Find Children's Literature

Use the library catalog to identify children's books before searching the library shelves.

To find fiction children's books, you'll need to use subject searching. In advanced search with the subject filter for "juvenile fiction," add a keyword for topic and/or genre you're interested in. An example might be subject: "juvenile fiction" and "bears."

• Use lists of award winners and other titles to help identify more books. Search the catalog to see if we have the titles you found.
• Use E-ZBorrow to get books that Temple doesn't have.

Children's books, also known as juvenile literature, are located in the northernmost part of the 4th floor of Charles Library, in two different spots.

Hirsch Collection

Funded by a donation from Dr. Paul and Mrs. Harriette Newman Hirsch, this collection contains over 2,000 works of children’s literature. The Hirsch Collection is located on the fourth floor of Charles Library. 

Half-height shelves

Near the faculty and grad study lounge.

Please note that there are a select few items in Kardon (remote storage), namely outdated material. Special Collections, the Blockson Afro-American Collection, and Ambler Library also have juvenile literature. The leisure collection on the 1st floor of Charles also has some YA books.