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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Wires Crossed
Beth Fantaskey
Illustrator: ONeillJones
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Clarion Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-35-839544-7
Keywords: Family/School/Community-Friendship, Robotics, STEM, Parent and child, Social-emotional learning, Communication
Outsider Mia is thrilled when her science camp friend Tariq moves to town. But excitement soon turns to disappointment—until the science Olympics is announced. Brightly colored artwork.