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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Ruby's Sword
by Jacqueline Véissid
Illustrator: Paola Zakimi
Ages: 6+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 978-1-4521-6391-8
Keywords: Imagination, Siblings
Ruby shares two of the “swords” she has found with her older brothers, but they still won't let her play with them. Then it rains. Watercolor and pencil digital illustrations.