Children's Book Council (United States)

{{Short description|US nonprofit trade association}}

The Children's Book Council (CBC) is a United States "nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books and related materials for children and young adults", according to its website, dedicated to promoting children’s books and reading.

The Children's Book Council was originally formed as the Association of Children's Book Editors in 1944. In 1945, the organization was given the responsibility of running Children's Book Week by the event's co-founder, Frederic G. Melcher.{{Cite news|date=1991-10-11|title=CBC Urges Celebration of Books|pages=27|work=The Daily Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92571703/cbc-urges-celebration-of-books/|access-date=2022-01-14|via=Newspapers.com}} CBC organized the annual book week through 2007 after which it was succeeded by Every Child a Reader, the industry's "philanthropic arm", and it became a sponsor.

Past CBC leaders include John Donovan,{{Cite news|date=1989-01-01|title=Publishers Cash in on Book Boom|pages=205|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92571384/publishers-cash-in-on-book-boom/|access-date=2022-01-14|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|date=1992-05-01|title=John Donovan, 63; Wrote Books and Plays|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/01/obituaries/john-donovan-63-wrote-books-and-plays.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613004107/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/01/obituaries/john-donovan-63-wrote-books-and-plays.html|archive-date=2009-06-13|access-date=2022-06-06|issn=0362-4331}} Sybil V. Jacobsen,{{Cite news|last=Jacobsen|first=Sybil V.|date=1948-11-14|title=National Trends Toward Better Children's Books|pages=225|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92571973/national-trends-toward-better/|access-date=2022-01-14|via=Newspapers.com}} Laura Harris,{{Cite news|last=Paulus|first=John D.|date=1945-11-11|title=Book Week Observance Widespread|pages=27|work=The Pittsburgh Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92572313/book-week-observance-widespreadjohn-d/|access-date=2022-01-14|via=Newspapers.com}} Joanna Foster Dougherty,{{Cite news|date=1960-10-02|title=Book Publishing First Night Topic in School Series|pages=17|work=The Sunday News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92572990/book-publishing-first-night-topic-in/|access-date=2022-01-14|via=Newspapers.com}} Eunice Blake Bohanon,Franklin Book Programs (May 15, 1966). [https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED037664.pdf "A Book Development Program for Tanzania: Report and Recommendations"] USAID. Sophie Silberberg,{{Cite news|last=Sutton|first=Carol|date=1973-03-28|title=Children in TV age still read books|pages=10|work=The Courier-Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92572637/children-in-tv-age-still-read/|access-date=2022-01-14|via=Newspapers.com}} and Paula Quint.{{Cite news|last=Rautzban|first=Kendal A.|date=1997-10-30|title=Children's Book Week {{sic|nolink=y|Promtes}} Life of Reading|pages=37|work=The Times Leader|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92572471/childrens-book-week-promtes-life-of/|access-date=2022-01-14|via=Newspapers.com}} As of January 2022, the current chair of the CBC's board of directors is Yolanda Scott.{{Cite web|title=Board of Directors – Children's Book Council|url=https://www.cbcbooks.org/about/who-we-are/board-of-directors/|access-date=2022-01-14|language=en-US}}