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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Somewhere for Little Bear
Britta Teckentrup
Illustrator: Britta Teckentrup
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Crocodile Books/Interlink Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-62371-683-7
Keywords: Contemporary Issues-Bears, Forest Creatures, Anthropomorphized Animals, Forest Fires, Home, Allegory, belonging
After a forest fire destroys his home, Little Bear goes in search of another one. Not welcomed anywhere, will he ever find a place to live? Earth-tone illustrations.