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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.
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Book of Turtles, The
Sy Montgomery
Illustrator: Matt Patterson
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Clarion Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-35-845807-4
Keywords: Reptiles
A clear, comprehensive, and enthusiastic introduction to all aspects of these venerable reptiles. Includes suggestions for helping save the species. Acrylic paintings. Sources.