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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Elf Dog & Owl Head
M. T. Anderson
Illustrator: Junyi Wu
Ages: 9+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-2281-4
Keywords: Adventure, Quarantine, Parallel universes, Imaginary creatures, Children and dogs, Magic, Sisters, Families
During a global pandemic, a tween boy, quarantining with his family, meets a magical elf-hound and becomes friends with an owl-headed boy. Dramatic black-and-white illustrations.