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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Bake Sale
written and illustrated by Sara Varon
Ages: 6+
Published: 2011
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 978-1-59643-419-6
Keywords: Graphic format, Friendship
Cupcake bakes his award winning desserts and plays in a band, but his life turns upside down when he plans a trip to Turkey with his best friend.