Children’s Book Committee
The Children’s Book Committee (CBC) was founded more than 100 years ago to help parents, teachers, and librarians choose the books that children will find captivating and transforming. Every year it produces comprehensive annotated book lists for children aged infant through 18.
Our Mission
The CBC reviews over 6000 titles each year for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. It chooses the best 600 books, both fiction and nonfiction, which it lists with annotations according to age and category.
The Children’s Book Committee strives to guide librarians, educators, parents, grandparents, and other interested adults to the best books for children published each year. The list includes more than 600 titles chosen by reviewers for literary quality and excellence of presentation as well as the potential emotional impact of the books on young readers. Other criteria include credibility of characterization and plot, authenticity of time and place, age suitability, positive treatment of ethnic and religious differences, and the absence of stereotypes.
To contact us, please email bookcom@bankstreet.edu.
Children's Book Committee February Pick
Illustrator: Rachel Wada
Lyrical text and animated bold color illustrations help make the fascinating study of solar energy technology, its inventors and complex political history both accessible and enlivened. Back matter.
Our Young Reviewer Says:
What I really liked about this book was how it showed all the creative ways humans have learned to use the sun to support us in our everyday lives. However, it didn’t just list facts. It tied into history, told the stories of people from around the world, and introduced readers to individuals they might never have heard of, making the book very interesting and inspiring. Read more…
–Sloane, age 13, San Diego, CA