These materials serve the Bank Street School for Children as well as the Graduate School and other programs. The computer catalogs in the Main Room offer access to both the Adult and Children's Collections. The Children's Collection. The Juvenile collection is housed in the Children's Room and continues out through the first four shelves on the north side of the Main Room. This is a format categorization.
Picture books have pictures on every page.
Many picture books are aimed at older readers. They are shelved alphabetically by author in the Children's Room. Both are shelved by the windows in the Children's Room. Ranging from first chapter books to novels for older children, these books are shelved alphabetically by author's last name in the Children's Room. Biographies are shelved in the Main Room, following the non-fiction books.