Children's Choices has been a joint project of the International Reading Association (IRA) and The Children's Book Council since 1975. Publishers submit about 700 titles to be evaluated and voted on by 10,000 children. Throughout the school year, five review teams, located in different regions of the United States, work with their local classroom teachers and school librarians to incorporate the books into classroom activities.
The top titles, as voted on by the children whose teachers are involved with the project, are announced at the IRA Annual Convention in April/May. The fully annotated list of Children's Choices appears in the October issue of the IRA publication The Reading Teacher.
Most of the titles listed in Children's Choices are available in your local library or bookstore. Check the American Booksellers Association's directory of member bookstores for a bookseller near you, or, if there are no general bookstores geographically convenient to you, browse for books at BookSense.
Publishing companies are encouraged to submit their titles to this project each year.