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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Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
by Kathryn Gibbs Davis
Illustrator: Gilbert Ford
Ages: 6+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt BFYR
ISBN: 978-0-547-95922-1
Keywords: Narrative nonfiction, Technology, Picture Books for Older Readers, Engineering, Inventions, Rides
Using the new metal, steel, George Ferris created the Ferris wheel, the sensation of the 1893 World's Fair. Digital mixed-media illustration with ink and watercolor.