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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Swifts, The: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
Beth Lincoln
Illustrator: Claire Powell
Ages: 9+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-53323-9
Keywords: LGBTQ, humor, vocabulary
At a family reunion in a labyrinthine mansion, three clever and resourceful young sisters try to solve a series of murders. Playful wordsmithing. Gothic, comical black-and-white illustrations.