Children's Illustrated Bestseller List for December 16, 2004 from sales the week ending December 12, 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. America the Beautiful Robert Sabuda, S&S, $26.95, 0689847440   3. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611   4. Stranger in the Woods Carl R. Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805   5. Egyptology Emily Sands, Nick Harris (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763626384   6. Dragonology Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296   7. Olivia Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $16.95, 0689829531   8. Guji Guji Chih-Yuan Chen, Kane/Miller, $15.95, 1929132670   9. It's Hard to Be Five Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illus.), Joanna Cotler, $16.99, 0060080957   10. Lost in the Woods Carl R. Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174880   11. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $14, 0394800796   12. Walter the Farting Dog William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, Audrey Colman (Illus.), Frog, $15.95, 1583940537   13. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007   14. The Christmas Alphabet (10th Anniversary Edition) Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $22.95, 0439672562   15. Room for a Little One Jason Cockcroft, Martin Waddell (Illus.), Margaret K. McElderry, $15.95, 0689868413     ON THE RISE   22. How Santa Really Works Alan Snow, Atheneum, $15.95, 0689858175   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.