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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Message, The: The Extraordinary Journey of an Ordinary Text Message
Michael Emberley
Illustrator: Michael Emberley
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Caitlyn Dlouhy/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-53445-290-9
Keywords: text messaging, technology, electricity, light, computing, engineering
Lush illustrations help demystify the intricate dance of human neural networks, electrical networks, and fiber optics that speedily enables us to send our thoughts to others. Sources.