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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Ready to Soar
Cori Doerrfeld
Illustrator: Cori Doerrfeld
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2024
Publisher: Dial BFYR/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-5936-9672-9
Keywords: Social-Emotional Learning-Birds, flying, social-emotional learning
After folding a paper airplane, Riley encounters a series of birds whose unwanted advice keeps getting in the way of a proper liftoff. Cheerful digital illustrations.