Please contact Linda Salem at lsalem@sdsu.edu for assistance finding books by subject
Strategy for finding children's books by subject.
Click on this link to Juvenile Books to get a list of children's books in the SDSU Library. To narrow your results by subject, go to the left side of the screen and click on the ^ next to the word SUBJECT. Examine all of the subjects that appear and check the boxes next to those that you like. Click on APPLY FILTERS to get a list of books on these subjects.
Here are some preset subject searches for you to use as well:
Annotated listings of recommended books, critical reviews of children's books and brief review articles.
Free access to digital children's books from around the world.
CDE Staff, Lott, D. & Wheeler, M. CA: California Department of Education.
Free online source. Recommended books for children and adolescents selected by children’s school and public librarians, teachers, parents, administrators and curriculum planners, and college professors. Users can search for books based on grade level, language, culture, genre, classification, curriculum connection and awards received. Print version of Recommended Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve with database contents available in the library's reference section.
Combined catalog of many U.S. and international libraries.
Digital facsimiles of nearly every book printed in English during this time period.
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