LAPL / Kids Path

Finding Children’s Books in the Library

Informational books are arranged by subject. These non-fiction books have a number on the spine so all books on a subject are together on the shelf. This is a guide to some of the Dewey Decimal numbers.

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x000 GENERAL INFORMATION
x029 How to Write a Report
x031 Encyclopedias, Guinness Book of World Records
x100 PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY
x133 "True" Ghost Stories & other Scary Stuff, Astrology
x200 RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY
x220 Bible and Bible stories
x282 Saints
x290 Religions of the World
x292 Mythology
x300 PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
x323 Civil Rights
x325 Immigrant Experiences
x326 African American History
x328 U.S. Government
x384.6 Internet Information
x398 Folk and Fairy Tales (ask for special shelf location)
x400 LANGUAGES AND DICTIONARIES
x419 Sign Language
x423 English Dictionaries
x428 Spelling, Word books
x500 PURE SCIENCE & EXPERIMENTS
x500 Science Projects (also throughout the 500’s)
x510 Math and Numbers
x520 Astronomy
x523 Planets, Aliens, Extraterrestrials
x551 Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Weather
x568 Dinosaurs
x570 Ecosystems (Rainforests, Deserts)
x590 Wild Animals (Mammals)
x591.92 Sea Life
x595 Insects
x597 Amphibians, Sharks, Fish
x598 Birds
x598.1 Reptiles
x600 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
x608 Inventions
x612 Human Body, Sex Education
x613 Fitness, Drugs, Alcohol
x621 Computers, Robots, Energy
x629 Cars and Trucks
x629.13 Airplanes and Space Travel
x636 Pets
x639 Endangered Animals
x641 Cooking
x656 Trains
x700 ART, MUSIC AND RECREATION
x741 Drawing, Cartooning
x747 Crafts, Origami
x78, x780 Music
x791 Movies, Television
x793 Magic, Riddles, Dance, Parties
x796 Sports and Athletes
x800 LITERATURE
x808 Jokes, Collected Stories and Poems
x808.8 Holidays (ask for special shelf location)
x811 Poetry
x900 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
x910.9 Explorers
x912 Maps and Atlases
x92 Biographies and Autobiographies
x920 Biographies of many people in one book
x930 Ancient History, Mummies, Pyramids
x940-x999 Countries of the World
x970 Native Americans
xx973-x979 U.S. History and State books
x979 California History, Missions

What about books without a number?

Fiction books (stories and works of imagination) are shelved by the author’s last name.
The fiction sections are separate from the non-fiction section.
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PICTURE BOOKS
INDEPENDENT READERS

Books for beginning readers

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FICTION (Chapter Books) Includes:
Fantasy
Mystery
Science Fiction

 

The library also has videos, DVDs, audios, paperbacks and
materials in other languages.
If you need more help, please ask the Librarian.
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