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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From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea
by Kai Cheng Thom
Illustrator: Wai-Yant Li
Ages: 6+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
ISBN: 978-1-55152-709-3
Keywords: Transgender, LGBTQ, Gender identity, School, Family
F&G Enchanting story of Miu Lan, whose identity resists boundaries in a call to challenge stereotypes and to build an inclusive environment. Saturated watercolors.