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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Kitten in Gooseberry Park, A (Gooseberry Park series)
Cynthia Rylant
Illustrator: Arthur Howard
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing/S & S
ISBN: 978-1-5344-9450-3
Keywords: friendship, animals, lost children, early chapter book
Good friends labrador Kona, hermit crab Gwendolyn, and bat Murray help a bobcat kitten find his family after rain sweeps him down the mountain. Cartoony black and white spot illustrations.