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@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@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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