Bank Street College Children’s Book Committee Selects 11 Marshall Cavendish Titles as The Best Children’s Books of the Year

Drawing from both Marshall Cavendish Children and Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, the 100th Anniversary Edition of Bank Street College’s "Best Children’s Books of the Year" list featured 11 Marshall Cavendish titles this year.

Compiled by the college’s highly respected Children’s Book Committee, titles included a young adult novel in Manolito Four-Eyes, the picture book biography Frida, and the complete first group of Virginia Schomp’s nonfiction series Myths of the World. Please see below for a complete list of our honorees.

Marshall Cavendish is honored to have our books recognized, and our thanks go out to Bank Street College, and of course to our wonderful authors, illustrators, and editors.

The Fisherman and the Turtle by Eric A. Kimmel, illustrated by Martha Aviles

Frida ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

Manolito Four-Eyes by Elvira Lindo, illustrated by Emilio Urberuaga

Marco Polo by Demi

My Pup by Margaret O’Hair, illustrated by Tammy Lyon

The Rain Stomper by Addie Boswell, illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Simply Sarah: Eating Enchiladas by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, illustrated by Marcy Ramsey

Myths of the World: The Ancient Egyptians by Virginia Schomp

Myths of the World: The Ancient Greeks by Virginia Schomp

Myths of the World: The Native Americans by Virginia Schomp

Myths of the World: The Norsemen by Virginia Schomp