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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Mama's Home
Shay Youngblood
Illustrator: Lo Harris
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Make Me A World/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-18022-8
Keywords: Mothers and children, careers, food, African American, LGBTQIA+
While a mother is working away from home, a young Black child lives with seven different families each week, being nurtured by them all. Bold digital illustrations.