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/.

How to Perform a Search and Save a List

Night in the City

Julie Downing

Illustrator: Julie Downing

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2023

Publisher: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House

ISBN: 978-0-8234-5206-4

Keywords: Night Jobs, Occupations, Nighttime

What happens in the city when kids are sleeping? Lots of people are just waking up and going to work to do a variety of important jobs. Colorful illustrations.