April 27, 2001 Top 10 Children’s Book Sense 76 – Spring/Summer 2001 Thank you for all the e-mails and faxes! Out of one thousand nominated books, here are The Top 10 Overall Vote-Getters: 1. JAZZ FLY, by Matthew Gollub; illus. by Karen Hanke (Tortuga Press, $17.95 book & CD, 1889910171) Ages 4-8. 2. IN MY HANDS: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer, by Irene Gut Opdyke (Anchor, $12 paper, 0385720327) Teen. Also a Listening Library Audio (0553526588) 3. WHALE TALK, by Chris Crutcher (Greenwillow, $16.95, 0688180191) Teen. 4. THE OTHER DOG, by Madeleine L'Engle; illus. by Christine Davenier (SeaStar, $15.95, 158717040X) Ages 4-8. 5. BEATRICE'S GOAT, by Page McBrier; illus. by Lori Lohstoeter (Atheneum, $16, 0689824602) Ages 4-8. 6. GIRL IN BLUE, by Ann Rinaldi (Scholastic, $15.95, 0439073367) Teen. 7. ANGUS, THONGS, AND FULL-FRONTAL SNOGGING: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, by Louise Rennison (HarperCollins, $6.95 paper, 0064472272) Teen. 8. CIRQUE DU FREAK: A Living Nightmare, by Darran Shan (Little Brown, $15.95, 0316603406) 9. TIME STOPS FOR NO MOUSE, by Michael Hoeye (Terfle Books, $12.95 paper, 0967511119) Ages 8-12. 10. THE TWELVE GIFTS OF BIRTH, by Charlene Costanzo; photos by Jill Reger; illus. by Wendy Wassink Ackison (HarperResource, $19.95, 0066211042) Children's and general bookstores will be receiving 250,000 flyers by mid-May. The full Children's 76 (without descriptions) will be printed in next week's BTW. Topics: Book Sense,