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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Simon and the Bear
by Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrator: Matthew Trueman
Ages: 6+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Books
ISBN: 978-1-4231-4355-0
Keywords: Voyages, Polar Bears, Hanukkah
Shipwrecked on his way to America, a boy shares the Festival of Lights with a polar bear. Colorful collages and blue acrylics.