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Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2020. In choosing books for the annual list, committee members consider 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.
Publication Date
8-2021
Publisher
Bank Street College of Education
City
New York
Keywords
children's literature, book lists, kidlit, Children's Book Committee
Disciplines
Children's and Young Adult Literature
Recommended Citation
Bank Street College of Education. Children's Book Committee (2021). The Best Children's Books of the Year [2021 edition]. Bank Street College of Education. https://educate.bankstreet.edu/ccl/15