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Parents and Caregivers   Tags: caregivers, childcare, kids, parents  

Resources for parents and caregivers including early literacy.
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Summer Reading 2013

Summer Reading Club

starts June 1st!  

 

Guide to Picture Books

  • Pratt Library's Guide to Picture Books
    Information about children's picture books, the differences between picture books, how to choose a picture book for your child, how to find picture books on a theme, and more.
 

How MCPL Arranges Children's Books

MCPL shelves children's books in the following sections.  Your child's interests or reading level may lead him or her to choose books from any section.  Grade levels below are suggestions only.

 

Board Books (Babies & Toddlers)  

Picture Books (Everyone loves picture books!) - There are often separate sections for alphabet and counting books.

Beginning Readers (Preschoolers through 2nd grade) - These titles have a limited vocabulary and many illustrations.

Easy Juvenile (2nd through 4th grade) - These titles usually are longer and have more complex vocabulary than beginning readers, and they usually have more illustrations than juvenile fiction.

Juvenile Fiction (2nd through 6th grade) - Some branches have special sections for mysteries and science fiction while others keep all the fiction together.

Juvenile Nonfiction (Babies through 6th grade) - Factual books are shelved by subject classification, not by reading level.

Children's Media  (Babies through 6th grade) - Audiobooks, music CDs, Playaways, DVDs, and language learning materials.

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Lexile: Find a Book

  • Lexile: Find a Book
    Enter Lexile measure or range for book suggestions. Or, if you know a title or author, use Quick Book Search or Advanced Search to find a book's Lexile number. Then check the MCPL catalog to see if that book is in the collection.
  • Lexile Framework for Reading Map
    General guidelines matching grade level with Lexile ranges.
  • NoveList K-8 Plus
    Outside MCPL buildings, access to this service requires a library card and PIN.

    Use the Advanced Search to select the Lexile Reading Level and any other additional criteria.

    For each title of interest, click "Check the Library Catalog" to see if MCPL has that title.
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