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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Twenty-Two Cents
by Paula Yoo
Illustrator: Jamel Akib
Ages: 9+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Lee & Low
ISBN: 978-1-60060-658-8
Keywords: Picture Books for Older Readers, Diversity
As a child in Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus grieved for the poverty around him and was determined to help. He studied economics and grew up to create the Grameen Bank. Loose, atmospheric pastels.