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 Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Illustrator: Alex Bostic
Ages: 9+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books/Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-7284-1923-7
Keywords: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Marshalls, racism, Eleanor Roosevelt
In 1960 three Black six-year-olds braved vitriolic hostility as they broke barriers to racial segregation. Warm acrylic illustrations. Archival photos. Biographies, glossary, resources.