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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This is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them and Us
Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby, Eds.
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN: 978-0-593-30394-8
Keywords: LGBTQIA+, short stories, fantasy, realism, identity
A unique collection of stories, including a few in graphic format, with diverse characters, most at the beginning of adolescence, exploring their gender and sexual identity.