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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In Plain Sight
by Richard Jackson
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2016
Publisher: Neal Porter Books/Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-62672-255-2
Keywords: Grandparents, African Americans, Diversity, Family, Grandfather
ARC - Poignant, detailed watercolor illustrations accompany a lyric repetitive text that captures the bond between a young girl and her grandfather in their daily hide and seek game.