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Humor and Fantasy move the most at our school.  We have our fiction color coded and actually have them in genre sections.

The kids love being able to find books similar to ones they enjoy reading.

Kay Carter, Media Specialist
River View Elementary
2097 Bronk Road
Plainfield, IL 60586

Currently Reading:  I Am Malala by  Malala Yousafzai

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I am thinking about color genrefying my library.

They will still be arranged by author's last name, but they will be color labeled by genre so kids can find the translucent blue over the call number for mystery or purple for fantasy, etc.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

Also, for anyone that has genreyfied, can you tell me the categories of genres that move the most at your schools so that I know how many colors to start with?

So far I am thinking of
Mystery
Fantasy
Science-fiction/Dystopian
Sports
Coming-of-Age

What else should I do?

Thanks!

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Mariela Siegert
School Librarian
Westfield Middle School
@marris116


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