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 Boy Who Wanted to Cook
by Gloria Whelan
Illustrator: Steve Adams
Ages: 9+
Published: 2011
Publisher: Sleeping Bear
ISBN: 978-1-58536-534-0
Keywords: Cooking
Ten-year-old Pierre yearns to be a chef at his family's restaurant, but his parents think he's too young. Can he convince them to give him a chance? Expressive illustrations.