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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Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters
by Lesley M.M. Blume
Ages: 9+
Published: 2006
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0-375-83523-7
Keywords:
The lonely eleven-year-old daughter of two famous concert pianists is befriended by her New York City neighbor, a glamorous author who is one of the adventurous Somerset sisters.