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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Ira's Shakespeare Dream
by Glenda Armand
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Ages: 6+
Published: 2015
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 978-1-62014-155-7
Keywords: Theater, Prejudice, African Americans
African American, Ira Aldridge, leaves segregated America in the 1800s and achieves success on the stage in England. Softly hued wash and oils.