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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All the Way to Havana
by Margarita Engle
Illustrator: Mike Curato
Ages: 6+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. BFYR/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-62779-646-2
Keywords: Picture Books for Older Readers, Diversity, Fathers and sons, Cuba
ARC - A boy and his father must use real ingenuity to get their ancient car running again so they can visit family in Havana. Realistic mixed-media illustrations.