TARGET, ELEM: Easy Readers

[Jan & Doug Demlow <djdemlow@elknet.net>]

I am planning to develop a new "Early Reader" or "Easy Reader" section
in my K-3 library.  I will be removing these readers from the "Easy"
section to make it easier for 1st & 2nd graders to locate materials they
can read themselves.
I am looking for suggestions for making this monumental task a bit
easier -- ideas for labeling, assigning reading level, etc.  I will be
using Fountas & Pennell's book - "Guided Reading: Good First Teaching
for All Children" as a source for identifying reader levels but this
book does not list many of the books in our collection.
Are there other good resources for identifying reading level.  Have any
of you developed a section like this -- any pitfalls I should avoid?
I'm fairly new to LM_NET and have been very impressed with the help you
give one another, above and beyond your daily workload.
Will post a hit if there is interest. TIA
Jan Demlow
Media Specialist
Evergreen Elementary
Waterford, WI
djdemlow@elknet.net