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/.
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Strong as Sandow
written and illustrated by Don Tate
Ages: 6+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 978-1-58089-628-3
Keywords: Picture Books for Older Readers, Athletes, Read-Aloud, Fitness
Through exercise and healthy living, a sickly boy, born in the 19th century, builds himself up to be a man of steel. Digitally drawn illustrations.