Nonfiction: Our library has three different sections for nonfiction materials: Primary, Middle and High School. Within the sections, the books are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System, which groups books by their main topic under 10 big headings: 000 Generalities 100 Philosophy & Psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Sciences 400 Languages 500 Natural Sciences 600 Applied Sciences & Technology 700 Arts & Recreation 800 Literature 900 History & Geography Our students are skilled in using the pathfinder on the right to locate nonfiction books on a topic of interest. |
Fiction: Our fiction materials are spread out over several different areas: Everybody Fiction (picture books), Primary School Fiction, Middle School Fiction and High School Fiction. Titles within each section are arranged by the author's last name. This is still the most common used arrangement for fiction in libraries worldwide even though some libraries have begun to arrange their fiction books by genre. Our collection includes titles by authors from around the world and we constantly add books to widen the variety we offer while keeping up-to-date with new and popular publications. While the majority of our fiction books is in English, we do also have some titles in other languages. Further, our fiction sections include a few books written by HKA students - always a highlight when discovered by students. | Here just a few examples of popular titles in our Primary Library: PK1-PK2 Piggie & Elephant books (Mo Willems) Harry MacLary books (Lynley Dodd) Lizzie's Friends (Grace Lin) Biscuit books (Alyssa Capuccilli) K-1 Charlie & Lola series (Lauren Child) Rainbow Fairies series (Daisy Meadows) Lulu the Hong Kong Cat (Ellen Leou) The Paperbag Princess (Robert Munsch) 2-3 Field Trip Mysteries series (Steven Brezenoff) Geronimo Stilton series Clementine (Sara Pennypacker) Big Nate books (Lincoln Peirce) 4-5 Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl) The Houdini Box (Brian Selznick) Artemis Fowl series (Eoin Colfer) Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Grace Lin) ...and of course across grades The Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney). Please check our Secondary School Library Blog for what students in grades 6-10 enjoy reading. |