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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A Computer Called Katherine
by Suzanne Slade
Illustrator: Veronica Miller Jamison
Ages: 6+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-43517-8
Keywords: Picture Books for Older Readers, African Americans, Women, Diversity, Scientists
America's space exploration relied on the calculations of one brilliant mathematician. Despite racism and sexism, Katherine Johnson played an essential behind-the-scenes role at NASA. Mixed-media illustrations. Timeline, sources.