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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The Great Big Body Book
by Mary Hoffman
Illustrator: Ros Asquith
Ages: 6+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books/Quarto Pub.
ISBN: 978-1-84780-872-1
Keywords: Human Body, Sex Education, Organs, Birth
An inclusive and humorous look at bodies, birth, gender, aging, genetics, and even death and dreams. Watercolor cartoons and a cat add to the fun.