My Picture Book Collection

I Love Picture Books!!!!!  My collection is out of control.

They are organized by AR level, but I needed a method for indexing, so I made an Excel document that works wonderfully well.  Plus, it's very easy to update.                    


The advantage to using Excel is that it allows you to sort by column.  I made columns for AR level, Book Title, and Author.  I also added columns to signify if I had a CD of the book, multiple copies of the book, and if I had a "Book Kit" (set of supplemental materials to teach the concepts in that particular book).  I then printed a sort by title and a sort by author, and put them in a folder that stays on the top of the bookcase. This system allows me (or others) to quickly find any book in my library. As I buy new books, I write them in and only update on the computer after I have several new books to add. 

I love to have audio recordings of my picture books.  Ever wonder how to store those CDs? 

Keeping the CD with the book used to be a problem for me until I purchased some CD sleeves and some double sided tape:

Now my CDs are always with the corresponding book.....as long as I remember to take them out of the CD player!