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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Kicks in the Sky
C. G. Esperanza
Illustrator: C. G. Esperanza
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-297623-9
Keywords: Sneakers, urban life, origin stories, pourquoi stories, humor,
Everyone wonders how some colorful sneakers ended up on telephone wires. Then the kicks are knocked down, and amazing things happen when kids wear them. Bouncing, rhythmic, rhyming text. Vibrant mixed-media art.