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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Small Places, Close to Home: A Children's Declaration of Rights
Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrator: Kate Gardiner
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-0630-9258-7
Keywords: freedoms of speech, thought, right of safety, education and obligation for these freedoms to be reciprocal
A poetic and moving statement of the rights of children and the responsibility to respect the rights of others. Illustrations in a muted palette depict people of diverse races and cultures.