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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If You Were an Elephant

Leslie Staub

Illustrator: Richard Jones

Ages: 6+

Published: 2021

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House

ISBN: 978-1-5247-4134-1

Keywords: savanna, herd behaviors, animal diets

Collage-like painted illustrations and accessible text depict the family life, varied survival tools, and tight-knit communities of these intelligent giants. FAQs.