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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Rosie and the Pre-loved Dress
Leanne Hatch
Illustrator: Leanne Hatch
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-35448-3
Keywords: clothing, used items
Finding a beautiful yellow dress at the thrift shop, Rosie imagines what the girl who once owned it did while she was wearing it. Digital illustrations with hand-painted textures.