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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Room in My Heart
by Zetta Elliott
Illustrator: Pradyut Chatterjee
Ages: 6+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Rosetta Press
ISBN: 978-1-50090823-2
Keywords: Read-Aloud, Social/Emotional Learning, Transitional Book, Family, Divorce
It took Nikki time to adjust to her parent's divorce. Now Daddy has a girlfriend, and Nikki has another worry: will he still love her and her sister? Black-and-white illustrations.