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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All in a Drop

by Lori Alexander

Illustrator: Vivien Mildenberger

Ages: 9+

Published: 2019

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/HMH

ISBN: 978-1-328-88420-6

Keywords: Microscopes, Biology, Biography, Microbes

In 17th century Netherlands, a young cloth dealer discovers a world invisible to the naked eye. Notes, glossary, sources, timeline. Pastel, colored pencil, and watercolor illustrations.