Liberal Studies

This will limit your search to the books found in our Children's Collection.

Also, search DAWCL or ALSC Awards Shelf for award winning children's book titles and then use our OneSearch to see if we have them:

Find books on the following topics using tips below:

• Ethnic or racial groups in history
• LGBTQ people in history
• Persons with disabilities in history
• Women in history

Search OneSearch by Subject for:

• Gay
• Transgender
• Lesbian
• Homosexuality
• Gender Identity

and add : "CSULB childrens books" in the second box

There are many factors that determine the appropriate age to read a book, and it can be hard if you haven't read the book, or don't know the child. ​(Labeling books by age is a problem, since a child with lower reading skills having to select "little kid" books to find something they CAN read successfully can turn them off reading.)

Two major considerations:

• Reading DIFFICULTY
• CONTENT understanding

Recommendations from teachers or librarians who know the child and the books, are an excellent way to find appropriate books.

Publishers usually assign an age range to the books.  These are some of the designations you will see:

• Newborn to age 3 (Board Books)
• Ages 1 and up - Where the Wild Things Are
• Ages 3–8 (Picture Books)
• Ages 5–9 (Early or Leveled Readers)
• Ages 6–9 or 7–10 (First Chapter Books)
• Ages 8–12 (Middle-Grade Books)  -Harry Potter 1
• Ages 10 and up  - Hunger Games, Harry Potter 7, Thirteen Reasons Why 
• Ages 12 and up or 14 and up (Young Adult (YA) Books) Twilight

These publisher designations can not determine both content AND difficulty, only a suggested age range to sell the book.

Search OneSearch by Subject for:

• Children with Disabilities
• Deaf Children
• Blind
• Autism
• or any other specific disability

and add : "CSULB childrens books" in the second box