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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What Are You Waiting For?
by Scott Menchin
Illustrator: Matt Phelan
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2017
Publisher: A Neal Porter Book/Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-62672-152-4
Keywords: Riddles
Written in question and answer format, a curious badger tries to solve the riddle his rabbit friend poses throughout the day. Sketchy-style pencil and pastel illustrations.