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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That's Not My Name!
Anoosha Syed
Illustrator: Anoosha Syed
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2022
Publisher: Viking/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-40517-8
Keywords: Identity, acceptance, South Asian, name significance
A brown-skinned girl confronts her classmates who mispronounce her Arabic name, Mirha, after her mother explains its uniqueness. Animated bold color illustrations.