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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Don't Feed the Boy
by Irene Latham
Illustrator: Stephanie Graegin
Ages: 9+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Roaring Brook/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-59643-755-5
Keywords: zoos, Friendship, Family Life, family problems
A lonely eleven-year-old, tutored and living in the Alabama zoo his parents run, acquires a friend and learns about life outside the zoo. Black-and-white drawings.