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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Strange Birds of Flannery O'Connor, The: A Life
Amy Alznauer
Illustrator: Ping Zhu
Ages: 6+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
ISBN: 978-1-59270-295-4
Keywords: creativity; writers; grief; lupus
Flannery loved to write about all things strange and fantastical, especially birds. Bold illustrations, steeped in color, sweep across the pages. Background notes and sources.