Homework Helper–Finding Wordless Picture Books
November 2, 2009
To find wordless picture books, browse the 096 call number in the juvenile literature collection OR
- Open the HBLL homepage
- Below the main search bar choose “Advanced Keyword Search”
- Once in the advanced search, go to the drop-down menu that is labeled location and select “Juvenile Collection”
- Go up to the pull-down labeled genre/form and type “stories without words.” Search. You should find about 200 titles from which to choose. The newest books will be listed first.
Scary kids’ books
October 26, 2009
Trying to find that book that sent chills up your spine as a child? Here are some ways to search for your favorite scary books in the HBLL juvenile section.
- Open the HBLL homepage.
- Select “Library Catalog” under Unique Collections at BYU
- Below the main search bar choose “Advanced Keyword Search”
- In the search all box type
“Horror tales, American Juvenile fiction” (78 results) OR
“Supernatural Juvenile fiction” (226 results) - You can also limit the location to “Juvenile collection” or “Juvenile locked case” and then type
“Horror stories” limit juvenile collection(16 results) OR
“Horror tales” limit juvenile collection (183 results) in the search all box
Many of these titles may be duplicates.
For other fun or scary Halloween books search all for “Halloween” and limit location to “Juvenile collection” or “Juvenile locked case.” Happy haunting!
Homework Helper–Audio Books for Young Adults
October 26, 2009
These audio books are available for a 3-day check-out from the Learning Resource Center on Level 4 of the Harold B. Lee Library.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian/ Sherman Alexie (CD 2000 pt. 1-5)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox / Mary E. Pearson (CD 1995 pt. 1-6)
An Abundance of Katherines/ John Green (CD 1882 pt.1- pt. 6)
Airborn/ Kenneth Oppel (CD 1981 pt. 1- pt. 10)
Blue Skin of the Sea/ Graham Salisbury (CD 1999 pt. 1-7)
The Book Thief/ Markus Zusak (CD 1972 pt. 1- pt. 1)
Buried Onions / Gary Soto (CD 1998 pt. 1)
The Burn Journals / Brent Runyon (CD 1990 pt. 1-7)
The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night Time/ Mark Haddon (CD 1984 pt. 1- pt. 5)
Elijah of Buxton/ Christopher Paul Curtis (CD 1994 pt. 1-8)
Fairest / Gail Carson Levine (CD 1991 pt. 1-8)
The Goose Girl/ Shannon Hale (CDMM 276 pt. 1- pt. 10)
The Graveyard Book / Neil Gaiman (CD 1992 pt. 1-7)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone/ J.K. Rowling (CD 826 p.1)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/ J.K. Rowling (CD 827 pt.1)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/ J.K. Rowling (CD 828 pt.1)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/ J.K. Rowling (CD 823 pt.1- pt.17)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix/ J.K. Rowling (CD 1253 pt.1- pt.23)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/ J.K. Rowling (CD 1708 pt.1- pt.17)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows/ J.K. Rowling (CD 1969 pt.1- pt.17)
Hatchet/ Gary Paulsen (CD 1974 pt. 1- pt. 3)
Heat/ Mike Lupica (CD 1983 pt. 1- pt. 5)
Howl’s Moving Castle/ Diana Wynne Jones (on order¬)
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminister Boy/ Gary D. Schmidt (CD 1977 pt. 1- pt. 6)
Monster/ Walter Dean Myers (CD 1980 pt. 1- pt. 2)
Nation/ Terry Pratchett (CD 1993 pt. 1-8)
Out of the Dust/ Karen Hesse (CD 1978 pt. 1-pt. 2)
The Outsiders/ S.E. Hilton (on order)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry/ Mildred D. Taylor (CD 1975 pt. 1- pt. 6)
Rules of Survival/ Nancy Werlin (CD 1987 pt. 1- pt.5)
Skybreaker / Kenneth Oppel (CD 1996 pt. 1-10)
Speak/ Laurie Halse Anderson (CD 1973 pt. 1- pt. 4)
Story of a Girl: A Novel / Sara Zarr (CD 2001 pt. 1-4)
Twilight/ Stephenie Meyer (CDMM 277 pt.1- pt. 11)
Whirligig/ Paul Fleischman (CD 1979 pt.1- pt.3)
Wintersmith/ Terry Pratchett (CD 1976 pt.1- pt.7)
*The audio books that have CDMM in the call number are written by LDS authors. The “MM” represents Mormon Media.
Complied November 2008, Updated October 2009
Homework Helper–Finding Participation Books
October 19, 2009
Participation books provide visual, tactile, or audio elements that encourage the child to explore. Participation books include things such as flaps to lift, components to manipulate, sounds to make, or textures to touch. Pop-up books are a subset of participation books.
To find pop-up books:
- Open the HBLL homepage.
- Select “Library Catalog” under Unique Collections at BYU
- Below the main search bar choose “Advanced Keyword Search”
- Once in the advanced search, go to the drop-down menu labeled location and select “Juvenile Collection Locked Case”
- Go up to the drop-down menu labeled genre/form and type “pop-up books.” Search.
- The newest books will list listed first. To find older titles, use the term “toy and movable books.” Select the titles you would like see and take the list of titles and call numbers to the reference assistant in 4720 HBLL to have the books retrieved for use.
To find other participation books, consult A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Book (7th ed.) Call number: JUVENILE REFERENCE PN 1009.5 .P5 X56 2006. Using the Subject Guide, consult the term Participation to find a list of books. Take the titles you wish to find to the HBLL homepage, and do a title search to find the call number.
Families and Literacy
October 14, 2009
Visit the Families and Literacy blog today. Busy parents, grandparents, and teachers will find reliable resources and information in a variety of forms, including literacy tips, book lists, websites, media, research, and a discussion forum, to help make literacy part of everyday family life.
Contributors to the blog include academic and youth-serving librarians, BYU students and faculty, literacy experts, educators, authors, and illustrators.
A monitored discussion forum provides the opportunity to share successful literacy activities with others and to ask questions of discussion participants.
Homework Helper–Finding Concept Books
October 12, 2009
Concept books present concepts, such as alphabet, counting, color, shape, size, comparison, or opposites, that expand the young child’s knowledge or skill.
Easy: To find alphabet books, browse the 411 call number in the juvenile literature collection.
To find counting books, browse the 511 call number in the juvenile literature collection.
Better: To find concept books beyond alphabet and counting books, consult A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Book (7th ed.) Call number: JUVENILE REFERENCE PN 1009.5 .P5 X56 2006.
Using the Subject Guide, begin with the term Concepts to find a list of books. To find specific concepts, continue to browse the subheadings, such as Concepts—color or Concepts—in & out. Take the titles you wish to find to the HBLL homepage, and do a title search to find the call number.
Homework Helper–Finding Social Studies Books & Websites
October 5, 2009
To find books in the Juvenile Literature Collection on social studies topics:
- Open the HBLL homepage.
- Select “Library Catalog” under Unique Collections at BYU
- Below the main search bar choose “Advanced Keyword Search”
- Go to the pull-down menu labeled search all and type in a term that represents the subject of your search, such as “World War II.” If you are looking for both fiction and non-fiction books go to the pull-down menu labeled location and select Juvenile Collection. Search. The newer books will be listed first.
- Display the details for at least one item to find the official subject terms for your search. For World War II, the subject term is “World War, 1939-1945.” Use this term to refine your search.
- To limit your search to fictional books, go to the pull-down menu labeled subject and type “Juvenile fiction.” Search.
- To limit your search to non-fiction books, go to the pull-down menu labeled subject and type “Juvenile literature.” Search.
To find websites on social studies topics:
1. Search the following search engines that are designed for use by young people using a term that represents the subject of your search:
- Intended for use by children grades K-6.
- Quintura is a filtered search engine based on the Yahoo! Kids search engine but with an innovative visual mind map browsing capability.
- Intended for use by children in grades K-6.
- Ask for Kids is a filtered web search engine associated with Ask.com. All websites accessible through the search engine are selected by editors on the criteria of appropriateness, depth, quality, and style.
Homework Helper–Finding Audiobooks
September 24, 2009
- Open the HBLL homepage.
- Select “Library Catalog” under Unique Collections at BYU
- Below the main search bar choose “Advanced Keyword Search”
- Once in the advanced search, type “audiobooks” in search all, and “juvenile” in subject
These audio books are available for a 3-day check-out from the Learning Resource Center on Level 4 of the Harold B. Lee Library.
New Audio Books
September 24, 2009
Here are the newest children’s literature and young adult audio books that the Harold B. Lee Library has added to its collection. Enjoy!
Blue Skin of the Sea/ Graham Salisbury (CD 1999 pt. 1-7)
Buried Onions / Gary Soto (CD 1998 pt. 1)
Elijah of Buxton/ Christopher Paul Curtis (CD 1994 pt. 1-8)
Fairest / Gail Carson Levine (CD 1991 pt. 1-8)
Nation/ Terry Pratchett (CD 1993 pt. 1-8)
Skybreaker / Kenneth Oppel (CD 1996 pt. 1-10)
Story of a Girl: A Novel / Sara Zarr (CD 2001 pt. 1-4)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian/ Sherman Alexie (CD 2000 pt. 1-5)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox / Mary E. Pearson (CD 1995 pt. 1-6)
The Burn Journals / Brent Runyon (CD 1990 pt. 1-7)
The Graveyard Book / Neil Gaiman (CD 1992 pt. 1-7)
Homework Helper–Finding Books
September 24, 2009
Finding books in the library can be overwhelming, especially when you do not know where to start. Here are a few tips about how to find books in the juvenile area:
- Open the HBLL homepage.
- Select “Library Catalog” under Unique Collections at BYU
- Below the main search bar choose “Advanced Keyword Search”
- Once in the advanced search, go to the drop-down menu that is labeled “Location.” Select the Juvenile Collection to limit your search results to the Juvenile area of the library.
- From there you can type in a subject, title, language, or author of the book you are trying to find.
- After entering your search, browse the books that match your requests. To find a book on the shelves in the Juvenile section, go to the number listed on the call number.
- If you have any problems, do not hesitate to come ask whoever is in the Reference Desk Office for help. We are here to help you, and we love visitors! Happy book hunting!
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