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.
To share feedback about the tool, please feel free to email bookcom@bankstreet.edu. To learn more about the CBC, visit https://www.bankstreet.edu/cbc/.
How to Perform a Search and Save a List
Home in the Woods
written and illustrated by Eliza Wheeler
Ages: 6+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin YR/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-399-16290-9
Keywords: Poverty, Resilience, Cooperation
After the father's death, a family survives the hardships of moving to an abandoned shack through their courage and cooperation. Poignant ink and watercolor illustrations. Author's note.