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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Song of the River
by Joy Cowley
Illustrator: Kimberly Andrews
Ages: 6+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Gecko Press
ISBN: 978-1-776572-53-3
Keywords: Water, Water cource, Watershed, STEM
A child from the mountains follows a trickle of water that leads to a creek, then a river, and finally to the sea. Unusual, mysterious illustrations.