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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One More Jar of Jam
Michelle Sumovich
Illustrator: Gracey Zhang
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2023
Publisher: Dial BFYR/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-593-11267-0
Keywords: Family, traditions, nature
A young girl and her multiracial family experience joy and sorrow through the life, death, and rebirth of a mulberry tree. Second-person narration paired with lively ink, watercolor, and gouache art.