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.
To share feedback about the tool, please feel free to email bookcom@bankstreet.edu. To learn more about the CBC, visit https://www.bankstreet.edu/cbc/.
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Who Are You?
by Brook Pessin-Whedbee
Illustrator: Naomi Bardoff
Ages: 6+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-78592-728-7
Keywords: Social/Emotional Learning, Diversity, Family, Gender identity, Self, Read-Aloud, Growing Up, Self-esteem
Concepts of gender are broken down into categories of body, identity, and expression, addressed to the child. Back matter and bold illustrations support further discussion.