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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This is the Rope
by Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator: James Ransome
Ages: 6+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-399-23986-1
Keywords: African Americans, Picture book for older readers, Family
A found piece of rope binds a family together through three generations as they journey from South Carolina to Brooklyn. Realistic oil paintings.