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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Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll
Tonya Bolden
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Harper/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-299438-7
Keywords: African Americans, Gospel Music, Jazz, Soul Music, Blues,
A little girl with a big guitar and a big voice grew up to blend many musical traditions, inspiring the birth of a new genre. Exuberant gouache artwork. Back matter.