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Library Organization
By JLH

I have fought with this myself, and just spent a lot of time organizing my classroom library, too. I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but here's what I did. I divided all my books up by category (dinosaur
books, favorite authors, Magic Tree House books, etc). I bought plastic baskets ($1.00/2 at local dollar store) and put the books in the baskets. I made up labels on my computer stating what kind of books each basket holds. I like to rotate my books, so those that are not being put out right away I put into large, labeled envelopes and stored in a big bin. They will be easy to exchange

when I'm ready to rotate. While I was doing this I also leveled and coded some of the books so that I can steer the kids towards some "just right" books. These are just mixed in with the other books, but they have a color coded sticker. To try to keep the baskets organized, I'm making a clothespin for each student with his/her name on it. They just clip the clothespin to the basket they are borrowing a book from. This took me about 3 evening to do, but it's definitely worth the time. Good luck!