About the Bank Street College of Education Best Books of the Year
The Children’s Book Committee strives to guide librarians, educators, parents, grandparents, and other interested adults to the best books for children published each year. Titles are chosen by reviewers for literary quality and excellence of presentation as well as the potential emotional impact of the books on young readers. Other criteria include credibility of characterization and plot, authenticity of time and place, age suitability, positive treatment of ethnic and religious differences, and the absence of stereotypes.

Note: we are currently reprinting Big Wolf and Little Wolf, The Little Leaf that Wouldn't Fall, and this collection will ship as soon as it's ready, in late 2024!

The Enchanted Lion collection for readers under five includes:

• Ariba: An Old Tale about New Shoes

• Bear and Wolf

• Big Wolf and Little Wolf, The Little Leaf That Wouldn't Fall

• Bunny & Tree

• Layla's Happiness

• One Day

• The Little One

• The Truth About Max

• What If One Day...

• Winston & George

*Please note that substitutions may apply. Any substitution will be of the same exceptional quality and comparable price.