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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If You Were My Baby
by Fran Hodgkins
Illustrator: Laura J. Bryant
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2005
Publisher: Dawn Publications
ISBN: 1-58469-075-5
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Poignant, lyrical text and illustrations highlight the ways a human parent would nurture specific animals, including his own child. A classic!