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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Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston
Alicia D. Williams
Illustrator: Jacqueline Alcántara
Ages: 6+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Caitlyn Dlouhy/Atheneum
ISBN: 978-1-5344-1913-1
Keywords: African American women, novelists, folklorists
When Maureen welcomes a Syrian refugee boy to her diverse community, their friendship blossoms as they discover their mutual love of birds. Mixed-media illustrations create three-dimensional effect. Back matter.