The mission of the Bank Street College Center for Children's Literature is to create, identify, and advocate for the highest quality literature for all children from infancy through adolescence. We ensure that such literature is readily accessible to every child, and to foster in parents, educators, and policy makers a commitment to the principle that good literature is fundamental to literacy.
The components of the Center are the Children’s Book Committee, Irma Simonton and James H. Black Award, The Cook Prize, BookFest@ Bank Street, and the Writers Lab. The Center is housed in the Bank Street College Library.
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![The Best Children's Books of the Year [2015 edition] by Bank Street College of Education. Children's Book Committee](https://educate.bankstreet.edu/ccl/1000/thumbnail.jpg "The Best Children's Books of the Year [2015 edition] by Bank Street College of Education. Children's Book Committee")
The Best Children's Books of the Year [2015 edition]
Bank Street College of Education. Children's Book Committee
Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2014. 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.
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![The Best Children's Books of the Year [2016 edition] by Bank Street College of Education. Children's Book Committee](https://educate.bankstreet.edu/ccl/1002/thumbnail.jpg "The Best Children's Books of the Year [2016 edition] by Bank Street College of Education. Children's Book Committee")
The Best Children's Books of the Year [2016 edition]
Bank Street College of Education. Children's Book Committee
Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2015. 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.
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Reading Aloud With Children Twelve & Older
Children's Book Committee. Bank Street College of Education
The Children's Book Committee's list of great read alouds for older children. Includes selection considerations in choosing read-aloud titles and hints for reading aloud.