The Children's Literature collection is located within the Dr. Rita N. Moretti Teachers' Studio on the second floor of the Library.
The collection can be searched by Title or Author in the Library Catalog. To browse by Subject, make sure to select Children's Literature in the Collections field. You can also leave the search fields blank to browse the entire collection.
The collection is also designed to be browsed at the shelves. Books are grouped thematically. Nonfiction books are located throughout the call number range dependent on their Library of Congress subject. Fiction titles begin with call number PZ.
PZ is arranged like this:
- Picture Story Books - PZ 9.10
- Wordless - PZ 9.11
- Predictable - PZ 9.13
- Alphabet - PZ 9.15
- Concept - PZ 9.17
- Math - PZ 9.17.2
- Toy/Movable - PZ 9.19
- Poetry - PZ 9.30
- Humorous - PZ 9.34
- Nursery Rhymes - PZ 9.36
- Traditional Fiction - PZ 9.50
- Fairy Tales - PZ 9.52
- Folktales - PZ 9.53
- Fables - PZ 9.55
- Tall Tales - PZ 9.57
- Myth - PZ 9.58
- Religious - PZ 9.59
- Fantasy Fiction - PZ 9.70
- Animal Stories - PZ 9.71
- Adventure - PZ 9.73
- High Fantasy - PZ 9.75
- Horror - PZ 9.76
- Humorous - PZ 9.77
- Supernatural - PZ 9.78
- Science Fiction - PZ 9.79
- Reality Based Fiction - PZ 9.80
- Adventure - PZ 9.81
- Foreign - PZ 9.81.1
- Regional (US/Canada) - PZ 9.81.2
- Formula Stories - PZ 9.82
- Historical - PZ 9.83
- Humorous - PZ 9.84
- Multicultural - PZ 9.85
- Mystery and Detective PZ 9.86
- New Realism - PZ 9.87
- Sports Stories - PZ 9.88
- Caldecott Award Winners - PZ 20.2
- Newbery Award Winners - PZ 20.4
