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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Watch Me: A Story of Immigration and Inspiration
Doyin Richards
Illustrator: Joe Cepeda
Ages: 6+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan Publishing Co.
ISBN: 978-1-250-82023-5
Keywords: Sierra Leone, West Africa, resilience
A boy, from Sierra Leone, determined to come to the U.S. to have a better life, becomes a doctor. Richly-colored illustrations using oils over acrylic.