Education Librarian
Find Juvenile and Young Adult Books at Thun Library
The Cat is your guide to the Juvenile Collection at Thun Library. Thun Library has a fantastic juvenile collection that includes pop-up, sensory, oversized, fiction, and non-fiction books. Also offers workbooks and textbooks.
Subjects include math, outer space, diversity, super heroes, finger painting, language, coping skills, bubble gum, spies, dinosaurs, and hundreds more!
Find Titles of Juvenile and Young Adult Books by Reading Level
These resources allow you to find the titles of juvenile books by Lexile Range, Grade Level, and Interests.
1. After you find some titles you like, you can search for them in LionSearch or the Cat to see if Thun Library holds them.
2. If Thun does not own them, you might be able to find them at the Berks County Public Libraries or order them through Thun's Interlibrary Loan System.
- CLCD (Children's Literature Comprehensive Database) This link opens in a new windowFind books by age level, grade level, genre, illustrator.
- Lexile Framework for ReadingFind books by Lexile and grade level.
- Book WizardFrom Scholastic, finds books by grade level, DRA, Lexile. Or, find books similar to a book you already have.
- Award Winning Children's Literature DatabaseAlternate ways to search such as suggested age of reader, setting, language, ethnicity of protagonist, historical period.
Find Juvenile Ebooks
- International Children's Digital LibrarySearch for free ebooks by country, genre, length, shape, true vs. make believe!
- Storyline OnlineAwesome animated ebook site! "Screen Actors Guild Foundation records well-known actors reading children’s books and makes graphically dynamic videos." Includes lesson plans.
- Scholastic Listen and Read"Listen and Read activities tell their stories through words, images, and sound. You can use these online activities in a variety of ways, from one-on-one instruction using a computer or tablet to class instruction on an interactive whiteboard."
- Best Free Kindle Books for ChildrenFrom Good Reads.
- FREE Children's Book Apps (Interactive-Highly Rated)Lots of free apps for children's ebooks from Lauren S. Enders SLP/Augmentative Communication Consultant/Assistive Technology Consultant in Pennsylvania.