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Children's and Young Adult Literature

Your CECH Library guide to support the study of children's and young adult literature.

Decoding Children's Book Call Numbers

Once you've begun searching for children's books in the CECH Library, you'll want to pay attention to call numbers. Not only to call numbers provide clues to a book's physical location, they also help with understanding its intended audience and reading level.

The table below lists call number types within the CECH Children's & YA Books collection.

Call Number Starts With Type of Book Example Call Number Title
E Picturebook or easy E WON When You Can Swim by Jack Wong
J Juvenile fiction J CUE Cuba In My Pocket by Adrianna Cuevas
F Young adult fiction F VEL When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez
GN Graphic novel GN KRO Sunshine: How One Camp Taught Me About Life, Death, and Hope by Jarrett Krosoczka
j Juvenile informational or non-fiction j811.26 WHE Where We Come From by Diane Wilson, et. al.
B Biography B GRI Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes

 

Children's books may also be located in the Kretschmer Collection of Native American Children's Literature area. This is a special collection of Native children's literature. Call numbers like the ones above (E, J, GN, etc.) are included here, but can be found in a special area of the library if the location is CECH Kretschmer's Special Collection.

The table below lists examples of call numbers in the Kretschmer Collection of Native American Children's Literature.

Call Number Starts With Type of Book Example Call Number Title
E Picturebook or easy E FLE Birdsong by Julie Flett
J Juvenile fiction J ANC Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia Leitch Smith
GN Graphic novel GN ROB Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story by David A. Robinson

 

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