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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Once upon a Time in the North (gift edition, His Dark Materials series)
Philip Pullman
Illustrator: Chris Wormell
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-65219-0
Keywords: air travel, alliances, interspecies friendship, Texas
A tightly plotted adventure featuring aeronaut Lee Scoresby on his first meeting with the armored bear Iorek Byrnison. Atmospheric full-color woodblock-print-style artwork.