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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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
by Russell Hoban
Illustrator: Lillian Hoban
Ages: 6+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Doubleday BFYR/Random House/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-5247-1457-4
Keywords: Picture Books for Older Readers, Sacrifice, Read-Aloud, Problem Solving, Family
F&G - An impoverished widow and her son each secretly try to earn enough to buy one another a Christmas present. Rustic crayon and pastel illustrations.