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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A Piece of Cake
written and illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Ages: 6+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-199264-3
Keywords: Animals, Friendship, Trading
Uh-oh! On the way to deliver a birthday cake for Little Bird, Mouse agrees to trade his friends' offerings until it is all gone. Now what? Clever Little Bird finds a solution. Cartoon-like pencil and digitally colored illustrations.