Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell
Leonard Marcus, Editor
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-0-7636-9036-6
Keywords: censorship, banned books, freedom to read
Heather Has Two Mommies, Captain Underpants, The Hate U Give: they have all been challenged or banned. Find out why. Source notes, selected reading.