Children's Illustrated Bestseller List for January 6, 2005 from sales the week ending January 2, 2005 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. Egyptology Emily Sands, Nick Harris (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763626384   3. America the Beautiful Robert Sabuda, S&S, $26.95, 0689847440   4. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperCollins, $7.99, 0694003611   5. Dragonology Ernest Drake, Helen Ward (Illus.), Douglas Carrel (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 0763623296   6. Stranger in the Woods Carl R. Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174805   7. Tails Matthew Van Fleet, Red Wagon, $13.95, 0152167730   8. Olivia Ian Falconer, Atheneum, $16.95, 0689829531   9. The Christmas Alphabet (10th Anniversary Edition) Robert Sabuda, Orchard, $22.95, 0439672562   10. The Night Before Christmas Pop-Up Clement Clarke Moore, Robert Sabuda (Illus.), S&S, $24.95, 0689838999   11. Lost in the Woods Carl R. Sams II, Jean Stoick, Carl R. Sams II Photography, $19.95, 0967174880   12. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, $7.99, 0064431789   13. SantaKid James Patterson, Michael Garland (Illus.), Little Brown, $18.99, 0316000612   14. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 0307120007   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.