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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I Want to Be a Vase
Julio Torres
Illustrator: Julian Glander
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/S&S
ISBN: 978-1-53-449390-2
Keywords: individuality, SEL, humor
A toilet plunger becomes his true self encouraging other home furnishings to do the same. Vibrant digital art adds to the outrageous fun.