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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At the Pond
Geraldo Valério
Illustrator: Geraldo Valério
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2020
Publisher: Groundwood Books
ISBN: 978-1773062327
Keywords: Wordless Book, Natural World, Friendship, Freedom, social-emotional learning
In this wordless book, a child befriends a swan. As he leashes the swan, the sky turns black. Only when he frees the swan, the pastel colors return.