptures set alongside reimagined versions of Grimm’s fairy tales. And The Wonder Garden is a stunning book to have and hold with its full page illustrated spreads of animals in their natural habitats.