Finding Books in the Online Catalog
Books in the children's collection can be found by using an author or title search in our Library Catalog. Searching by subject is best achieved by selecting the Advanced Keyword search option and using the phrase "juvenile literature" in the subject search box to limit to material in our children's collection. Examples of searches are:
- alphabet juvenile literature (which retrieves alphabet books)
- science juvenile literature (which retrieves science material written for young people)
- history juvenile literature (which retrieves history material written for young people)
Children's Literature Websites
- Database of Award Winning Children's LiteratureThis very complete list of children's award books can be searched by genre using one of the drop down menus in the database. Created by Lisa Bartle who is a reference librarian at California State, San Bernardino.
- Diverse BookFinderidentifies children's picture books with diverse characters
Digital Collections
- Internet Archive Children's Library Books for children from around the world. From University of California Libraries (list), the University of Florida's "Literature for Children" Collection, the National Yiddish Book Center, the New York Public Library, International Children's Digital Library, and other libraries.
- Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature in the Department of Special Collections at the University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries contains more than 130,000 books and periodicals published in the United States and Great Britain from the mid-1600s to present day.
Wordless/Picture Books
The Blume Library has a wealth of picture books for children as well as many books explaining how to use picture books in the curriculum. In our library catalog, you can find a very good list by searching the subject term picture books.
