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.

To share feedback about the tool, please feel free to email bookcom@bankstreet.edu. To learn more about the CBC, visit https://www.bankstreet.edu/cbc/.

How to Perform a Search and Save a List

Bright Star

Yuyi Morales

Illustrator: Yuyi Morales

Ages: 6+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House

ISBN: 978-0-8234-4328-4

Keywords: love, ecology, handicrafts, border wall, animals

A doe teaches her fawn about the wonders and dangers of the world, all the while reminding her that she is loved. Mixed-media illustrations including artisanal work. Available in Spanish.