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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Fungarium
David L. Hawksworth, Laura M. Suz, Pepijn W. Kooij, Kare Liimatainen, Tom Prescott, Lee Davies, and Ester Gaya
Illustrator: Katie Scott
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Big Picture Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-1709-4
Keywords: ecology, deforestation, conservation, endangered species, habitats, nature
How life on Earth depends on fungi, organisms more closely related to animals than to plants. Lush botanical illustrations, index, resources.