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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When Green Becomes Tomatoes
by Julie Fogliano
Illustrator: Julie Morstad
Ages: 6+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Neal Porter Books/Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-59643-852-1
Keywords: Seasons, Diversity
A diverse cast of children, depicted in gouache and pen-and-ink illustrations, record their joyful interaction with the seasons. Free verse and haiku, through a diary-style format.