
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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The Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea
by Eileen Beha
Illustrator: Sarah Jane Wright
Ages: 9+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Beach Lane Books/ Simon & Schuster BFYR
ISBN: 978-1-4424-9840-2
Keywords: Divorce
Why did Annaliese's mother leave when she was a baby, and will Annaliese ever see her again? Throckmorton Sock Monkey tells the tale. Intermittent black-and-white drawings.