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.

To share feedback about the tool, please feel free to email bookcom@bankstreet.edu. To learn more about the CBC, visit https://www.bankstreet.edu/cbc/.

How to Perform a Search and Save a List

Mummy Cat

by Marcus Ewert

Illustrator: Lisa Brown

Ages: 6+

Published: 2015

Publisher: Clarion Books/HMH

ISBN: 978-0-544-34082-4

Keywords: Ancient Egypt, Cats, Read-Aloud, Death Customs, Diversity

A mummy cat awakes and searches the Egyptian tomb/pyramid for his friend, the queen/pharoah. Ink, watercolor, hieroglyphics and end notes introduce ancient Egypt.