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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Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend
Noah Van Sciver, with additional stories and art by Marlena Myles, introduction by Lee Francis IV, postscript by Deondre Smiles
Illustrator: Noah Van Sciver
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: TOON Books/Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 978-1-6626-6522-6
Keywords: storytellng, competition, advertising ploy, Minnesota,
The legend of a lumberjack whose enormous strength could alter landscapes is revisited, showing how forests and Indigenous peoples are devastated for profit. Dramatic graphics. Back matter.