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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Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors
Aida Salazar and Yamile Saied Méndez, editors
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-1634-9
Keywords: menstruation, culture, growing up, coming of age, nonbinary, girls and women, family, intergenerational
Celebratory or embarrassing, surprising or long-awaited—the range of emotions, the cultural connections, and self-knowledge that accompany the onset of menstruation are explored.