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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Goat's Coat
by Tom Percival
Illustrator: Christine Pym
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN: 978-1-68119-901-6
Keywords: generosity, Empathy, Friendship, Kindness
When Alfonso gives away his special coat, thread by thread, to needy friends, who will keep him from freezing? Rhymed text and expressive, bright illustrations.