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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Mommy's Khimar
by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Illustrator: Ebony Glenn
Ages: 6+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-5344-0059-7
Keywords: Read-Aloud, Imaginative play, Diversity, Muslim family, Mothers and Daughters
A young Muslim girl wears her mother's headscarf to feel closer to her while imagining herself a queen, a superhero, and more. Simple, colorful digital illustrations.