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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Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
Breanna J. McDaniel
Illustrator: April Harrison
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Dial BFYR/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-32420-2
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-Librarianship, African American literature, New York Public Library, Storytelling, Children's Librarians
Influential Black librarian Augusta Baker brought her love of story, learned from her grandmother, to children everywhere. Mixed-media illustrations highlight Baker's enthralled listeners. Back matter.