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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The Language of Spells

by Garret Weyr

Illustrator: Katie Harnett

Ages: 9+

Published: 2018

Publisher: Chronicle Books

ISBN: 978-1-4521-5958-4

Keywords: Mystery, Magic, Adventure, Dragons

Dragons are disappearing - or perhaps people simply can't see them. But 11-year-old Maggie can see Grisha. Can they find the missing dragons? Folkloric black-and-white illustrations.