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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Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, adapted by Monique Gray Smith
Illustrator: Nicole Neidhardt
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Zest Books/Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-7284-5898-4
Keywords: Native American, Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, native folkways, creation stories, folklore, gratitude, reciprocity, sustainability, STEM
A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation exhorts us to save our endangered planet, offering guidance on proven sustainable practices. Limited-palette illustrations. Bibliography, notes, index.