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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Can't Scare Me
written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
Ages: 6+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/ Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-4424-7657-8
Keywords: Humor, Read-Aloud, Trickster Tales
In this captivating read-aloud, a boy who knows no fear gets a dose of humility when he encounters the three-headed giant that his grandmother foretold. Tempera and watercolor paintings accent the humor.