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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Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
by Katheryn Russell-Brown
Illustrator: Frank Morrison
Ages: 6+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Lee & Low
ISBN: 978-1-60060-898-8
Keywords: Social/Emotional Learning, Diversity, Jazz, Picture Books for Older Readers, Music, Read-Aloud, Women's movement
Melba Doretta Liston, an African American child prodigy, overcame the challenges faced by women and people of color of her era to share her trailblazing jazz. Lively oil paintings and insightful back matter.