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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It All Begins with Jelly Beans
Nova Weetman
Illustrator: Federica Frenna
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: McElderry/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-5344-9431-2
Keywords: Diabetes, Middle School, Friendship, Grief
Riley, a type 1 diabetic, adjusting to a new school, and Meg. dealing with her widowed mother's deep depression. meet in the school nurse's offfice. Can they forge a friendship? Black-and-white spot art.