The Library maintains a varied collection
of materials to inform and entertain Redding's young
people; they are described below.
(Each category is followed by its call
number, indicating its shelving location in the library.
All children's call numbers begin with "J" for "Juvenile".
Click here for call number
locator)
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for preschool through kindergarten
(JPB)
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for preschoolers (JPB
board)
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picture books with CDs or cassette
tapes (JRA)
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they are considered
nonfiction in the library's classification system
and are assigned call numbers between JNF
398.2 - 398.4; however, these books are kept
in their own separate location
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parenting books for children up to
the teenage years; most books for parenting teenagers
are shelved in the adult nonfiction collection (PS)
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information books for preschool through eighth grade
(JNF)
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for children just learning
to read - grades K-1 (JVE)
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for children who have basic reading
skills and need practice to improve fluency; grades
K-2; (JER)
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for more skilled readers making
the transition to longer books; grade 2-3; (JBC)
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for confident
readers in grades 2-6 Picture books with subjects
appropriate for children older than kindergarteners
are also placed in this category. (J)
(NOTE: Grade levels are provided for young readers
only; many of these books will be of interest to
older or younger children based on the subject matter
of the books.)
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, (which may include content
for the more mature reader), are shelved in the
library's teen/young adult collection (YA
or YNF)
