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Children's Book Committee

Committee News

The Children's Book Committee is pleased to announce the release of the 2012 edition of The Best Children's Books of the Year.

Best Books to Read Aloud with Children of All Ages eBook is for sale at the price of $2.99 in the following formats:

(Those without an eReader can download a free Amazon Kindle app or a free Barnes & Noble Nook app for computers, tablets, and smart phones.)

The Children's Book Committee

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-16. The Committee 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.

Submission Guidelines

Publishers submit books by sending one copy of each book to:

The Children's Book Committee
Bank Street College of Education
610 West 112th Street
New York, NY 10025

Books must be received by November 15 to be considered. Publisher contact information must be included with each shipment or emailed to bookcom@bankstreet.edu. Updated publisher information is critical to our work.

The Committee reviews all newly published books and selects approximately 600 titles for inclusion in the The Best Children's Books of the Year. . . .From these titles, the Committee nominates several books for each of our Awards and then narrows our choices to the finalist in each award category.