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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When Emily Was Small
Lauren Soloy
Illustrator: Lauren Soloy
Ages: 6+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 978-0-7352-6606-3
Keywords: Nature, imagination
As a young girl, the artist Emily Carr, finds beauty, awe and wonder in nature with the help of new friend the Wild. Sumptuous watercolor illustrations.