Children's Illustrated Bestseller List for December 9, 2004 from sales the week ending December 5, 2004 For the Book Sense store nearest you, call 1-888-BOOKSENSE or visit www.booksense.com   Children's Illustrated   1. The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin, $18.95, 0395389496   2. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611   3. America the Beautiful Robert Sabuda, S&S, $26.95, 0689847440   4. Dragonology Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296   5. Egyptology Emily Sands, Nick Harris (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763626384   6. Guji Guji Chih-Yuan Chen, Kane/Miller, $15.95, 1929132670   7. Stranger in the Woods Carl R. Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805   8. It's Hard to Be Five Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060080957   9. Olivia Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $16.95, 0689829531   10. Bear Stays Up for Christmas Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman (Illus.), Margaret K. McElderry, $16.95, 0689852789   11. Lost in the Woods Carl R. Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174880   12. SantaKid James Patterson, Michael Garland (Illus.), Little Brown, $18.99, 0316000612   13. The Polar Express: The Magic Journey Tracey West, Houghton Mifflin, $9.99, 0618477888   14. The First Noel Jan Pienkowski, Candlewick, $12.99, 0763621900   15. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $9.99, 0399226907   The Book Sense Bestseller List is copyrighted and cannot be reprinted without permission from the American Booksellers Association. For information on obtaining permission, contact Meg Smith, Associate Director, Book Sense Marketing, ABA, 828 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591, call (914) 591-2665, ext. 1239. Reprint Guidelines.