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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Let ‘Er Buck!
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Illustrator: Gordon C. James
Ages: 9+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-5124-9808-0
Keywords: Horses, African Americans, Competition, Cowboys
When judges deprive African American cowboy George Fletcher of a rodeo victory, the spectators support him. Rhythmic prose, dynamic oil illustrations, and extensive back matter.