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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Bounce!: A Scientific History of Rubber
Sarah Albee
Illustrator: Eileen Ryan Ewen
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 978-1-62354-379-2
Keywords: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)-Indigenous people, experiments, discoveries, Charles Goodyear
Throughout history, people have observed the amazing properties of a material used for play, clothing, and transportation. Pen and ink and watercolor artwork. Graphics, timeline, author's note.