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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Brother Hugo and the Bear
by Katy Beebe
Illustrator: S. D. Schindler
Ages: 6+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Eerdmans BFYR
ISBN: 978-0-8028-5407-0
Keywords: Picture Book for Older Readers, Read-Aloud, Book Making
Brother Hugo must craft another manuscript after a bear eats the original--a library book that must be returned. Ink and watercolors illustrate medieval life.