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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The Cardboard Kingdom
written and illustrated by Chad Sell
Ages: 9+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf BFYR/Random House/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-5247-1937-1
Keywords: Diversity, Family, Gender, Creativity, Sexuality, Friendship, Graphic format
This colorful, whimsical graphic novel, with a diverse cast of characters, shares episodic summer adventures in a very creative neighborhood - knights, rogues, robots, and monsters included.