HIT.ELEM.Cataloging Minty

[Joan Kimball <jkim@BORG.COM>]

I want to thank the three people who replied to my query.  Joan Kimball

I asked:
 Have any of you felt uncomfortable using the CIP for Minty by Schroeder?
 It's a fictional account of the childhood of Harriet Tubman, and is
 classified by cataloging-in-publication in either 305 or B.  The book,
 which is a picture book with great pictures by Pinkney, seems too fictional
 to me to be in non-fiction or biography.


From LGR, April 11:
This very same question came up last fall at St. Catherine's Best Books for
YOung Readers discussion of the Notable BOoks.  People felt as you did and were
pondering where to put the book.  Some participants suggested picture books and
pairing it with a "real" biography of Tubman so that young readers would  learn
critical thinking skills.  I know we have the book in the LMC, but I can't
visualize where at the moment.  Tuesday I'll check.


From CCK, April 11:
    I agree with you. I put Minty in my fiction section.


From OK, April 11:
I agree with your assessment.  Thus, I reclassified it in my library to our
fictional picture book section.


Joan Kimball, Librarian, Hart's Hill School, Whitesboro NY 13492
E-mail:  jkim@borg.com

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