Visit your local library for these exciting titles from the NYTimes Bestseller List! (December 2022) Children's Picture Books - Top 10 1 HOW TO CATCH AN ELF by Adam Wallace. Illustrated by Andy Elkerton. (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) A tiny narrator dodges traps while making the Christmas rounds. 2 CONSTRUCTION SITE ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT by Sherri Duskey Rinker. Illustrated by A. G. Ford. (Chronicle) Construction vehicles build a firehouse in time for Christmas. 3 THE SOUR GRAPE by Jory John and Pete Oswald. (HarperCollins) A grape hold grudges against everyone, then re-evaluates life when one is held against him. 4 DRAGONS LOVE TACOS by Adam Rubin. Illustrated by Daniel Salmieri. (Dial) What to serve your dragon-guests. 5 LITTLE BLUE TRUCK MAKES A FRIEND by Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry. (Clarion) Blue and friends meet Chuck the woodchuck. 6 THE PIGEON WILL RIDE THE ROLLER COASTER! by Mo Willems. (Union Square Kids) The Pigeon goes through a series of emotions leading up to a roller coaster ride. 7 LITTLE RED SLEIGH by Erin Guendelsberger. Illustrated by Elizaveta Tretyakova. (Sourcebooks Wonderland) Little Red Sleigh dreams of becoming Santa's sleigh one day. 8 THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WILL BE by Emily Winfield Martin. (Random House) A celebration of future possibilities. 9 DASHER by Matt Tavares. (Candlewick) The origin story of Dasher, the first of Santa's flying reindeer. 10 PETE THE CAT'S 12 GROOVY DAYS OF CHRISTMAS by Kimberly and James Dean. (HarperCollins) Pete's spin on the holiday classic "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Children's Middle Grade (Hardcover) - Top 10 1 THE COMPLETE COOKBOOK FOR YOUNG CHEFS by America's Test Kitchen Kids. (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) Over 100 kid-tested recipes from America's Test Kitchen. 2 THE CHRISTMAS PIG by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Jim Field. (Scholastic) When a young boy's favorite toy goes missing, it's Christmas Pig to the rescue! 3 THE COMPLETE BAKING BOOK FOR YOUNG CHEFS by America's Test Kitchen Kids. (Sourcebooks Explore) One hundred plus kid-tested baking recipes. 4 ODDER by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by Charles Santoso. (Feiwel & Friends) After a shark attack, Odder recuperates at the aquarium with the scientists who raised her. 5 UNSTOPPABLE US, VOL. 1 by Yuval Noah Harari. Illustrated by Ricard Zaplana Ruiz. (Bright Matter) A look at the early history of humankind. 6 THE HOCUS POCUS SPELL BOOK by Eric Geron. (Disney) A book of spells, potions, witch history and more. 7 TWO DEGREES by Alan Gratz. (Scholastic) Four kids simultaneously experience three natural catastrophes due to climate change. 8 WONDER by R.J. Palacio. (Knopf) A boy with a facial deformity starts school. 9 AMARI AND THE GREAT GAME by B.B. Alston. (Balzer + Bray) Amari agrees to participate in the Great Game after a magician with dangerous plans for the League steps forward. 10 DAUGHTER OF THE DEEP by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion) Ana Dakkar faces the weekend trials at the Harding-Pencroft Academy. Young Adult Books (Hardcover) - Top 10 1 THE FIRST TO DIE AT THE END by Adam Silvera. (Quill Tree) In this prequel to "They Both Die at the End," Orion and Valentino attend the premier of Death-Cast in Times Square. 2 LONG LIVE THE PUMPKIN QUEEN by Shea Ernshaw. (Disney) Sally, the new Queen of Halloween Town, must save her town from a sleeping curse. 3 LIGHTLARK by Alex Aster. (Amulet) Every 100 years the island of Lightlark appears and a deadly competition called the Centennial takes place. 4 ONE OF US IS LYING by Karen M. McManus. (Delacorte) For five students, a detour into detention ends in murder. 5 BLOODMARKED by Tracy Deonn. (Simon & Schuster) Bree and her friends go on the run to save her love, Nick. 6 CURSED by Marissa Meyer. (Feiwel & Friends) Serilda finds herself entangled in a deadly game of make-believe with the Erlking. 7 FOUL LADY FORTUNE by Chloe Gong. (Margaret K. McElderry) After a string of murders in Shanghai, Rosalind and Orion infiltrate the Japanese government-funded Seagreen Press. 8 FAMILY OF LIARS by E. Lockhart. (Delacorte) This prequel to "We Were Liars" focuses on Cady's mother and aunts as teenagers in 1987. 9 NOTHING MORE TO TELL by Karen M. McManus. (Delacorte) Brynn investigates the murder of her favorite teacher at Saint Ambrose School, Mr. Larkin. 10 I WAS BORN FOR THIS by Alice Oseman. (Scholastic) Angel meets the front man of her favorite boy band, the Ark. Children's Series - Top 10 1 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Amulet) The travails and challenges of adolescence. 2 HARRY POTTER by J.K. Rowling. (Scholastic) A wizard hones his conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil. 3 A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER by Holly Jackson. (Delacorte) Pippa Fitz-Amobi solves murderous crimes. 4 THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY TRILOGY by Jenny Han. (Simon & Schuster) A beach house, summer love and enduring friendships. 5 THE INHERITANCE GAMES by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. (Little, Brown) Avery Grambs tries to figure out why an inheritance from a stranger was bestowed upon her. 6 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion) A boy battles mythological monsters. 7 WINGS OF FIRE by Tui T. Sutherland. (Scholastic) Only the five dragonets of destiny can unite the seven warring dragon tribes. 8 CRAVE by Tracy Wolff. (Entangled Teen) Grace attends Katmere Academy among supernatural beings. 9 KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES by Shannon Messenger. (Aladdin) Loyalties are blurred and mysterious symbols abound, as the Neverseen wreak their havoc. 10 THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH by Max Brallier. Illustrated by Douglas Holgate. (Viking) Jack and his friends fight for their lives through the zombie apocalypse.