Westmoreland County Community College Library: Early Childhood Education: Children's Literature

Children's Books In this Library

To find a children's book on a specific subject, try searching for a topic with the Boolean operator "AND" and the added term "juvenile."
This heading is applied to books where the protagonist is 15 years old or younger.

For example: Transportation AND Juvenile

Divorce AND Juvenile

Rain AND Juvenile

The books are located on the semicircular shelves near the Quiet Study room in SAC.

The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
Literature
PS3552.L843 Z67 2024

The Lost Princess: Women Writers and the History of Classic Fairy Tales
Literature
PN3437 .D84 2023

Believe in the World: Wisdom for Grown-Ups From Children's Books
Literature
PN6084.C556 G37 2024

Board books are made from durable board, rather than paper pages and are meant for the very young who tend to bite and chew
Picture books are those where the art is as integral, if not more so, to the "reading" experience as the words.
Beginning Readers combine careful vocabulary choices for beginning readers, with a large, pleasant font, and pictures.
Chapter books are usually novels, but can be long stories, where pictures are fewer in number and seem to be an addition to the text, but not essential to it.
Graphic novels are what used to be called comic book compilations. While they have existed for decades, it is only recently that they have come to be a recognized form of children's/YA literature, and so finally found acceptance among awarding committees and librarians.
Verse novels are collections of poems that have a unified story, rather than separate poems that may share a theme.

Fantasy: about magical people or beings that exist in our world or other worlds.
Historical fiction: set in a past time period that conveys information about that period or a specific historical event.
Nonfiction: informational books that explain facts about a subject or concept in the real world, including biographies.
Picture book: tells a story with images, with few or no words
Poetry: language stirring the imagination or emotions with carefully chosen words arranged for meaning, sound, and rhythm.
Realistic fiction: set in modern times and based on modern situations. Children can experience different cultures or lifestyles from their own.
Science fiction: setting and plot centered around technology, time travel, or outer space featuring elements not found in the known universe that are explained by scientific means.
Science fantasy: blending of genres where science and magic are used.
Traditional literature: folktales, fairytales, myths, legends, fables, and any other types of stories passed down from generation to generation, often through oral tradition.

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