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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Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a Thunderstorm
Laura Purdie Salas
Illustrator: Elly MacKay
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books/Bloomsbury
ISBN: 978-1-5476-0225-4
Keywords: Thunderstorms, Weather, Rhyme
A beautiful summer day is interrupted when a sudden thunderstorm sends three children scurrying for home. Rhyming text. Colorful, fluid illustrations. Engaging back matter.