Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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Moonpie and Ivy
by Barbara O'Connor
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
When twelve-year-old Pearl's mother leaves her with an aunt, she feels rejected and lost.
by Barbara O'Connor
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
When twelve-year-old Pearl's mother leaves her with an aunt, she feels rejected and lost.
More True Lies
by George Shannon
Illustrator: John OBrien
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
What's the truth? Short folktales and stories challenge the reader to figure out where the truth lies.
by George Shannon
Illustrator: John OBrien
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
What's the truth? Short folktales and stories challenge the reader to figure out where the truth lies.
Mountain Pose
by Nancy Hope Wilson
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Diaries written in code by a great, great grandmother give Ellie a powerful connection to past generations. A heartwarming story.
by Nancy Hope Wilson
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Diaries written in code by a great, great grandmother give Ellie a powerful connection to past generations. A heartwarming story.
No More Nasty
by Amy MacDonald
Illustrator: Cat Bowman Smith
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Eccentric Aunt Mattie takes over Simon's unruly fifth grade class. Funny and charming.
by Amy MacDonald
Illustrator: Cat Bowman Smith
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Eccentric Aunt Mattie takes over Simon's unruly fifth grade class. Funny and charming.
Odysseus in the Serpent Maze
by Jane Yolen
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
A teen-aged Odysseus, with his side-kick Mentor, encounters satyrs, sea pirates and sirens as he displays future heroic attributes.
by Jane Yolen
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
A teen-aged Odysseus, with his side-kick Mentor, encounters satyrs, sea pirates and sirens as he displays future heroic attributes.
One True Friend
by Joyce Hansen
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Amir is fortunate to have his good friend Doris at his side as he searches for his siblings in the maze of the foster care system,
by Joyce Hansen
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Amir is fortunate to have his good friend Doris at his side as he searches for his siblings in the maze of the foster care system,
Parents Wanted
by George Harrar
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
A boy labeled as “obnoxious” is placed in a new foster family and discovers that being a family member requires respect, trust and appreciation.
by George Harrar
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
A boy labeled as “obnoxious” is placed in a new foster family and discovers that being a family member requires respect, trust and appreciation.
Pure Dead Magic
by Debi Gliori
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Romp through an old castle with a family involved in a modern computer mystery.
by Debi Gliori
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Romp through an old castle with a family involved in a modern computer mystery.
Raising the Shades
by Doug Wilhelm
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
A thirteen-year-old juggles running the household, managing his father's alcoholic bouts and enduring seventh grade.
by Doug Wilhelm
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
A thirteen-year-old juggles running the household, managing his father's alcoholic bouts and enduring seventh grade.
Riding the Tiger
by Eve Bunting
Illustrator: David Frampton
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
A frightening fable about the dangers of beíng lured into wrong choices. Rewarding when read with a sympathetic adult. Woodcut illustrations.
by Eve Bunting
Illustrator: David Frampton
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
A frightening fable about the dangers of beíng lured into wrong choices. Rewarding when read with a sympathetic adult. Woodcut illustrations.
Roman Myths
retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
Illustrator: Emma Chichester Clark
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Fifteen classical tales, wittily retold and illustrated. Not for the faint of heart.
retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
Illustrator: Emma Chichester Clark
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Fifteen classical tales, wittily retold and illustrated. Not for the faint of heart.
Rowan and the Travelers
by Emily Rodda
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Rowan overcomes his fears to save his people from a fatal sleeping sickness. The third in the series.
by Emily Rodda
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Rowan overcomes his fears to save his people from a fatal sleeping sickness. The third in the series.
Sacred Animals
written and ill. by Kris Waldherr
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Animals' unique qualities in the folklore of different cultures. Handsome illustrations.
written and ill. by Kris Waldherr
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Animals' unique qualities in the folklore of different cultures. Handsome illustrations.
Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy
by Wendelin Van Draanen
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Murder is afoot when Sammy goes to Hollywood to find her mother.
by Wendelin Van Draanen
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Murder is afoot when Sammy goes to Hollywood to find her mother.
Secret in St. Something
by Barbara Brooks Wallace
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Robin flees with his infant brother from a cruel stepfather and finds shelter in the basement of a New York City church.
by Barbara Brooks Wallace
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Robin flees with his infant brother from a cruel stepfather and finds shelter in the basement of a New York City church.
Secrets in the House of Delgado
by Gloria D. Miklowitz
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Life is dangerous for Jews in fifteenth-century Spain, and Maria, the Delgado's servant, is torn by divided loyalties.
by Gloria D. Miklowitz
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Life is dangerous for Jews in fifteenth-century Spain, and Maria, the Delgado's servant, is torn by divided loyalties.
Skeleton Man
by Joseph Bruchac
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
In a suspenseful tale based on a Mohawk Indian myth, Molly struggles to survive and solve the mystery of her missing parents.
by Joseph Bruchac
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
In a suspenseful tale based on a Mohawk Indian myth, Molly struggles to survive and solve the mystery of her missing parents.
Skinny Melon and Me
by Jean Ure
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Pre-teen Cherry keeps a diary about her new stepdad and the expected sibling. Humorous writing and line drawings.
by Jean Ure
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Pre-teen Cherry keeps a diary about her new stepdad and the expected sibling. Humorous writing and line drawings.
Some Kind of Pride
by Maria Testa
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Extremely talented eleven-year-old Ruth, confident about becoming the first female major league baseball player, begins to doubt herself. A moving story of a motherless girl.
by Maria Testa
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Extremely talented eleven-year-old Ruth, confident about becoming the first female major league baseball player, begins to doubt herself. A moving story of a motherless girl.
Squire
by Tamora Pierce
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
In this latest installment of the series, Keladry has become a squire and spends the next four years facing danger, adventure and love.
by Tamora Pierce
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
In this latest installment of the series, Keladry has become a squire and spends the next four years facing danger, adventure and love.
Starry Tales
by Geraldine McCaughrean
Illustrator: Sophy Williams
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Fifteen stories from around the world with different explanations of how the sun, moon and stars came to be in the sky.
by Geraldine McCaughrean
Illustrator: Sophy Williams
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Fifteen stories from around the world with different explanations of how the sun, moon and stars came to be in the sky.
Stealing South
by Katherine Ayres
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
An engaging teenage hero helps rescue a slave family in Kentucky.
by Katherine Ayres
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
An engaging teenage hero helps rescue a slave family in Kentucky.
Stopping to home
by Lea Wait
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
After the smallpox epidemic of 1806 in a Maine seaport, eleven-year-old Abbie draws on her own resourcefulness to care for herself and her brother.
by Lea Wait
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
After the smallpox epidemic of 1806 in a Maine seaport, eleven-year-old Abbie draws on her own resourcefulness to care for herself and her brother.
Storm Warriors
by Elisa Carbone
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Nathan yearns to join the brave African-American rescue crew in the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the 1890s. Inspired by the real Pea Island Life-Saving Station.
by Elisa Carbone
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Nathan yearns to join the brave African-American rescue crew in the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the 1890s. Inspired by the real Pea Island Life-Saving Station.
Strawberry Moon
by Karen English
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Her mother's stories about the year in which she, her brother and her father lived with Aunt Dot help Imani after her parents separate.
by Karen English
Ages: 9+
Published: 2001
Her mother's stories about the year in which she, her brother and her father lived with Aunt Dot help Imani after her parents separate.