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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Crown of Stories, A: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison
Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator: Khalif Tahir Thompson
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-291103-2
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-Black history, Black culture, Language, Awards
Passionate about books even as a young child, Morrison grew up to become the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. Acrylic, oil, collage, and homemade paper illustrations. Time line. Back matter.