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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Have You Seen My Lunch Box?

written and illustrated by Steve Light

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2017

Publisher: Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-0-7636-9068-7

Keywords: Getting ready, School, Humor, Board Book

Search for things to get ready for school, cleverly hidden in ink drawings with collage paper. The colorful labeled list tells the things you need to find.