The Storybook Room
The picture book, early nonfiction, and easy reader collections live in the enchanted "forest" of our Storybook Room, a place that truly invites children to spread out on the carpeted floor with an array of classic and current picture books.
The room’s "amphitheater" seating makes for an enjoyable story time, and this space is often a perfect spot for reader’s theater, book sharing, and visiting storytellers.
The storybook room contains 7,000 fiction, non-fiction and easy reader books. Each year new titles are added. A special display showcase in the Library's entrance features new acquisitions and themed collections related to holidays, curricular subjects or recent favorites.
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The Main Reading Room
Older students can select from over 4,000 chapter books and over 6,500 non-fiction titles in the main reading room of our library.
Students, parents and CEE staff curl up on cozy couches, spread out their research material on our study tables, wander through the stacks, and enjoy the sweeping view of the Hollywood Hills.
Reveta’s book club meets here throughout the year to discuss recent parenting titles. Our library staff can provide guidance to locating material in the collection and are happy to suggest just the book that will suit a particular student.
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The Adult Collection
Where does a parent deprived of sleep go to get the latest research and advice about children's sleep disorders? To the CEE parenting collection, of course. Our Library's Adult Collection houses the latest titles about every aspect of child rearing, family issues, what's just happened developmentally and what's coming up. Teachers, too, find valuable information for teaching and child development. Our large collection of bibliographies provide the CEE community with recommended reading on every topic from divorce to fostering resilience to coping with loss.
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Reference and Research
In addition to reference books and encyclopedias, the CEE Library is the center of online research. Fifteen computers, four printers and a Smart board serve as a classroom for the information skills curriculum taught by our librarian. The CEE community can access World Book Encyclopedia online, as well as three online subscription databases which provide access to a number of full text periodicals. Teachers use this resource for professional development and technology training.
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Teachers' Resource Library
A haven for faculty members seeking supplementary textbooks or a teacher making booklets from his class's poetry unit, the Resource Library is really a collection of teaching tools, which include not only whole textbook series but also math manipulatives, specialized machines for making bulletin board art, binding materials and myriad teaching aids, which are shared by the entire faculty. A full time resource library assistant is available for copying, binding, and assisting teachers with their projects
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Illustration Collection
CEE's Library is also home to a special collection that makes books come alive. Over the years, graduating classes have donated to the school original illustrations and prints from beloved children's books. Memorable characters such as Taxi Dog and a plate of Green Eggs and Ham teach children that illustration is an art form in itself, one that's as fun to look at as the books they represent.
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