RED LABELS indicate picture books, a genre in which the illustrations are central to the story. These books range from simple ones for the very young to sophisticated stories including legends and fairy tales. They are arranged alphabetically by the author's last name.

YELLOW-GREEN LABELS indicate the I-can-read beginning reader books with the fewest words to a page and highly controlled vocabularies (such as the Biscuit series by A. Capucilli).

GREEN LABEL books have more words to a page and offer the advancing reader a more extensive word choice and more complex stories (such as the Henry and Mudge books by Cynthia Rylant). They are arranged alphabetically by the author’s last name.

BLUE-GREEN LABELS identify beginning chapter books. Short to moderate in length, these books are designed to introduce the younger reader to the world of juvenile fiction (a.k.a. chapter books!). Examples of these are The Time Warp Trio books by Jon Sciezska, and The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne.

BLUE LABEL books are juvenile fiction, and range in scope from shorter, yet more sophisticated chapter books to novels for older children. They are all shelved by the author’s last name.

MYSTERIES of all reading levels are shelved together at the end of the juvenile fiction books. They are generally not color-coded, and are identified by their call letters MYST and the first 3 letters of the author's last name.