Portraying 9/11 for Young Readers, Two Decades Later By Claire Kirch Apr 23, 2021 During this 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, childrenâs publishers are releasing at least a dozen fiction and nonfiction books that deal with the traumatic event in an age-appropriate manner. Portraying 9/11 for Young Readers, Two Decades Later By Claire Kirch | Apr 23, 2021 During this 20th anniversary year of the 9/11 attacks, children’s publishers are releasing at least a dozen fiction and nonfiction books that deal with the events, in contrast with previous milestone years that saw only a handful of titles. “On the 10th anniversary, the events were still so fresh,” says Scholastic senior editor Katie Woehr. “We have some perspective now.”