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The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2024 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee.
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2024 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee.
The Center for Children's Literature
Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2023. 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.
The Best Children's Books Of The Year In Spanish [2024 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of The Year In Spanish [2024 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
An annotated list of the best children's books in Spanish published or translated in 2023. In English and Spanish.
Spanish title: Los mejores libros infantiles del año 2024.
Gary D. Schmidt Josette Frank Award 2024 Acceptance Letter, Gary D. Schmidt
Gary D. Schmidt Josette Frank Award 2024 Acceptance Letter, Gary D. Schmidt
Children's Book Committee
Author Gary D. Schmidt wins the Josette Frank Award 2024 for The Labors of Hercules Beal
The Josette Frank Award
This award for fiction honors a book or books of outstanding literary merit in which children or young people deal in a positive and realistic way with difficulties in their world and grow emotionally and morally. The award has been given annually since 1943. Josette Frank, the editor of anthologies for children, served for many years as the Executive Director of the Child Study Association of America of which this committee was a part.
Anti-Racist Resource Guide, Bank Street College Of Education
Anti-Racist Resource Guide, Bank Street College Of Education
The Center for Children's Literature
An annotated list of anti-racist children's literature that meets the criteria of having a BIPOC protagonist, the experience of self discovery, self-advocacy, and realizations on the part of the main character and/or a joy or celebration of one's cultural or ethnic identity.
For further information and updates, see the Library Research Guide
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2023 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2023 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
Children's Book Committee
Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2022. 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.
The Best Children's Picture Books Of The Year In Spanish [2023 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Picture Books Of The Year In Spanish [2023 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
An annotated list of the best children's books in Spanish published or translated in 2022. In English and Spanish.
Spanish title: Los mejores libros infantiles en Español.
The Best Board Books Of The Year [2023 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Board Books Of The Year [2023 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
The inaugural edition of our annotated list of the very best board books for ages zero to four that were published in 2021 and 2022.
The Best Children's Books Of 2023: Holiday Gift Edition, Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of 2023: Holiday Gift Edition, Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
Notable titles that have captured the attention of Children's Book Committee members just in time for the holidays!
The Best Children's Books Of 2022: Holiday Gift Edition, Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of 2022: Holiday Gift Edition, Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
Notable titles that have captured the attention of Children's Book Committee members just in time for the holidays!
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2022 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2022 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
Children's Book Committee
Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2021. 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.
The Best Children's Picture Books Of The Year In Spanish [2022 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Picture Books Of The Year In Spanish [2022 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
An annotated list of the best children's books in Spanish published or translated in 2021. In English and Spanish.
Spanish title: Los mejores libros infantiles en Español.
The Best Children's Books Of 2021: Holiday Gift Edition, Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of 2021: Holiday Gift Edition, Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
Notable titles that have captured the attention of Children's Book Committee members just in time for the holidays!
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2021 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2021 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
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.
Asian American Pacific Islander Booklist, Children's Book Committee. Bank Street College Of Education
Asian American Pacific Islander Booklist, Children's Book Committee. Bank Street College Of Education
The Center for Children's Literature
For grown-ups of all races who are having conversations with children to expand inquiry and empathy among Asian and non-Asian peoples, we offer a selection of books from the Children’s Book Committee’s Best Books of the Year, organized by age with child development in mind.
The Best Children's Picture Books Of The Year In Spanish [2021 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Picture Books Of The Year In Spanish [2021 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
An annotated list of the best children's books in Spanish published or translated in 2020. In English and Spanish.
Spanish title: Los mejores libros infantiles en Español.
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2020 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2020 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2019. 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.
The Best Children's Picture Books Of The Year In Spanish [2020 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Picture Books Of The Year In Spanish [2020 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
An annotated list of the best children's books in Spanish published or translated in 2019. In English and Spanish.
Spanish title: Los mejores libros infantiles en Español.
Choosing Advocacy
Occasional Paper Series
Two articles comprise this publication. In "Beyond the Story-Book Ending: Literature for Young Children About Parental Estrangement and Loss," Megan Matt analyzes over 30 books for young children on the topics of abandonment, estrangement, divorce, and foster care. She observes that this loss might appear as an event within the story or as a fear articulated by a young child. She states that, as an educator, she hopes that she can make the children realize that their own stories are "real" and legitimate, no matter what messages they might encounter or fail to encounter in the media. In "Walking the …
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2019 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2019 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2018. 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.
The Best Children's Picture Books Of The Year In Spanish [2019 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Picture Books Of The Year In Spanish [2019 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
An annotated list of the best children's books in Spanish published or translated in 2018. In English and Spanish.
Spanish title: Los mejores libros infantiles en Español.
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2018 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2018 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2017. 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.
Missing Persons’ Report! Where Are The Transgender Characters In Children’S Picture Books?, Ashley Lauren Sullivan, Laurie Lynne Urraro
Missing Persons’ Report! Where Are The Transgender Characters In Children’S Picture Books?, Ashley Lauren Sullivan, Laurie Lynne Urraro
Occasional Paper Series
When ruminating on the factors that impact early childhood education, one invariably reflects on the topic of how curriculum represents (or fails to represent) issues of gender, specifically with regard to how gender is portrayed within the selection of classroom picture books. In such ruminations, many questions emerge regarding the specific role reading curriculum plays as it relates to gender.
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2017 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Best Children's Books Of The Year [2017 Edition], Bank Street College Of Education. Children's Book Committee
The Center for Children's Literature
Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2016. 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.
From Refugees To Voting Rights, Books To Inspire A Just, Inclusive Society, Bank Street College Of Education
From Refugees To Voting Rights, Books To Inspire A Just, Inclusive Society, Bank Street College Of Education
The Center for Children's Literature
This list - which includes contributions from the Bank Street Children's Book Committee, the Bank Street College Library, and School Library Journal - is intended to be a starting place (not a comprehensive list) to help educators and librarians create a supportive space to explore these issues and help promote an inclusive, democratic, and just society. Sections include: Immigrants/Immigration, Refugees, Islam, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Questioning, Transgender/Binary, Intersex, Sexual Harassment/Sexual Assault, Disability, Women in Leadership, English/Spanish Bilingual, Voting Rights, Democratic Process, Children's Rights, History, Bullying, Racism/Injustice Nonfiction, Climate Change, Protest and Activism, Racism in Fiction.
Beyond The Story-Book Ending: Literature For Young Children About Parental Estrangement And Loss, Megan Mason Matt
Beyond The Story-Book Ending: Literature For Young Children About Parental Estrangement And Loss, Megan Mason Matt
Occasional Paper Series
Analyzes over thirty books for young children on the topics of abandonment, estrangement, divorce and foster care.
The Pedagogical Use Of Loss, Alice Pitt
Near & Far, Madeleine R. Grumet
Toward A More Loving Framework For Literacy Education, Clio Stearns
Toward A More Loving Framework For Literacy Education, Clio Stearns
Occasional Paper Series
In this provocative and moving essay, Clio Stearns, a Bank Street educated teacher, toggles back and forth between moments with her young daughter who daily grows more attached to books and moments with her fifth grade students who remain disconnected from her carefully chosen texts. Refracted through a psychoanalytic lens and a deeply caring heart, Stearns’ description of her classroom practices offers a canny account of all that she must give up in order to see through and past her students’ resistance. In a surprising turn of events she learns to join with her students as they become curious …
Playing In Literary Landscapes: Considering Children's Need For Fantasy Literature In The Place-Based Classroom, Sarah Fischer
Playing In Literary Landscapes: Considering Children's Need For Fantasy Literature In The Place-Based Classroom, Sarah Fischer
Occasional Paper Series
Are the philosophies and pedagogical practices of literature-based classrooms congruent with place-based classrooms? In this paper, the author argues that not only is imaginative literature compatible with place-based philosophies, but it can become a powerful centerpiece of a curriculum aimed at educating for a sense of place and inspiring life-long readers.
Outside Classroom: Unstructured Outdoor Play In Early Childhood Education, Valerie Lockhart
Outside Classroom: Unstructured Outdoor Play In Early Childhood Education, Valerie Lockhart
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This independent study examines the benefits of unstructured outdoor play in early childhood education through the lens of an original children's book and correlative research.