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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The Poison Eaters
by Gail Jarrow
Ages: 9+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills & Kane
ISBN: 978-1-62979-438-9
Keywords: Food, Medicine, Health
In the early 20th century, Dr. Harvy Wiley fought hard to see passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act, which ultimately led to the FDA. Photographs. Timeline, notes, and bibliography.