My Classroom Library

 Several of my teacher friends have been talking about classroom libraries lately.  Mine is organized by series and by level.  

Here are the books that I have separated by series:

Chapter Books- 

Little House on the Prairie- Laura Ingalls Wilder

American Girls- Valerie Tripp

Owl Diaries- Rebecca Elliot

Unicorn Diaries- Rebecca Elliot

Junie B. Jones- Barbara Park

Magic Treehouse- Mary Pope Osborne

Imagination Station- Paul McCusker

A to Z Mysteries- Ron Roy (except for the V book on Vampires, which I do not include)

Calendar Club Mysteries- Nancy Star

Third Grade Detectives- George E. Stanley

Second Grade Friends- Miriam Cohen

Dinosaur Cove- Rex Stone

Rainbow Magic (Fairies)- Daisy Meadows

I Survived- Lauren Tarshis

Cam Jansen- David A. Adler

Flat Stanley- Jeff Brown

Humphrey- Betty G. Birney

Horrible Harry- Suzy Kline

Sports Books by Matt Christopher

My Weird School- Dan Gutman 

Puppy Place- Ellen Miles

Nancy Drew (Diaries, Clue Club)- Carolyn Keene

Hardy Boy Clue Books- Franklin W. Dixon

Ramona Series (Beverly Cleary- also Mouse and the Motorcycle, Henry and Ribsy)

Fudge Series- Judy Blume

Jigsaw Jones- James Preller

Fiction Book Tubs (Separated by Series or Character)

Pete the Cat-James Dean

Elephant, Piggie, Pigeon- Mo Willems

Fly Guy- Tedd Arnold

Pinkalicious- Victoria Kann

Fancy Nancy- Jane O'Connor

Lego- Various

Curious George- H.A. Rey

Biscuit-Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Mittens- Lola M. Shaefer

Henry and Mudge- Cynthia Rylant

Berenstein Bears- Stan and Jan Berenstein

Various Dr. Seuss Books

Breyer Stablemates- Various

Nonfiction (Separated by Subject)

Who Would Win? Series- Jerry Pallotta

Riddles and Jokes (various authors)

Nature's Children (Scholastic Animal Series)- Juliette Levy

Ocean Animals (Various)

Land Animals (Various)

Dinosaurs (Various)

Drawing Books (Various)

Records and Facts (Guiness Book of World Records, weird facts, etc.)

The Titanic (Various)

Bible Story Tub

Variety of Children's Bibles

Character Stories (Abraham, Noah, Jonah)

Biblical Event Stories (Creation, the Flood)

Christian Living Stories (Stories about real children with a Christian message)

Leveled Book Tubs

Levels 01.- 4.5 

Variety of genres (Examples: Characters- Madeline/Franklin/Clifford, Nonfiction- Pets/Farm Animals/Careers, Fictional Stories, Modified Classics- Black Beauty)

Monthly Book Display (These Books are Rotated Monthly.)

September- School Books

October- Fall, Apples, Pumpkins, Bats, Spiders

November- Thanksgiving

December- Christmas

January- Winter, Penguins, Polar Bears, Seals

February- Valentine's Day, 100th Day of School, President's Day

March- St. Patrick's Day, Spring

April- Easter

May- Summer, Beach

Curriculum-Related Books (Put out as we read about these topics in content areas.)

Science: Fossils and Rocks, Planets and Space, Plants, Weather, Science Tools and Experiments, Animal Habitats

Social Studies: Michigan, America, Presidents, Famous People, National Monuments and Parks, Washington DC, Inventors and Inventions

Health: Healthy Eating, 5 Senses, Exercise, Safety