EDU291: Children's Literature (Valdivia)

Use this guide to help navigate library and online resources to find children's and YA literature, as well as scholarship and tools to assist with the theory and use of children's literature to facilitate learning.  The guide provides brief instructions on how to find books and online material at the PC library, and also contains links to helpful resources beyond the library.  

Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ds-04108

Children's book are located on the south side of the reference room on the main level of the Phoenix College library. The collection consists of:

• Picture Books - for ages 0 - 7 years of age; preschool - 2nd grade. Also known as pre-readers, picture books are typically read to children with illustrations an integral part of the overall work.
• Juvenile Easy - for ages 5 - 8; kindergarten - 3rd grade. These books, organized into chapters, combine basic vocabulary in simple sentences for beginning readers.
• Juvenile - for ages 8 - 12; 4th - 7th grade. Chapter books tell complex stories intended for older children.
• Young Adult - for ages 12 and older; 8th - Books of interest or relevant to the lives of its readers with main characters between the ages of 12 and 18.