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).
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Frankie Works the Night Shift
by Lisa Westberg Peters
Illustrator: Jennifer Taylor
Ages: 6+
Published: 2010
Publisher: Greenwillow
ISBN: 978-0-06-009095-1
Keywords: counting, animals
This counting tale of a feline progresses as he “empties one wastebasket,” “cleans two counters,” and causes nocturnal chaos. An inventive use of photographs.