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.

To share feedback about the tool, please feel free to email bookcom@bankstreet.edu. To learn more about the CBC, visit https://www.bankstreet.edu/cbc/.

How to Perform a Search and Save a List

By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music

by Carole Boston Weatherford

Illustrator: Bryan Collier

Ages: 6+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/ Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 978-1-5344-2636-8

Keywords: Diversity, African Americans, Ministers, Music, Gospel hymns

After teaching himself to read, Charles entered the ministry, serving a large church and writing gospel music throughout his career. Bold watercolor and collage illustrations.