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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Miss Rita, Mystery Reader
Sam Donovan and Kristen Wixted
Illustrator: Violet Tobacco
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-250-77476-7
Keywords: Drag Queen, Storytime, gender-non-binary
Tori, a nonbinary young child, is excited but feels uncertain while helping their dad, a drag queen, prepare costumes and makeup to be the class mystery reader. Colorful digital illustrations.