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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Busy-Busy Little Chick
by Janice N. Harrington
Illustrator: Brian Pinkney
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2013
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-374-34746-8
Keywords: Read-Aloud, Folklore
Little Chick's work ethic rivals Little Red Hen's. While his family feasts, he makes them a new home. Dynamic brushwork.