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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Little Black Crow

written and ill. by Chris Raschka

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2010

Publisher: Atheneum

ISBN: 978-0-689-84601-4

Keywords: Nature

A simple, yet elegant rhyming text matches the marvelous watercolor illustrations and expresses a boy's wonderment at a crow's life.