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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Electrical Wizard
by Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrator: Oliver Dominguez
Ages: 9+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Candlewick
ISBN: 978-0-7636-5855-7
Keywords: Electricity, Science
This portrait of the lesser-known rival to Thomas Edison details his fascination with electricity that led to his important inventions enabling the use of alternating current to power homes. Atmospheric mixed-media illustrations and abundant back matter.