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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Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!
by Andrea J. Loney
Illustrator: Keith Mallett
Ages: 6+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 978-1-62014-260-8
Keywords: African Americans, Photography, Harlem, Diversity
This famous photographer took photos of Harlem for 80 years, creating a new view of its residents and a history of Harlem. Painterly illustrations and photographs. Afterword and other back matter.