Early Childhood Education: Children's Literature

Our curated Children's Literature collection is updated bi-annually with new award winning titles and recommended titles. The collection is directed at ages 2-6, with an emphasis on themes and topics relevant to preschool settings, fore example "friendship," or "sharing". Many of the titles have been selected as strong "read-aloud" choices for story time. The collection includes board books, bi-lingual books, poetry anthologies, and felt stories. Content highlights include Indigenous authors, diversity (cultural, gender, abilities), holidays from many cultures, and global concerns such as climate change. There is an additional special collection at Broadway library featuring Indigenous authors and Indigenous languages.

Searching for a picture book on a topic...

1.) Find a title/author you can search for by looking online for recommended titles.

2.) Search our catalogue.

• Click on Catalogue (under the search box)
• Click on Advanced Search (top of the screen)
• Click on "Keyword" and change it to "Subject"
• Enter your search term, for example, "friendship"
• Adjust the Search Filters
• Click on Format and select Books (Physical)
• Click on Audience and select Juvenile and Preschool