Check out guidebooks from the library's Teaching Resources Collection (see some ideas below in the "Helpful Guides to Children's Literature" box) or perform a subject search in the UA Libraries Catalog or OhioLINK catalog for any of the following established Library of Congress subject headings:
Check out award winning children's books:
Once you have identified a specific title you want, perform a title search in the UA Libraries Catalog, the OhioLINK Catalog, or the SearchOhio Libraries Catalog:
Books that are cataloged with "juvenile" in the subject headings can range from preschool through high school. You may perform any of these searches and locate young adult books right alongside children's picture books. Examine the item descriptions closely.
There are currently no genre headings to easily locate multicultural children's literature. The best approach is to perform a keyword search that identifies the group or culture you are interested in and either limit your results to the children's literature collection or add the additional phrase "AND Juvenile Literature" or "AND Juvenile Fiction" to your search strategy. Remember to truncate your terms to locate plural endings.
Here are some ideas to try:
Here is a sample search strategy:
african american* AND (juvenile literature OR juvenile fiction)
Many books in our collections have been assigned to genres or general reading categories (like mysteries or romance in the public library). However, this is not an exhaustive search as many books have not been cataloged with a genre. Here is one way to identify some books by genre:
The Wayne College Library's collection of "Big Books" can be located by performing a special call number search for "Big Book:"
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