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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Harbor Me
by Jacqueline Woodson
Ages: 9+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin YR/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-399-25252-5
Keywords: Compassion, Social issues, Social/Emotional Learning, Emotional growth
Six students in a fifth/six grade special needs class, assigned to a room where they can talk without adult supervision, bond as they discuss issues of immigration, racial discrimination, and economic disparities.