At Bookmans we always did the same -- middle grade fiction that wasn't part of big series was shelved by author. If it was part of a series of say 8ish or more books, we moved it over to the series side, and shelved by series title. So much easier for people to find the Junie B Jones or Fairy Ponies or whatever.
We just moved to a new place with a huge family room on the lower floor. So at the moment things are very roughly categorized just to get them out of boxes onto the shelves, but we shifted most of the bookshelves from being in separate bedrooms to all being in this one family space and I really like it.
So right now we have a three shelf bookshelf of picture books, a three shelf bookshelf of middle grade and YA (which has grown enough with 4 kids in the tween/teen range that it expanded onto one shelf of the adult bookshelves), and two five shelf bookshelves of adult fiction and nonfiction. We have a lot of books! But I love it.
I only have one kid still really in the picture book phase and I think I might try color coding them. I’ve always wanted a rainbow shelf but I also like my categories too much. That seems like a good place to try it.
your home library sounds awesome, Katy! I remember when I put our centralized shelves up-- I would just lay on the couch and stare at the wall with heart eyes. My kids have some of their books in their room (mostly because the shelves are full) but I love having most of them together.
Picture books would be a great one to have a rainbow with! And maybe your youngest kiddo will be drawn to a new book when they are reorganized. ;)
We are in desperate need of a home library refresh which will need to start with buying another bookshelf. I mostly have the books sorted by category and then by colour because I like how it looks but books don’t always get reshelved that way by other users in the home!
I think that how you’ve revamped the school library makes so much sense and I wish our public library did something similar with series and non-fiction topics.
I'm just picturing you as the home librarian re-organizing the shelves after the kids or Jared put them back in the "wrong" place. I find that chore to be a small pleasure in life! It will be such a fun project when you refresh it all with a new bookshelf!! Come back to bookstagram and share pics when you do. :) xoxo
P.S. I believe it was your family who visited right after we put our bookshelves up. I remember just laying on the couch staring at them back then. (I still do it now sometimes actually, lol)
At Bookmans we always did the same -- middle grade fiction that wasn't part of big series was shelved by author. If it was part of a series of say 8ish or more books, we moved it over to the series side, and shelved by series title. So much easier for people to find the Junie B Jones or Fairy Ponies or whatever.
Oh yay-- glad to know I'm in good company on this method!
We just moved to a new place with a huge family room on the lower floor. So at the moment things are very roughly categorized just to get them out of boxes onto the shelves, but we shifted most of the bookshelves from being in separate bedrooms to all being in this one family space and I really like it.
So right now we have a three shelf bookshelf of picture books, a three shelf bookshelf of middle grade and YA (which has grown enough with 4 kids in the tween/teen range that it expanded onto one shelf of the adult bookshelves), and two five shelf bookshelves of adult fiction and nonfiction. We have a lot of books! But I love it.
I only have one kid still really in the picture book phase and I think I might try color coding them. I’ve always wanted a rainbow shelf but I also like my categories too much. That seems like a good place to try it.
your home library sounds awesome, Katy! I remember when I put our centralized shelves up-- I would just lay on the couch and stare at the wall with heart eyes. My kids have some of their books in their room (mostly because the shelves are full) but I love having most of them together.
Picture books would be a great one to have a rainbow with! And maybe your youngest kiddo will be drawn to a new book when they are reorganized. ;)
We are in desperate need of a home library refresh which will need to start with buying another bookshelf. I mostly have the books sorted by category and then by colour because I like how it looks but books don’t always get reshelved that way by other users in the home!
I think that how you’ve revamped the school library makes so much sense and I wish our public library did something similar with series and non-fiction topics.
I'm just picturing you as the home librarian re-organizing the shelves after the kids or Jared put them back in the "wrong" place. I find that chore to be a small pleasure in life! It will be such a fun project when you refresh it all with a new bookshelf!! Come back to bookstagram and share pics when you do. :) xoxo
P.S. I believe it was your family who visited right after we put our bookshelves up. I remember just laying on the couch staring at them back then. (I still do it now sometimes actually, lol)