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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All's Right with the World
Jennifer Adams
Illustrator: Christopher Silas Neal
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2023
Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-296248-5
Keywords: parenthood, routines, devotion, exuberance
In a Black family, children spend many precious moments with their mother throughout the day. Upbeat, lyrical text. Animated, colorful digital illustrations. Inspired by a poem by Robert Browning.