ESCC Learning Resource Center: Early Childhood Education: Books

Understand Call Numbers

Browse the shelves in the following LC Classifications. Or, for a more effective rendering of our collection, try keyword searching in our library catalog.

BF 309-499	Consciousness, Cognition (including learning, attention, comprehension, memory, intelligence)
BF 712-724.85	Developmental Psychology
HQ 767-792.2	Child Development (including child rearing, child life, play, socialization, children’s rights)
LB 1101-1139	Education, Child Study
LB 1139.2-1139.5	Early Childhood Education
LB 1140-1140.5	Preschool Education, Nursery Schools
LB 1141-1489	Kindergarten
LB 1501-1547	Primary Education
LB 1555-1602	Elementary or public school education
	Most libraries have a section specifically for children where you can find children’s fiction. Check your campus library for their Children’s Collection.

Suggested keyword terms to start with:

Child Development and Adolescent Development
Child Study
Children
Children and Developmental Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Infant and Toddler
Infant and Toddler Growth and Development
Kindergarten
Preschool
(Health or Safety or Nutrition) and (Children, Infants, Toddlers, Adolescents)
Exception Learners
Learning Disabilities (or enter a specific disability such as: Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyspraxia, Visual Disorders, Auditory Disorders, etc.)
Children and Teaching Techniques
Children and Learning Styles
Children and (Science, Math, Language, Crafts, Music, Art, etc.)

Spotlighted Award Winning Books

Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1626724415
Publication Date: 2016-09-13
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452150130
Publication Date: 2016-08-30
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De la Peña; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399257742
Publication Date: 2015-01-08

Award Winners, Children's Books

Click each image to learn more about each medal and a list of medal and honor winners by year.