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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Elizabeth Started All the Trouble

by Doreen Rappaport

Illustrator: Matt Faulkner

Ages: 9+

Published: 2016

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Books

ISBN: 978-0-7868-5142-3

Keywords: Picture Books for Older Readers, Suffragettes, Women's Rights

Meet the suffragettes who led the 144 year fight for women's right to vote. Highlights many achievements by women. Lively informative ink and gouache illustrations.