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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My Hands Tell A Story
Kelly Starling Lyons
Illustrator: Tonya Engel
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Reycraft Books
ISBN: 978-1-4788-7061-6
Keywords: Black, Grandparents
A little Black girl listens to the stories her grandmother's hands tell as she and her grandmother bake cinnamon bread together. Oil paint illustrations.