Collection Development

Fox in the Library by Lorenz Pauli and Kathrin Scharer

Collection Development

• This month in the collection
• Collection development series
• Part 1: Getting started
• Part 2: Resources
• Part 3: Let's spend the money
• Part 4: The Data

Welcome to the Neighborhoods

• The beginning
• Where we are now
• The collection: Classics
• The collection: Favorites
• The collection: Animals
• Birds
• Bugs
• Dinosaurs
• Fish
• Mammals
• Pets
• Reptiles (and Amphibians)
• The collection: Community
• Culture
• Farm
• Helpers
• History
• Issues
• Religion
• School
• The collection: Fun
• The collection: Go
• The collection: Nature
• The collection: Ourselves
• The collection: Tales

Library Collections

• Board Book Core Collection

Past posts - to be updated

• 2024
• Recommended Beginning Chapters: Must Haves
• Recommended Beginning Chapters: Sequels
• Recommended Beginning Chapters: New titles and personal favorites

• Board Books (updated 2024)
• Tub Books
• Ready to Read: Early Readers collection
• Branching into Chapters (beginning chapters)
• JPOP Juvenile Popular Favorites

Misc. Collections

• Parenting/Caregivers Collection
• Maker kits and STEAM labs
• Read 'n' Play: Circulating Toys

Babies and Toddlers

• Read, Read, Read, said the Baby

Preschool to Elementary

• Picture book - biography
• Picture book - fiction
• Picture book - informational
• Picture book - nonfiction
• Early Readers
• Transitional Chapters
• Beginning Chapters

Juvenile, ages 9-12

• Juvenile - fantasy
• Juvenile - fiction
• Juvenile - nonfiction

Other Reviews

• Classic Rereads
• Read 'n' Play
• No Flying No Tights reviews