And so, in order to do that, we have decided to ask many experts a very simple question: what is the greatest children's book of all time? All in all, then, it felt like the right time to do our bit to both give children's literature its due and consider what has made and continues to make great children's writing. Recently for example, there's been the furore over the rewriting of Roald Dahl's novels for modern sensibilities – and more generally, the widespread concern over the growing movement in the US towards banning children's books, including many dealing with racial and LGBTQ+ themes. However, if great children's writing is not receiving the critical respect it should these days, then it certainly continues to make news headlines – which are, for better or worse, a reminder of how core it is to our existence. "There's not the critical discussion there needs to be, around at all," he said – a view backed up just last week by The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson on the same show. In an interview last year, on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce powerfully lamented the current lack of conversation around children's books. It also felt like just the moment to survey children's books because of the recent conversation around how they are sorely undervalued compared to adult literature. – The 21st Century’s greatest children’s books – Why Where the Wild Things Are is the greatest children’s book Read more about BBC Culture's 100 greatest children's books: And there is no variety of books more embedded in them than children's literature – after all, whatever our pastimes as we grow older, many of us share in the joy of reading at a young age, in and out of school. However, for this year's poll, we felt we needed to finally turn our attention to another art form so deeply embedded in all our lives – books. Over the years, BBC Culture has conducted major polls of film and TV critics, experts and industry figures from around the world to decide on the greatest films and TV shows in a particular category: you may have seen our 100 greatest TV shows of the 21st Century in 2021, for example, or our 100 greatest films directed by women list in 2019.
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