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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We Belong
Cookie Hiponia Everman
Illustrator: Abigail Dela Cruz
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-11220-5
Keywords: mothers and daughters, family, immigration, Tagalog mythology, Filipino culture, Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, novel in verse
At bedtime a Filipino mother weaves together her immigration story and Tagalog mythology for her two daughters. Free verse. Spot art, glossary, songs, and afterword.