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).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood
by Tameka Fryer Brown
Illustrator: Shane W. Evans
Ages: 6+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Viking/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-670-01285-5
Keywords: Bullying, Diversity, Read-Aloud, African Americans
A color for each mood, expressed in rhyme, describes Jamie's feelings as a middle child in a large family. Oil painted collages.