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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Girl Who Became a Tree, The: A Story Told in Poems
Joseph Coelho
Illustrator: Kate Milner
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Otter-Barry Books
ISBN: 978-1-913074-78-4
Keywords: Fathers, Mothers, Death, Grief, Forest, Magic, Greek and Roman Mythology
Fourteen-year-old Daphne, mourning her father's death, finds refuge in the library until she falls into a magical world of monsters. Free verse; black-and-white spot illustrations.