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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Born to Swing
by Mara Rockliff
Illustrator: Michele Wood
Ages: 6+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Highlights
ISBN: 978-1-62979-555-3
Keywords: Picture Books for Older Readers, Diversity, Jazz, Read-Aloud, African Americans
As a jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer, “Hot Miss Lil” was a trailblazing black woman at the start of the Jazz Age. Bold acrylic illustrations. Detailed back matter.