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).
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Just Grace and the Flower Girl Power
written and illustrated by Charise Mericle Harper
Ages: 6+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/HMH
ISBN: 978-0-547-57720-3
Keywords: Cats, Flower girls, Weddings
Although Grace is not asked to be her dear neighbor Augustine Dupre's flower girl, Grace still enlists her friends to pull off a sweet wedding surprise. Cartoonlike black-and-white illustrations.