Education Research Guide

Curriculum materials include student textbooks, teacher editions, student workbooks, and other resources produced by the publisher which are used to enhance the lesson.

Juvenile books include all books written and published specifically for children including picture books, beginning readers, and chapter books. Fiction and non-fiction books are included.

Readers are sets of short early and beginning readers designed to be used simultaneously by a group of children. Both fiction and non-fiction resources published to correlate with curricula are included. Readers have the suffix READER in the call number.

Realia includes a variety of hands-on materials which may be used to complement lessons. Items include puppets, costumes, puzzles, games, and many other items.

Resources include a variety of books for teachers which give ready-to-use ideas that may be implemented immediately in a classroom to complement or reinforce a lesson. Some books include worksheets that may be photocopied for classroom use. Others give ideas for bulletin boards or activity centers.

Young Adult includes fiction and non-fiction books for junior high and high school students.