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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Owl's Outstanding Donuts
by Robin Yardi
Ages: 9+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-5415-3305-9
Keywords: Grief, Pollution, Parental death
When an owl warns 10-year-old Mattie that someone is polluting the water near her aunt's donut shop, she tries to figure out how to catch the perpetrators while overcoming fears she's had since her mother's death.