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.
To share feedback about the tool, please feel free to email bookcom@bankstreet.edu. To learn more about the CBC, visit https://www.bankstreet.edu/cbc/.
How to Perform a Search and Save a List
Making Happy
Sheetal Sheth
Illustrator: Khoa Le
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 978-1-64686-622-9
Keywords: illness, mother, chemotherapy, love, support sorrow, empathy
Leila's family and schoolmates find a way to lift her spirits when her mother gets sick. Expressive, intricately patterned illustrations intensify a range of emotions. Author and illustrator's notes.