5.5 Young people’s collection
The Young People’s collection comprises titles generally considered suitable for those aged between 0 and 18 years. Individual collection areas cater for the progression in reading and comprehension skills from dependent to independent reader including:
- Birth to pre-school – board and picture books – 0 -5 years
- Young people – picture books, easy reads, fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels – 4-12 years
- Young adult – fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels – 12+ years
The prevalence of IT devices amongst young people and young adult readers is boosting the popularity of eBooks and eAudio among these age groups.
Birth to pre-school
This collection area provides parents and carers with quality reading materials during their children’s formative years of language and reading development. This collection area aims to shape a lifelong love of stories, reading and learning and help to ensure that books and reading feature in Tasmanian households. This collection includes board books, picture books and baby book packs.
Baby book packs
Each Baby Book Pack contains five books including board books, picture books, simple stories, nursery rhymes and old favourites. They come in bright, colourful, sturdy bags and are available for three age groups:
- 0 – 1 year (red bag)
- 1 – 2 years (blue bag)
- 2 – 3 years (green bag)
Junior
The Junior collection supports younger readers’ transition from dependent to independent readers through a broad range of fiction, non-fiction and graphic novel titles. In addition to supporting learning to read and early literacy skills, an Easy Reads collection is also available for loan.
Young adult
The Young Adult collection includes items aimed at readers progressing from junior to adult. The increasing complexity and sophistication of items in this collection increase its appeal to adult clients. Similarly, young adult clients also choose from the adult collection.