Juvenile Literature/Trade Books
Books appropriate for toddlers through young adult are divided into three areas: easy books, fiction, and non-fiction.
- Easy/Picture books: Generally 32-48 pages long and highly illustrated. Many picture books are for younger children, toddlers to about grade three. However, some titles are on sophisticated topis and are appropriate for upper elementary and middle school.
- Fiction: These are imaginative stories or chapter books for children from about age eight through high school age.
- Non-fiction/Information books: Factual books for children and teens. The Dewey Decimal classification 000-999 also includes folklore and poetry.
K-12 Textbooks
Books used in schools for the formal study of a subject. The CMC collection includes texbooks for subjects taught from kindergarten through high school in all curricular areas.
Big Books
Picture books for children in a large format that are often used for shared reading.
Curriculum Bulletins/Activity Books
Curriculum bulletins include teaching activity books which have numerous ideas for lesson plans. Teacher activity books contain activities for teachers to incorporate into their lesson plans, in order to meet the goals/objectives of the curriculum.
Multimedia Materials
Non-book materials appropriate for preschool through high school including DVDs, kits, games, flash cards, music CDs, puppets, models, audiobooks, and realia. Realia are real objects to be used for hands-on experience in teaching.
Reference Books
The reference collection includes reference sources related to other materials in the CMC collections. These books may circulate with permission from a reference librarian.
Picture and Portrait Files
Pictures on a wide variety of topics and portraits of famous persons are available in this collection. Maps designed for elementary age students are also available.
Historical Textbooks
The historical text collection is a select collection of K-12 textbooks of historical value. The collection dates back to the early 1800's. To access this collection, check with a reference librarian.
Historical Curriculum Bulletins
This collection contains bulletins published by the Minnesota Department of Education which were published at least 20 years ago. To access this collection, check with a reference librarian.