<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>I know of a few libraries who call these "Next Step" books - between Beginning Readers and Juvenile Fiction.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>One quick note on what we call leveled readers. I feel like we should really get out of the habit of calling books "Easy" because for the kiddos who are learning to read, they are not easy. I much prefer (BR) Beginning Reader, BTR (Beginning to Read), or if you already use the letter E for Easy Reader, consider a change to E for <strong><em>Early</em> </strong>Reader. Just my ten cents. :) <br><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 );color:rgb( 128 , 0 , 128 )">Jocelyn Levin, MLIS </span><br style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 )"><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 );color:rgb( 128 , 0 , 128 )">Youth and Teen Services Librarian </span><br style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 )"><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 );color:rgb( 128 , 0 , 128 )"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2975_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2979_ZmEmailObjectHandler">jlevin@lyon.lib.mi.us</span></span> </span><br style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 )"><br style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 )"><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 );color:rgb( 153 , 51 , 102 )">Lyon Township Public Library </span><br style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 )"><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 );color:rgb( 153 , 51 , 102 )">27005 Milford Rd, South Lyon, MI 48178 </span><br style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 )"><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 );color:rgb( 153 , 51 , 102 )"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2976_com_zimbra_phone"><a style="color:rgb( 153 , 51 , 102 )">248.437.8800</a></span> Ext. 615 </span><br style="font-family:'trebuchet ms' , sans-serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 )"><span style="font-family:'tahoma' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;background-color:rgb( 253 , 253 , 253 );color:rgb( 153 , 51 , 102 )"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2977_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2980_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://www.lyon.lib.mi.us/" style="color:rgb( 153 , 51 , 102 )" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.lyon.lib.mi.us</a></span></span> </span><br></div></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Michlib-l" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>To: </b>"Michlib-l" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, April 21, 2021 11:55:21 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Michlib-l] Juvenile Fiction Terminology<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir="ltr">Hello!<br><div>I have a terminology question I'm sure someone here can answer: I work in the youth department of my library, and we have many patrons who ask for books that are on "the easy side of chapter books." To meet this need, we'd like to highlight books for readers who are transitioning from the levelled readers section to the general J FIC books. These books would be identified with a sticker on the spine. </div><br><div>The characteristics of these books may include...</div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-7c265515-7fff-31a1-ceef-3607c38548d3"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:'arial';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">frequent illustrations</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:'arial';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">between 75 and 135 pages</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:'arial';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">larger-than-usual typeface </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:'arial';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">accessible subject-matter</span></p></li></ul><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Examples include...</span></font></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-3943fcbf-7fff-00c0-d610-8da0d30e6229"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:'arial';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Adventures of Caveboy - </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Eric Wright </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:'arial';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Chicken Squad - </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Doreen Cronin and Kevin Cornell </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:'arial';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Princess Pistachio </span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Marie-Louise Gay </span><br></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:'arial';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mokie & Bik</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Wendy Orr and Jonathan Bean </span><br></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:'arial';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dragon Masters </span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">series - Tracey West and Damien Jones </span><br></p></li></ul><br></span></div><div>We can't seem to pin down an ideal term for this category, and we would appreciate any suggestions! 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