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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Laughing at my Nightmare
by Shane Burcaw
Ages: 14+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-62672-007-7
Keywords: Disabilities, Social/Emotional Learning, Diversity, Family
How the author copes with the threatening and debilitating form of muscular dystrophy (SMA) is painful, poignant, humorous, and finally, hopeful and uplifting.