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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Queen Panda Can't Sleep
by Susanna Isern
Illustrator: Mariana Ruiz Johnson
Ages: 6+
Published: 2018
Publisher: StarBerry Books/Kane Press
ISBN: 978-1-63592-095-6
Keywords: Ethics, Hard work, Read-Aloud, Bedtime, Geography
From across the kingdom, loyal subjects try to help the queen sleep. When a contagious yawn causes everyone else to fall asleep, the queen is left to do all the work herself. Colorful, full page folk art.