Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Searchable Best Books List

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.

To share feedback about the tool, please feel free to email bookcom@bankstreet.edu. To learn more about the CBC, visit https://www.bankstreet.edu/cbc/.

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One and Only Ruby, The (The One and Only series)

Katherine Applegate

Illustrator: Patricia Castelao

Ages: 9+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Harper/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-308008-9

Keywords: wildlife refuges, ivory poaching, friendship, growing up

Ruby, a young elephant, worries about growing up with her adopted herd at a wildlife sanctuary. Greyscale spot illustrations. Glossary. Author's note.