The Best Children's Books of the YearNine to Twelve2011

Uddelt af Children's Book Committee, Bank Street College Center for Children's Literature

Andre Navne: CBCA Selected Book of the Year for Children (Engelsk), Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year (Engelsk), Bank Street Book of the Year (Engelsk), Bank Street CBC Best Children's Book of the Year (Engelsk), Bank Street CBC Best Children's Book of the Year, Outstanding Merit (Engelsk), Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year (Engelsk), Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year (Engelsk), CBCA Book of the Year for Children (Engelsk), Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year (Engelsk), CSCBC Children's Book of the Year (Engelsk)
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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 vis mere comprehensive annotated book lists for children, aged infant through 16. The Committee reviews over 6,000 titles annually for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. The best 600 books published each year, both fiction and nonfiction, are listed with annotations, according to age and category.

Included are the past editions that are currently available online. Reference copies of editions published in print before 2010 may be found in the Bank Street College Library.
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Stadier:
Alle, Outstanding Merit (126), No Stage (9,613)
Kategorier:
Alle, **Five to Nine, Information Books, STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (1), *Five to Nine, Fiction, Adventure and Mystery (2), *Five to Nine, Fiction, Animals (1), *Five to Nine, Fiction, Beginning Readers (1), *Five to Nine, Fiction, Coming of Age (3), *Five to Nine, Fiction, Concept Books (1), *Five to Nine, Fiction, Fantasy (1), *Five to Nine, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales (3), *Five to Nine, Fiction, Historical Fiction (3), *Five to Nine, Fiction, Humor (3), *Five to Nine, Fiction, Today (12), *Five to Nine, Information Books, Arts (2), *Five to Nine, Information Books, Biography and Memoir (2), *Five to Nine, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (3), *Five to Nine, Information Books, World (3), *Five to Nine, Poetry (2), *Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Coming of Age (1), *Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Fantasy (1), *Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Historical Fiction (2), *Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Magical Realism (1), *Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Science Fiction (1), *Fourteen and Older, Fiction, Today (7), *Fourteen and Older, Information Books, History (2), *Fourteen and Older, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (1), *Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Adventure and Mystery (2), *Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Coming of Age (5), *Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Fantasy (4), *Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales (1), *Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Historical Fiction (4), *Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Humor (1), *Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Magical Realism (1), *Nine to Twelve, Fiction, Today (2), *Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Biography and Memoir (3), *Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Ecology (2), *Nine to Twelve, Information Books, History (4), *Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Holidays and Religion (1), *Nine to Twelve, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (3), *Nine to Twelve, Poetry (3), *Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Coming of Age (4), *Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Fantasy (1), *Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales (1), *Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Historical Fiction (1), *Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Biography and Memoir (4), *Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, History (2), *Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Reference (1), *Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (1), *Under Five (16), *Under Five, Concept Books (1), Ages Five, Six and Seven (42), Ages Five, Six and Seven—Beginning Readers (11), Ages Seven, Eight and Nine—Biography (4), Ages Seven, Eight and Nine—Boys and Girls (5), Ages Seven, Eight and Nine—Easy to Read (7), Ages Seven, Eight and Nine—Fantasy, Folk Tales and Legends (21), Ages Seven, Eight and Nine—Stories About Animals (9), Ages Three, Four and Five (27), Collections (10), Five to Nine (1,014), Five to Nine & Nine to Twelve (2), Five to Nine, 2011; Five to Nine, 2012 (1), Five to Nine, Fiction, Adventure 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(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (24), Five to Nine, Information Books, STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (2), Five to Nine, Information Books, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) (12), Five to Nine, Information Books, World (4), Five to Nine, Poetry (17), For Older Boys and Girls Ages Nine Up—Adventure and Mystery (17), For Older Boys and Girls Ages Nine Up—Biography (22), For Older Boys and Girls Ages Nine Up—Fantasy, Folk Tales and Legends (28), For Older Boys and Girls Ages Nine Up—Growing Up (24), For Older Boys and Girls Ages Nine Up—Mostly About Animals (8), For Older Boys and Girls Ages Nine Up—Sports (12), For Older Boys and Girls Ages Nine Up—Stories About Today (15), For Older Boys and Girls Ages Nine Up—Stories of the Past (24), For Special Interests—Activities (57), For Special Interests—Ecology (18), For Special Interests—For Parents and Children (6), For Special Interests—In Two Languages (3), For Special 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Books, Reference (1), Nine to Twelve, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (12), Nine to Twelve, Information Books, STEM Trailblazer Biographies (1), Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) (16), Nine to Twelve, Information Books, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) [STEM Trailblazer Biographies] (3), Nine to Twelve, Information Books, World (5), Nine to Twelve, Poetry (7), Paperback Reprints—For Older Boys and Girls (33), Paperback Reprints—For Special Interests (9), Paperback Reprints—For Young Children, Under Nine (39), Poesi (14), Recursively Added (12), Recursively added (4), STEM under 5 (1), Starred for Outstanding Merit (1), Twelve to Fourteen (563), Twelve to Fourteen & Fourteen and Older (1), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Adventure and Mystery (7), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Animals (2), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Coming of Age (29), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Fantasy (32), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Folk and Fairy Tales (2), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Historical Fiction (27), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Magical Realism (2), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Science Fiction (7), Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Today (26), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Activities (3), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Arts (1), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Biography (7), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Biography and Memoir (10), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, History (11), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Reference (1), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Religion (1), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) (5), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) (6), Twelve to Fourteen, Information Books, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, STEM (1), Twelve to Fourteen, Poetry (1), Under Five (495), 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Alle, 2015 (121), 2014 (171), 2013 (206), 2012 (163), 2011 (128), 2010 (109)

No Stage 128

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The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon af David Almond2011
Forge af Laurie Halse Anderson2011
Rebel af R. J. Anderson2011
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda af Tom Angleberger2011
I, Emma Freke af Elizabeth Atkinson2011
Ellie McDoodle: Best Friends Fur-Ever af Ruth McNally Barshaw2011
Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies af Andrea Beaty2011
Little Blog on the Prairie af Cathleen Davitt Bell2011
Around the World in 100 Days af Gary Blackwood2011
Finding Family af Tonya Bolden2011
Zora and Me af Victoria Bond2011
The Owl Keeper af Christine Brodien-Jones2011
Cheat af Kristin Butcher2011
The Chihuahua Chase af Ann Edwards Cannon2011
Slick af Sara Cassidy2011
Tortilla Sun af Jennifer Cervantes2011
Is It Night or Day? af Fern Schumer Chapman2011
After the Fire af Becky Citra2011
My Invisible Sister af Beatrice Colin2011
Crunch af Leslie Connor2011
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci af Joseph D'Agnese2011
How Mirka Got Her Sword af Barry Deutsch2011
The Search for WondLa af Tony DiTerlizzi2011
Falling In af Frances O'Roark Dowell2011
Out of My Mind af Sharon M. Draper2011
The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop Elementary School af Candace Fleming2011
Warriors in the Crossfire af Nancy Bo Flood2011
The Other Half of My Heart af Sundee T. Frazier2011
The Wonder of Charlie Anne af Kimberly Newton Fusco2011
Willowood af Cecilia Galante2011
How to Survive Middle School af Donna Gephart2011
A Tale Dark and Grimm af Adam Gidwitz2011
Storyteller af Patricia Reilly Giff2011
The Red Umbrella af Christina Diaz Gonzalez2011
Watch Out, World--Rosy Cole is Going Green af Sheila Greenwald2011
Rich: A Dyamonde Daniel Book af Nikki Grimes2011
Boom! af Mark Haddon2011
Calamity Jack af Shannon Hale2011
The Year Money Grew on Trees af Aaron R. Hawkins2011
The Summer of Moonlight Secrets af Danette Haworth2011
Truth with a Capital T af Bethany Hegedus2011
Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool af Odo Hirsch2011
Turtle in Paradise af Jennifer L. Holm2011
Bulu: African Wonder Dog af Dick Houston2011
Vordak the Incomprehensible: How to Grow Up and Rule the World af Vordak T. Incomprehensible2011
Dust Devil af Anne Isaacs2011
The Fantastic Adventures of Baron Munchausen af Heinz Janisch2011
Melonhead and the Big Stink af Katy Kelly2011
The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According To Susy) af Barbara Kerley2011
Stand Straight, Ella Kate af Kate Klise2011
The Last Words of Will Wolfkin af Steven Knight2011
Ivy's Ever After af Dawn Lairamore2011
Hawksmaid: The Untold Story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian af Kathryn Lasky2011
Leaving Gee's Bend af Irene Latham2011
The Healing Spell af Kimberley Griffiths Little2011
Year of the Tiger af Alison Lloyd2011
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes af Lenore Look2011
Touch Blue af Cynthia Lord2011
After All, You're Callie Boone af Winnie Mack2011
The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy af Jill MacLean2011
Escaping the Tiger af Laura Manivong2011
Girl's Best Friend (Maggie Brooklyn Mystery) af Leslie Margolis2011
Take Me with You af Carolyn Marsden2011
Departure Time af Truus Matti2011
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux af Geraldine McCaughrean2011
Wishing for Tomorrow af Hilary McKay2011
School!: Adventures at the Harvey N. Trouble Elementary School af Kate McMullan2011
The Ring of Five af Eoin McNamee2011
Black Radishes af Susan Lynn Meyer2011
Layla, Queen of Hearts af Glenda Millard2011
The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough af Katie Smith Milway2011
The Accidental Hero af Matt Myklusch2011
Emily's Fortune af Phyllis Reynolds Naylor2011
Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure in Words and Numbers af Pendred Noyce2011
The Archaeolojesters af Andreas Oertel2011
How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drive: In Which I Tell the Honest Truth About Rampaging Rustlers, Stampeding Steers and Other Fateful Hazards on the Wild Chisolm Trail af Tod Olson2011
Sweet And Sunny (Sunny Holiday) af Coleen Paratore2011
Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook af Beverly Patt2011
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself af Lincoln Peirce2011
Clementine, Friend of the Week af Sara Pennypacker2011
The Ballad of Knuckles McGraw (Orca Young Readers) af Lois Peterson2011
Old Photographs af Sherie Posesorski2011
Star in the Forest af Laura Resau2011
Ninth Ward af Jewell Parker Rhodes2011
Three Rivers Rising: A Novel of the Johnstown Flood af Jame Richards2011
Half Upon a Time af James Riley2011
Octavia Boone's Big Questions about Life, the Universe and Everything af Rebecca Rupp2011
The Dreamer af Pam Muñoz Ryan2011
Saraswati's Way af Monika Schröder2011
It's Raining Cupcakes af Lisa Schroeder2011
Guys Read: Funny Business af Jon Scieszka2011
SPHDZ Book #1! af Jon Scieszka2011
Smells Like Dog af Suzanne Selfors2011
Shooting Kabul af N. H. Senzai2011
Walls Within Walls af Maureen Sherry2011
Boys without Names af Kashmira Sheth2011
The Grimm Legacy af Polly Shulman2011
A Good Horse: Book Two of the Horses of Oak Valley Ranch af Jane Smiley2011
Penny Dreadful af Laurel Snyder2011
The Dancing Pancake af Eileen Spinelli2011
What Happened on Fox Street af Tricia Springstubb2011
Saving Sky af Diane Stanley2011
Noodle Pie af Ruth Starke2011
Animal Rescue Team: Hide and Seek af Sue Stauffacher2011
Finn Reeder, Flu Fighter: How I Survived a Worldwide Pandemic, the School Bully, and the Craziest Game of Dodge Ball Ever af Eric Stevens2011
Liars and Fools af Robin Stevenson2011
Pickle Impossible af Eli Stutz2011
Museum of Thieves af Lian Tanner2011
The Risen Horse af Karen Taschek2011
My Life as a Book af Janet Tashjian2011
Smile af Raina Telgemeier2011
The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic af Jennifer Trafton2011
The Wish Stealers af Tracy Trivas2011
Nightshade City af Hilary Wagner2011
Sports Camp af Rich Wallace2011
The Crowfield Curse af Pat Walsh2011
As Simple as It Seems af Sarah Weeks2011
Rascal: A Dog and His Boy af Ken Wells2011
One Crazy Summer af Rita Williams-Garcia2011
The Fizzy Whiz Kid af Maiya Williams2011
Palace Beautiful af Sarah DeFord Williams2011
The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman af Ben H. Winters2011
This Means War! af Ellen Wittlinger2011
Me and Rolly Maloo af Janet S. Wong2011
When Molly Was a Harvey Girl af Frances M. Wood2011
Bobby the Brave (Sometimes) af Lisa Yee2011
The Thirteenth Princess af Diane Zahler2011

Beskrivelser

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 through 16. The Committee reviews over 6,000 titles annually for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. The best 600 books published each year, both fiction and nonfiction, are listed with annotations, according to age and category.

Included are the past editions that are currently available online. Reference copies of editions published in print before 2010 may be found in the Bank Street College Library. (English, Medlems-skrevet)
By Child Study Children's Book Committee of Child Study Association of America (1967-1977) and at Bank Street College (subsequently)

[Succeeds CBCA Book of the Year for Children.
Succeeded by Bank Street CBC Best Children's Book of the Year.]

from Bank Street: About the Children's Book Committee

We began in 1909 as part of the family life education program of the Child Study Association of America, an organization devoted to guiding parents in their understanding of child development.

At the time, a nascent "parent education" movement fostered a growing awareness of the emotional needs of children, and of how books might affect children's feelings of themselves and the world around them. As "expert" opinions of psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators filtered down to parents, the Child Study Association decided to evaluate current literature for children, and to prepare and publish booklists to guide parents, librarians, and teachers in the selection of developmentally appropriate reading materials. Interestingly enough, the Committee decided right from the start to publish only positive reviews and recommendations.

Its first product was a modest pamphlet, but more ambitious lists soon followed. Eventually, with a rapidly expanding number of new children's books being published, the Committee adopted a more organized reviewing process, which continues to this day.

For many years the Committee's reviews appeared in the monthly (and later quarterly) magazine published by the Association. When the magazine was discontinued, the Committee compiled its own annual booklet, the "Children's Books of the Year," which has been published and distributed yearly since 1936.

The Committee eventually expanded its mandate in a number of significant ways. It collected and edited anthologies of children's stories and published specific lists in response to requests from parents, organizations, or specific needs that arose in the community. It also arranged lectures to promote public interest in children's literature and invited children to discuss their preferences in books, which eventually led to the inclusion of Young Reviewers on the Committee.

In addition, the Committee established an annual award in 1942 to encourage the writing and publishing of books "for children and young people dealing realistically with some of the problems in the world." The Committee now also bestows an annual award for the best poetry book for young readers as well as an award for a nonfiction book that "serves as an inspiration for young readers."

By 1977, the Child Study Association was forced to discontinue its programs because of financial difficulties, but the Children's Book Committee was invited to continue its groundbreaking work at the Bank Street College of Education, where it remains to this day. Here its outreach broadened, not only in increasing the circulation of its list, but in the wider range of its membership.

Today's Committee comprises some 40 members—all volunteers—from various professions and backgrounds concerned with children and books: writers, illustrators, editors, librarians, teachers, and parents. Members use their skills and expertise to foster the unique point of view bequeathed to us by our founding organization—namely, how books can affect young readers, and what books can do for them. (English, Medlems-skrevet)
[Succeeds CBCA Selected Book of the Year for Children
Succeeded by CSCBC Children's Book of the Year.]

from Bank Street:
About the Children's Book Committee
We began in 1909 as part of the family life education program of the Child Study Association of America, an organization devoted to guiding parents in their understanding of child development.

At the time, a nascent "parent education" movement fostered a growing awareness of the emotional needs of children, and of how books might affect children's feelings of themselves and the world around them. As "expert" opinions of psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators filtered down to parents, the Child Study Association decided to evaluate current literature for children, and to prepare and publish booklists to guide parents, librarians, and teachers in the selection of developmentally appropriate reading materials. Interestingly enough, the Committee decided right from the start to publish only positive reviews and recommendations.

Its first product was a modest pamphlet, but more ambitious lists soon followed. Eventually, with a rapidly expanding number of new children's books being published, the Committee adopted a more organized reviewing process, which continues to this day.

For many years the Committee's reviews appeared in the monthly (and later quarterly) magazine published by the Association. When the magazine was discontinued, the Committee compiled its own annual booklet, the "Children's Books of the Year," which has been published and distributed yearly since 1936.

The Committee eventually expanded its mandate in a number of significant ways. It collected and edited anthologies of children's stories and published specific lists in response to requests from parents, organizations, or specific needs that arose in the community. It also arranged lectures to promote public interest in children's literature and invited children to discuss their preferences in books, which eventually led to the inclusion of Young Reviewers on the Committee.

In addition, the Committee established an annual award in 1942 to encourage the writing and publishing of books "for children and young people dealing realistically with some of the problems in the world." The Committee now also bestows an annual award for the best poetry book for young readers as well as an award for a nonfiction book that "serves as an inspiration for young readers."

By 1977, the Child Study Association was forced to discontinue its programs because of financial difficulties, but the Children's Book Committee was invited to continue its groundbreaking work at the Bank Street College of Education, where it remains to this day. Here its outreach broadened, not only in increasing the circulation of its list, but in the wider range of its membership.

Today's Committee comprises some 40 members—all volunteers—from various professions and backgrounds concerned with children and books: writers, illustrators, editors, librarians, teachers, and parents. Members use their skills and expertise to foster the unique point of view bequeathed to us by our founding organization—namely, how books can affect young readers, and what books can do for them. (English, Medlems-skrevet)
[Succeeded by CBCA Book of the Year for Children]

from Bank Street:
About the Children's Book Committee
We began in 1909 as part of the family life education program of the Child Study Association of America, an organization devoted to guiding parents in their understanding of child development.

At the time, a nascent "parent education" movement fostered a growing awareness of the emotional needs of children, and of how books might affect children's feelings of themselves and the world around them. As "expert" opinions of psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators filtered down to parents, the Child Study Association decided to evaluate current literature for children, and to prepare and publish booklists to guide parents, librarians, and teachers in the selection of developmentally appropriate reading materials. Interestingly enough, the Committee decided right from the start to publish only positive reviews and recommendations.

Its first product was a modest pamphlet, but more ambitious lists soon followed. Eventually, with a rapidly expanding number of new children's books being published, the Committee adopted a more organized reviewing process, which continues to this day.

For many years the Committee's reviews appeared in the monthly (and later quarterly) magazine published by the Association. When the magazine was discontinued, the Committee compiled its own annual booklet, the "Children's Books of the Year," which has been published and distributed yearly since 1936.

The Committee eventually expanded its mandate in a number of significant ways. It collected and edited anthologies of children's stories and published specific lists in response to requests from parents, organizations, or specific needs that arose in the community. It also arranged lectures to promote public interest in children's literature and invited children to discuss their preferences in books, which eventually led to the inclusion of Young Reviewers on the Committee.

In addition, the Committee established an annual award in 1942 to encourage the writing and publishing of books "for children and young people dealing realistically with some of the problems in the world." The Committee now also bestows an annual award for the best poetry book for young readers as well as an award for a nonfiction book that "serves as an inspiration for young readers."

By 1977, the Child Study Association was forced to discontinue its programs because of financial difficulties, but the Children's Book Committee was invited to continue its groundbreaking work at the Bank Street College of Education, where it remains to this day. Here its outreach broadened, not only in increasing the circulation of its list, but in the wider range of its membership.

Today's Committee comprises some 40 members—all volunteers—from various professions and backgrounds concerned with children and books: writers, illustrators, editors, librarians, teachers, and parents. Members use their skills and expertise to foster the unique point of view bequeathed to us by our founding organization—namely, how books can affect young readers, and what books can do for them. (English, Medlems-skrevet)
For full list, see here.

Website

(See also Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature)

(See also Cook Prize)

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 through 16. The Committee reviews over 6,000 titles annually for accuracy and literary quality and considers their emotional impact on children. The best 600 books published each year, both fiction and nonfiction, are listed with annotations, according to age and category. Included are the past editions that are currently available online. Reference copies of editions published in print before 2010 may be found in the Bank Street College Library. (English, Medlems-skrevet)

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