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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There's Nothing To Do!
by Dev Petty
Illustrator: Mike Boldt
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2017
Publisher: Doubleday BFYR/Random House/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-399-55803-0
Keywords: Self reliance, Humor, Boredom
After rejecting suggestions from his father and his animal friends about ways to relieve his boredom, a frog embraces his momentary condition. Dialogue bubble text and expansive, humorous illustrations.