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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Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs, The: A True Story (Ready-to-Read series)
Shirley Raye Redmond
Illustrator: Simon Sullivan
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Ready-to-Read/Simon Spotlight/S & S
ISBN: 978-1-6659-6332-9
Keywords: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)-Dinosaurs, Fossils
In 19th-century England, while on a fossil hunt with her dog, 12-year-old Mary Ann Anning uncovered amazing dinosaur bones. Color illustrations in a muted palette.