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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Duet
Elise Broach
Illustrator: Ziyue Chen
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown BFYR/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-31135-9
Keywords: Goldfinches; Birdsong; Chopin, Frederic 1810-1849
A musically gifted goldfinch befriends a boy practicing to play in a Chopin competition. An engaging mystery, with bird and music facts. Black-and-white spot art.