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 Glassmaker's Daughter
by Dianne Hofmeyr
Illustrator: Jane Ray
Ages: 6+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books/Quarto Pub.
ISBN: 978-1-84780-676-5
Keywords: Diversity, Humor, Read-Aloud
Who can make the glassmaker's daughter smile? Set in early Venice and told in folkloric style with vivid expressive illustrations.