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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Walking Home to Rosie Lee
by A. LaFaye
Illustrator: Keith D. Shepherd
Ages: 6+
Published: 2011
Publisher: Cinco Puntos
ISBN: 978-1-933693-97-2
Keywords: African Americans, Civil War
With the Civil War over, Gabe uses his new won freedom to search for his Mama who had been traded from the plantation before the war's end. Evocative paintings.