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).

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Every Little Letter

Deborah Underwood

Illustrator: Joy Hwang Ruiz

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2020

Publisher: Dial Books/Random House

ISBN: 9780525554028

Keywords: friendship, community, social justice

In this "not an alphabet book," lower case letters successfully make their case to upper case letters to welcome strangers by breaking down barriers. Vibrant digital illustrations.