[CASL-L] Revamping Picture Books and Easy Non-Fic

[Elaine Shapiro]

I am very curious to hear more about this and would love to see examples.
Perhaps people could share photos?
I have been labelling the picture book section with those classification
stickers from Demco:  Mystery, Dogs, Christmas, Kindness, etc.  But putting
them all together (genrfying) would be better.  In nonfiction, it's a slow
process, but I create my own little picture stickers and put them on the
bottom of the spine.  Makes shelving easier, and I hope it helps the
students.  I love what the Windsor Public Library has done - much of their
picture book collection is now in bins by category (pets, friends, gardens,
cars, etc)  with labels.  They said they did it to help parents find books,
but I think it must help kids too. I can't remember if they combined
nonfiction and fiction though. This picture is my nonfiction bears shelf.
The orange sticker is easier to read - fewer words, so I can easily pull
for the younger ones.
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On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 10:42 AM Ballachino, Laurie <ballachinol at mpsct.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been grouping some picture books (fiction and nonfiction) together
> and putting them into labeled baskets. Some of the groupings include:
> wordless picture books, princess books, books by Mo Willems, Pete the Cat,
> Dr. Seuss, all the holidays have separate buckets, books about libraries,
> dinosaurs, books about pets, etc. I feel that the students are better able
> to find their favorite books.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Laurie Ballachino
> Bielefield Elementary School
> Middletown, CT
>
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 9:02 AM Christine Rosa <crosa at rsd6.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello Librarians!
>> I visited the Community Family Learning Center (CFLC) located at KidsPlay
>> in Torrington last week where this small reference library has been totally
>> reorganized in an amazing way. There are many different subjects labeled
>> and within each are all the picture books as well as non-fiction. I don't
>> want to really call it Genrefied, because it is more than just genres.
>> Being that this is a parenting resource library, it is not exactly what I
>> would imagine a K-3 library would look like. I am looking to do something
>> similar in the elementary schools that I am reorganizing. I love the idea
>> that kids can go to a section (animals, friendship, cultural diversity,
>> ABCs, etc.) and find all the books on that topic.
>> Has anyone else done this? If so, can you share your subject lists and
>> could I possibly visit your library?
>> Thank you!
>> Christine
>>
>>
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> Laurie Ballachino
> Library Media Specialist
> Bielefield Elementary School
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