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Resources
Educator Card
An Educator Card allows easy access to Library materials for educators to use in their classrooms. This card is available to anyone who teaches or works with students in a Pre-K-12 school, licensed childcare center, or homeschool setting. To sign up for an Educator Card, bring a current photo ID, proof of current address (if address on ID is not current), and proof of educator status to any of our 19 Library locations.
Test Administration
The Library provides test administration services free of charge. Library employees will administer tests and examinations only according to the following guidelines and associated procedures. Please contact the Main Library Teen Department for more information
Booklists
Your librarians have compiled bibliographies PDFs that can be downloaded and printed to share with your students.
Graded Lists
Genres for Tween and/or Teen Readers
Notable Authors and Illustrators
- Asian Authors for Teen Readers
- Black Authors and Illustrators for K-6
- Black Authors for Tween and/or Teen Readers
- Caldecott Award: For distinguished picture book for children.
- Coretta Scott King Awards: For outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults.
- Geisel Award: For distinguished book for beginning readers.
- Newbery Award: For outstanding literature for children.
- Printz Award: For distinguished excellence in young adult literature.
- Pura Belpre Award: For distinguished Latino/Latina writer and illustrator of literature for children.
- Robert F. Sibert Medal: For distinguished informational book for children.
Genres and Topics for K-5 Readers
Your librarians have created selected lists of titles for topics of interest to your students.
- Activism
- Autobiographies & Biographies
- Differing Abilities
- Environment, the Wilderness, and Wildlife
- Fantasy
- Humor
- Innovation and Invention
- LGBTQIA+
- Mysteries & Thrillers
- Preschool Books with POC Main Characters
- Racism & Antiracism
- Read-Aloud Books
- Realistic Fiction
- Realistic Fiction Graphic Novels
- Science Fiction
Topics for Tween and/or Teen Readers
These lists of titles will help you get conversations started.