The Best Children's Books of the YearOutstanding Merit

Given by Children's Book Committee, Bank Street College Center for Children's Literature

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The Children's Book Committee was founded more than 100 years ago to help parents, teachers, and librarians choose the books that children will find captivating and transforming.
One of the most näytä lisää comprehensive annotated book lists for children, aged infant through 16. The Committee reviews over 6,000 titles annually for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. The best 600 books published each year, both fiction and nonfiction, are listed with annotations, according to age and category.

Included are the past editions that are currently available online. Reference copies of editions published in print before 2010 may be found in the Bank Street College Library.
näytä vähemmän
Stages:
Kaikki, Outstanding Merit (126), No Stage (9,613)
Luokat:
Kaikki, Five to Nine, Fiction, Adventure and Mystery (2), Five to Nine, Fiction, Animals (1), Five to Nine, Fiction, Beginning Readers (1), Five to Nine, Fiction, Coming of Age (3), Five to Nine, Fiction, Concept Books (1), Five to Nine, Fiction, Fantasy (1), Five to Nine, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales (3), Five to Nine, Fiction, Historical Fiction (3), Five to Nine, Fiction, Humor (3), Five to Nine, Fiction, Today (12), Five to Nine, Information Books, Arts (2), Five to Nine, Information Books, Biography and Memoir (2), Five to Nine, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (3), Five to Nine, Information Books, STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (1), Five to Nine, Information Books, World (3), Five to Nine, Poetry (2), Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Coming of Age (1), Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Fantasy (1), Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Historical Fiction (2), Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Magical Realism (1), Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Science Fiction (1), Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today (7), Fourteen and Older, Information Books, History (2), Fourteen and Older, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (1), Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Adventure and Mystery (2), Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Coming of Age (5), Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Fantasy (4), Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales (1), Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Historical Fiction (4), Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Humor (1), Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Today (2), Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Biography and Memoir (3), Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Ecology (2), Nine to Twelve, Information Books, History (4), Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Holidays and Religion (1), Nine to Twelve, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (3), Nine to Twelve, Poetry (2), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Coming of Age (4), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Fantasy (1), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales (1), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Historical Fiction (1), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Biography and Memoir (4), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, History (2), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Reference (1), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (1), Under Five (15), Under Five, Concept Books (1), [2017], Five to Nine, Fiction, Today, 2017 (1), No Category (1)
Vuodet:
Kaikki, 2017 (123)

Outstanding Merit 126

TeosKategoriaVuosi
The Bear and the Piano (tekijä: David Litchfield)Five to Nine, Fiction, Adventure and Mystery2017
Teacup (tekijä: Rebecca Young)Five to Nine, Fiction, Adventure and Mystery2017
Little One (tekijä: Jo Weaver)Five to Nine, Fiction, Animals2017
Want to Play? (Confetti Kids) (tekijä: Paula Yoo)Five to Nine, Fiction, Beginning Readers2017
Luis Paints the World (tekijä: Terry Farish)Five to Nine, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
More-igami (tekijä: Dori Kleber)Five to Nine, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
Life Without Nico (tekijä: Andrea Maturana)Five to Nine, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs (tekijä: Linda Sue Park)Five to Nine, Fiction, Concept Books2017
The Sleeping Gypsy (tekijä: Mordicai Gerstein)Five to Nine, Fiction, Fantasy2017
Those That Cause Fear (tekijä: Neil Christopher)Five to Nine, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales2017
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes (tekijä: Duncan Tonatiuh)Five to Nine, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales2017
The storyteller (tekijä: Evan Turk)Five to Nine, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales2017
Steamboat School (tekijä: Deborah Hopkinson)Five to Nine, Fiction, Historical Fiction2017
Sound of All Things, The (tekijä: Myron Uhlberg)Five to Nine, Fiction, Historical Fiction2017
Freedom in Congo Square (tekijä: Carole Boston Weatherford)Five to Nine, Fiction, Historical Fiction2017
A Hungry Lion, or, A Dwindling Assortment of Animals (tekijä: Lucy Ruth Cummins)Five to Nine, Fiction, Humor2017
Dog Rules (tekijä: Jef Czekaj)Five to Nine, Fiction, Humor2017
Bob the Artist (tekijä: Marion Deuchars)Five to Nine, Fiction, Humor2017
The Dead Bird (tekijä: Margaret Wise Brown)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles (tekijä: Philippe Cousteau)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love (tekijä: Michelle Edwards)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
Melena's Jubilee: The Story of a Fresh Start (tekijä: Zetta Elliott)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
The Night Gardener (tekijä: Terry Fan)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
Mission: Back to School (tekijä: Susan Hood)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
Cricket Song (tekijä: Anne Hunter)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
The Infamous Ratsos (tekijä: Kara LaReau)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
When We Were Alone (tekijä: David A. Robertson)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey (Arabic and English Edition) (tekijä: Margriet Ruurs)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
Weekends with Max and His Dad (tekijä: Linda Urban)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
Home at Last (tekijä: Vera B. Williams)Five to Nine, Fiction, Today2017
Swatch: The Girl Who Loved Color (tekijä: Julia Denos)Five to Nine, Information Books, Arts2017
The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue (tekijä: Suzanne Slade)Five to Nine, Information Books, Arts2017
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille (tekijä: Jen Bryant)Five to Nine, Information Books, Biography and Memoir2017
My Night in the Planetarium (tekijä: Innosanto Nagara)Five to Nine, Information Books, Biography and Memoir2017
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions (tekijä: Chris Barton)Five to Nine, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)2017
Cecil's Pride (tekijä: Craig Hatkoff)Five to Nine, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)2017
Fabulous Frogs (tekijä: Martin Jenkins)Five to Nine, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)2017
The Airport Book (tekijä: Lisa Brown)Five to Nine, Information Books, World2017
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of How (tekijä: Jill Esbaum)Five to Nine, Information Books, World2017
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay (tekijä: Susan Hood)Five to Nine, Information Books, World2017
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons (tekijä: Julie Fogliano)Five to Nine, Poetry2017
Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems (tekijä: Bob Raczka)Five to Nine, Poetry2017
The Language of Stars (tekijä: Louise Hawes)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
The Lie Tree (tekijä: Frances Hardinge)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Fantasy2017
The Passion of Dolssa (tekijä: Julie Berry)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Historical Fiction2017
Salt to the Sea (tekijä: Ruta Sepetys)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Historical Fiction2017
Thanks for the Trouble (tekijä: Tommy Wallach)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Magical Realism2017
Away We Go (tekijä: Emil Ostrovski)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Science Fiction2017
Tell Me Three Things (tekijä: Julie Buxbaum)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today2017
Symptoms of Being Human (tekijä: Jeff Garvin)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today2017
Hidden (tekijä: Miriam Halahmy)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today2017
The Smell of Other People's Houses (tekijä: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today2017
Gena/Finn (tekijä: Hannah Moskowitz)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today2017
Highly Illogical Behavior (tekijä: John Corey Whaley)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today2017
The Sun is Also a Star (tekijä: Nicola Yoon)Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today2017
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives (tekijä: Kenneth C. Davis)Fourteen and Older, Information Books, History2017
March: Book Three (tekijä: John Lewis)Fourteen and Older, Information Books, History2017
Radioactive! How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World (tekijä: Winifred Conkling)Fourteen and Older, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)2017
Manatee Rescue (tekijä: Nicola Davies)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Adventure and Mystery2017
Forest of Wonders (tekijä: Linda Sue Park)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Adventure and Mystery2017
Ms. Bixby's Last Day (tekijä: John David Anderson)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
Raymie Nightingale (tekijä: Kate DiCamillo)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
Beautiful Blue World (tekijä: Suzanne LaFleur)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
The Best Man (tekijä: Richard Peck)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones (tekijä: Wendelin Van Draanen)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
The Wild Robot (tekijä: Peter Brown)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Fantasy2017
Ollie's Odyssey (tekijä: William Joyce)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Fantasy2017
When the Sea Turned to Silver (tekijä: Grace Lin)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Fantasy2017
The Night Parade (tekijä: Kathryn Tanquary)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Fantasy2017
California, the Magic Island (tekijä: Doug Hansen)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales2017
The Wolf's Boy (tekijä: Susan Williams Beckhorn)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Historical Fiction2017
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life (tekijä: Ashley Bryan)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Historical Fiction2017
Unbound: A Novel in Verse (tekijä: Ann E. Burg)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Historical Fiction2017
A Bandit's Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket (tekijä: Deborah Hopkinson)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Historical Fiction2017
Frank and Lucky Get Schooled (tekijä: Lynne Rae Perkins)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Humor2017
Still a Work in Progress (tekijä: Jo Knowles)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Today2017
A Long Pitch Home (tekijä: Natalie Dias Lorenzi)Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Today2017
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness (tekijä: Donna Janell Bowman)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Biography and Memoir2017
Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger (tekijä: Anita Silvey)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Biography and Memoir2017
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White (tekijä: Melissa Sweet)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Biography and Memoir2017
5 Giraffes (tekijä: Anne Innis Dagg)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Ecology2017
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk (tekijä: Jan Thornhill)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Ecology2017
The Mummy Makers of Egypt (tekijä: Tamara Bower)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, History2017
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial (tekijä: Susan E. Goodman)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, History2017
Lost in the Pacific, 1942 (tekijä: Tod Olson)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, History2017
Elizabeth Started All the Trouble (tekijä: Doreen Rappaport)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, History2017
I Am Pan! (tekijä: Mordicai Gerstein)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Holidays and Religion2017
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor (tekijä: Robert Burleigh)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)2017
The Great Leopard Rescue: Saving the Amur Leopards (tekijä: Sandra Markle)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)2017
Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World's Brightest Bird (tekijä: Pamela S. Turner)Nine to Twelve, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)2017
Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds (tekijä: Jorge Argueta)Nine to Twelve, Poetry2017
Echo Echo: Reverso Poems About Greek Myths (tekijä: Marilyn Singer)Nine to Twelve, Poetry2017
Some of the Parts (tekijä: Hannah Barnaby)Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
Free Verse (tekijä: Sarah Dooley)Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
When Friendship Followed Me Home (tekijä: Paul Griffin)Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
The Ballad of a Broken Nose (tekijä: Arne Svingen)Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Coming of Age2017
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (tekijä: Kelly Barnhill)Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Fantasy2017
Snow White: A Graphic Novel (tekijä: Matt Phelan)Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales2017
Ashes (tekijä: Laurie Halse Anderson)Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Historical Fiction2017
Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Wild West (tekijä: Candace Fleming)Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Biography and Memoir2017
Ten Days a Madwoman: The Daring Life and Turbulent Times of the Original "Girl" Reporter, Nellie Bly (tekijä: Deborah Noyes)Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Biography and Memoir2017
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story (tekijä: Caren Stelson)Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Biography and Memoir2017
Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights (tekijä: Rich Wallace)Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Biography and Memoir2017
Forgotten Bones: Uncovering a Slave Cemetery (Nonfiction - Grades 4-8) (tekijä: Lois Miner Huey)Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, History2017
Brown v. Board of Education: A Fight for Simple Justice (tekijä: Susan Goldman Rubin)Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, History2017
Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts (tekijä: Susan Cain)Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Reference2017
Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA (tekijä: Bridget Heos)Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)2017
Bob and Flo Play Hide-and-Seek (tekijä: Rebecca Ashdown)Under Five2017
All We Know (tekijä: Linda Ashman)Under Five2017
If I Could Drive, Mama (tekijä: Cari Best)Under Five2017
There's a Bear on My Chair (tekijä: Ross Collins)Under Five2017
Du Iz Tak (tekijä: Carson Ellis)Under Five2017
Bear & Hare -- Where's Bear? (tekijä: Emily Gravett)Under Five2017
My Heart Fills with Happiness (tekijä: Monique Gray Smith)Under Five2017
Rooster/Gallo (Libro Tigrillo) (tekijä: Jorge Luján)Under Five2017
Whoops! (tekijä: Suzi Moore)Under Five2017
Aberdeen (tekijä: Stacey Previn)Under Five2017
Polka Dots for Poppy (tekijä: Amy Schwartz)Under Five2017
How to Find Gold (tekijä: Viviane Schwarz)Under Five2017
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion (tekijä: Alex T. Smith)Under Five2017
Quackers (tekijä: Liz Wong)Under Five2017
Henry & Leo (tekijä: Pamela Zagarenski)Under Five2017
Animal Talk: Mexican Folk Art Animal Sounds in English and Spanish (tekijä: Cynthia Weill)Under Five, Concept Books2017
Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the West (tekijä: Emma Bland Smith)Five to Nine, Information Books, STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics2016
The Journey (tekijä: Francesca Sanna)[2017], Five to Nine, Fiction, Today, 20172016
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan (tekijä: Mary Williams)2005

Kuvailut

The Children's Book Committee was founded more than 100 years ago to help parents, teachers, and librarians choose the books that children will find captivating and transforming.
One of the most comprehensive annotated book lists for children, aged infant through 16. The Committee reviews over 6,000 titles annually for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. The best 600 books published each year, both fiction and nonfiction, are listed with annotations, according to age and category.

Included are the past editions that are currently available online. Reference copies of editions published in print before 2010 may be found in the Bank Street College Library. (English, Member-written)
By Child Study Children's Book Committee of Child Study Association of America (1967-1977) and at Bank Street College (subsequently)

[Succeeds CBCA Book of the Year for Children.
Succeeded by Bank Street CBC Best Children's Book of the Year.]

from Bank Street: About the Children's Book Committee

We began in 1909 as part of the family life education program of the Child Study Association of America, an organization devoted to guiding parents in their understanding of child development.

At the time, a nascent "parent education" movement fostered a growing awareness of the emotional needs of children, and of how books might affect children's feelings of themselves and the world around them. As "expert" opinions of psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators filtered down to parents, the Child Study Association decided to evaluate current literature for children, and to prepare and publish booklists to guide parents, librarians, and teachers in the selection of developmentally appropriate reading materials. Interestingly enough, the Committee decided right from the start to publish only positive reviews and recommendations.

Its first product was a modest pamphlet, but more ambitious lists soon followed. Eventually, with a rapidly expanding number of new children's books being published, the Committee adopted a more organized reviewing process, which continues to this day.

For many years the Committee's reviews appeared in the monthly (and later quarterly) magazine published by the Association. When the magazine was discontinued, the Committee compiled its own annual booklet, the "Children's Books of the Year," which has been published and distributed yearly since 1936.

The Committee eventually expanded its mandate in a number of significant ways. It collected and edited anthologies of children's stories and published specific lists in response to requests from parents, organizations, or specific needs that arose in the community. It also arranged lectures to promote public interest in children's literature and invited children to discuss their preferences in books, which eventually led to the inclusion of Young Reviewers on the Committee.

In addition, the Committee established an annual award in 1942 to encourage the writing and publishing of books "for children and young people dealing realistically with some of the problems in the world." The Committee now also bestows an annual award for the best poetry book for young readers as well as an award for a nonfiction book that "serves as an inspiration for young readers."

By 1977, the Child Study Association was forced to discontinue its programs because of financial difficulties, but the Children's Book Committee was invited to continue its groundbreaking work at the Bank Street College of Education, where it remains to this day. Here its outreach broadened, not only in increasing the circulation of its list, but in the wider range of its membership.

Today's Committee comprises some 40 members—all volunteers—from various professions and backgrounds concerned with children and books: writers, illustrators, editors, librarians, teachers, and parents. Members use their skills and expertise to foster the unique point of view bequeathed to us by our founding organization—namely, how books can affect young readers, and what books can do for them. (English, Member-written)
[Succeeds CBCA Selected Book of the Year for Children
Succeeded by CSCBC Children's Book of the Year.]

from Bank Street:
About the Children's Book Committee
We began in 1909 as part of the family life education program of the Child Study Association of America, an organization devoted to guiding parents in their understanding of child development.

At the time, a nascent "parent education" movement fostered a growing awareness of the emotional needs of children, and of how books might affect children's feelings of themselves and the world around them. As "expert" opinions of psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators filtered down to parents, the Child Study Association decided to evaluate current literature for children, and to prepare and publish booklists to guide parents, librarians, and teachers in the selection of developmentally appropriate reading materials. Interestingly enough, the Committee decided right from the start to publish only positive reviews and recommendations.

Its first product was a modest pamphlet, but more ambitious lists soon followed. Eventually, with a rapidly expanding number of new children's books being published, the Committee adopted a more organized reviewing process, which continues to this day.

For many years the Committee's reviews appeared in the monthly (and later quarterly) magazine published by the Association. When the magazine was discontinued, the Committee compiled its own annual booklet, the "Children's Books of the Year," which has been published and distributed yearly since 1936.

The Committee eventually expanded its mandate in a number of significant ways. It collected and edited anthologies of children's stories and published specific lists in response to requests from parents, organizations, or specific needs that arose in the community. It also arranged lectures to promote public interest in children's literature and invited children to discuss their preferences in books, which eventually led to the inclusion of Young Reviewers on the Committee.

In addition, the Committee established an annual award in 1942 to encourage the writing and publishing of books "for children and young people dealing realistically with some of the problems in the world." The Committee now also bestows an annual award for the best poetry book for young readers as well as an award for a nonfiction book that "serves as an inspiration for young readers."

By 1977, the Child Study Association was forced to discontinue its programs because of financial difficulties, but the Children's Book Committee was invited to continue its groundbreaking work at the Bank Street College of Education, where it remains to this day. Here its outreach broadened, not only in increasing the circulation of its list, but in the wider range of its membership.

Today's Committee comprises some 40 members—all volunteers—from various professions and backgrounds concerned with children and books: writers, illustrators, editors, librarians, teachers, and parents. Members use their skills and expertise to foster the unique point of view bequeathed to us by our founding organization—namely, how books can affect young readers, and what books can do for them. (English, Member-written)
[Succeeded by CBCA Book of the Year for Children]

from Bank Street:
About the Children's Book Committee
We began in 1909 as part of the family life education program of the Child Study Association of America, an organization devoted to guiding parents in their understanding of child development.

At the time, a nascent "parent education" movement fostered a growing awareness of the emotional needs of children, and of how books might affect children's feelings of themselves and the world around them. As "expert" opinions of psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators filtered down to parents, the Child Study Association decided to evaluate current literature for children, and to prepare and publish booklists to guide parents, librarians, and teachers in the selection of developmentally appropriate reading materials. Interestingly enough, the Committee decided right from the start to publish only positive reviews and recommendations.

Its first product was a modest pamphlet, but more ambitious lists soon followed. Eventually, with a rapidly expanding number of new children's books being published, the Committee adopted a more organized reviewing process, which continues to this day.

For many years the Committee's reviews appeared in the monthly (and later quarterly) magazine published by the Association. When the magazine was discontinued, the Committee compiled its own annual booklet, the "Children's Books of the Year," which has been published and distributed yearly since 1936.

The Committee eventually expanded its mandate in a number of significant ways. It collected and edited anthologies of children's stories and published specific lists in response to requests from parents, organizations, or specific needs that arose in the community. It also arranged lectures to promote public interest in children's literature and invited children to discuss their preferences in books, which eventually led to the inclusion of Young Reviewers on the Committee.

In addition, the Committee established an annual award in 1942 to encourage the writing and publishing of books "for children and young people dealing realistically with some of the problems in the world." The Committee now also bestows an annual award for the best poetry book for young readers as well as an award for a nonfiction book that "serves as an inspiration for young readers."

By 1977, the Child Study Association was forced to discontinue its programs because of financial difficulties, but the Children's Book Committee was invited to continue its groundbreaking work at the Bank Street College of Education, where it remains to this day. Here its outreach broadened, not only in increasing the circulation of its list, but in the wider range of its membership.

Today's Committee comprises some 40 members—all volunteers—from various professions and backgrounds concerned with children and books: writers, illustrators, editors, librarians, teachers, and parents. Members use their skills and expertise to foster the unique point of view bequeathed to us by our founding organization—namely, how books can affect young readers, and what books can do for them. (English, Member-written)
For full list, see here.

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(See also Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature)

(See also Cook Prize)

The Children's Book Committee was founded more than 100 years ago to help parents, teachers, and librarians choose the books that children will find captivating and transforming. One of the most comprehensive annotated book lists for children, aged infant through 16. The Committee reviews over 6,000 titles annually for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. The best 600 books published each year, both fiction and nonfiction, are listed with annotations, according to age and category. Included are the past editions that are currently available online. Reference copies of editions published in print before 2010 may be found in the Bank Street College Library. (English, Member-written)

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