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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A History of Just About Everything
by Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrator: Qin Leng
Ages: 9+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: 978-1-55453-775-4
Keywords: Miscellanea
A browse through history from 6,000,000 BCE to the 2011 Japanese earthquake includes some little known facts and people. Time-line. Simple, colorful illustrations.