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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The Year Money Grew on Trees
written and ill. by Aaron Hawkins
Ages: 9+
Published: 2010
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 978-0-547-27977-0
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In early 1980s New Mexico, thirteen-year-old Jackson convinces his cousins and sisters to help resurrect a neglected apple orchard with the hope of making big money.