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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.
To share feedback about the tool, please feel free to email bookcom@bankstreet.edu. To learn more about the CBC, visit https://www.bankstreet.edu/cbc/.
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All the Beating Hearts
Julie Fogliano
Illustrator: Cátia Chien
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2023
Publisher: Neal Porter/Holiday House
ISBN: 978-0-8234-5216-3
Keywords: bedtime stories, sleep, love, loss, joy, sadness, day in the life, meaning of life
This wise, soulful book celebrates our common humanity, evocatively capturing joy, sorrow, light, darkness, and the meaning of life itself. Illustrations evoke tenderness.