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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My Rainy Day Rocket Ship
Markette Sheppard
Illustrator: Charly Palmer
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2020
Publisher: Denene Millner/ Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-5344-6177-2
Keywords: imagination, creativity, support, family,
A stay-at-home day challenges a creative girl to create an imaginative rocket ship for a space adventure. Bright painterly acrylics elevate black figures.