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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Occasionally Happy Family, An
Cliff Burke
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Harcourt
ISBN: 978-0-358-32567-3
Keywords: Humor, camping, grief, Texas history, siblings, bears,
After an exhausting camping vacation ends in an unwelcome surprise, teenage Theo, sister Laura and their father finally contend with their grief at the loss of the kids' mother.