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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Great Lakes, The: Our Freshwater Treasure
Barb Rosenstock
Illustrator: Jamey Christoph
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-37435-1
Keywords: Ecology-ice age, freshwater fish, Niagra Falls
Learn how the five largest lakes in North America were formed, the many ways we depend on them, and how we can protect them. Detailed watercolors mixed digitally.