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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Mina Belongs Here
Sandra Niebuhr-Siebert
Illustrator: Lars Baus
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Floris Books
ISBN: 978-178250-811-3
Keywords: school, friendship, belonging, immigrants,
A girl starts kindergarten in a new country and slowly adapts, learning the language, making friends, and helping other children. Monochrome illustrations change to bright colors as the protagonist's sense of belonging grows.