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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Over the River & Through the Wood
by Linda Ashman
Illustrator: Kim Smith
Ages: 6+
Published: 2015
Publisher: Sterling Children's Books/Sterling Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-4549-1024-4
Keywords: Transportation, Diversity, Christmas
Four diverse families, depicted in colorful digital art, make their way to grandma's house by various means of transportation but all wind up in the old-fashioned way. A contemporary take on the classic song.