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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Squid Kid the Magnificent
by Lynne Berry
Illustrator: Luke LaMarca
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2015
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Books
ISBN: 978-1-4231-6119-6
Keywords: Magic, Humorous stories, Read-Aloud, Siblings
A burgeoing magician must deal with his cynical sister. Perfect magician patois accompanies bold illustrations.