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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Masterpiece Robot and the Ferocious Valerie Knick-Knack
by Frank Tra
Illustrator: Rebecca Evans
Ages: 9+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Tilbury House
ISBN: 978-0-88448-518-6
Keywords: Graphic format, Diversity, Family
Vivid present-day scenes contrast with muted sci-fi imagination as Laura and her young siblings become superheroes to battle against their older sister, an evil, powerful robot.