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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Amazing Plants of the World (World of Amazement)
Štěpánka Sekaninová
Illustrator: Zuzana Dreadka Krutá
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Albatros Media
ISBN: 978-8-00006353-9
Keywords: guided tour, categories, nature, harmful, humor
Dr. Carnations's botanical garden showcases smelly, carnivorous fungi and plants that look like people, animals, and objects. Humorous informal text accompanies each whimsical colorful plant and tree illustration.