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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Thingity-Jig
Kathleen Doherty
Illustrator: Kristyna Litten
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2021
Publisher: Peachtree Pubishing Company
ISBN: 978-1-56145-959-9
Keywords: building, inventing, determination, generosity
Bear wants to share his wonderful find with his friends. He needs their help to move it, but they just want to sleep. What to do? Colorful pencil and ink illustrations, digitally rendered.