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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Small in the City
written and illustrated by Sydney Smith
Ages: 6+
Published: 2019
Publisher: A Neal Porter Book/Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-8234-4261-4
Keywords: Graphic format, City Life, Pets
F&G A small child offers advice and posts flyers while searching for his lost cat during a snowstorm. Dramatic ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations in graphic format panels.