The
library contains a wide range of children’s books in
print, with some specialist collections of poetry and traditional
stories.
Poetry
This is a comprehensive section subdivided as follows: Action
Rhymes; Nursery and Traditional Rhymes; Humorous Poetry; General
Anthologies; Thematic Anthologies; Collections by Individual
Poets; Poetry written by Children; Songbooks; Teachers’
books about poetry.
Part
of the collection is historical.
Traditional
Stories
This is a historically important collection of stories from
all cultures. Picture books are arranged by title so that
many variants of the same story can be found together.
Collections
relating to geographical areas are grouped together. There
are also collections of myths and legends, stories with religious
themes in this section of the library.
Picture
Books
This outstanding collection of picture books and paperback
picture books is divided into infant and junior collections.
Big
Books
The library holds a growing collection of lively big books
– both story and information books.
Books
for Babies
The library’s attractive collection of books for babies
is expanding, along with CLPE’s involvement in Family
Learning Projects in Southwark.
Short
stories
Collection of contemporary short stories are increasingly
popular with teachers for use in the Literacy Hour.
Plays
This section includes teachers’ books on drama as well
as play texts themselves
Books
in community languages
The library holds a large collection of dual and single language
books in a wide range of community languages, including: Albanian,
Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Greek, Gujerati, Hindi,
Portuguese, Punjabi, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil,
Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba.
Further
information on texts in community languages and suppliers
(link) to page in this section
Reading
schemes
The library holds a selection of material from some of the
currently used reading schemes
Alphabet
books
The library holds a rich collection of alphabet books by a
range of authors and illustrators, and on a variety of themes.
There
is also a collection of counting books.
Fiction
in series
Most of the series shelved in the library are for newly independent
readers, such as Colour Young Puffins, Walker Sprinters, Orchard
Crunchies. Teachers browse through the collection to help
with their selections.
Younger
fiction
This section consists of short and accessible chapter books,
aimed roughly at the 6 – 8 age group.
Junior
fiction
This section, of fiction from roughly age 8+, includes new
contemporary and popular classic fiction.
Secondary
fiction
This section of fiction clearly aimed at 11+ includes award
winning titles
Graphic
books
This section holds a collection of books for children in this
rapidly expanding and immediately appealing genre.
Information
books
This large section of holds information books across the primary
age range, organised by subject using the simplified Dewey
Decimal classification. It includes a range of information
books and also dictionaries, thesauruses, atlases, biography
and autobiography.
Teachers’
library
This section of the reference library holds practical
and theoretical books covering a wide spectrum of educational
matters and issues, with the main focus being on: |
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English,
Language and Literacy in the Primary School |
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Reading |
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Writing |
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Speaking
& Listening |
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Children’s
Literature |
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Assessment |
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Gender
issues |
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Multicultural
issues |
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Bilingualism |
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