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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Monsterland

by James Crowley

Ages: 9+

Published: 2017

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons/PRH

ISBN: 978-0-399-17589-3

Keywords: Grief, Friendship, Death, Read-Aloud

On Halloween, ten-year-old Charlie, grieving over the disappearance of his cousin, finds Monsterland where vampires and ogres teach him about love, loss, and friendship.