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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Mama's Chicken and Dumplings
Dionna L. Mann
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House
ISBN: 978-0-8234-5555-3
Keywords: Family/School/Community-mothers and daughters, Competition, Music, Food
In 1930s Virginia, Allie, a 10-year-old Black girl faces challenges: honing her flute-playing skills, a rivalry with a classmate, an entrepreneurial venture, and finding a mate for her now single mother.