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/.
How to Perform a Search and Save a List
Mango Tree, The/La mata de mango
Edel Rodriguez
Illustrator: Edel Rodriguez
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2024
Publisher: Abrams BFYR/Abrams
ISBN: 978-1-4197-4586-7
Keywords: 5--Friendship, displacement, immigration, home, fantasy, sailing
Two island-dwelling boys spend their days playing in their beloved tree until they are separated by a ferocious storm. Wordless. Woodblock printing and sumi ink with digital media.