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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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.