So, you're standing on the library's threshold with the towhead of your heart beside you. The youngster looks up in dismay and speaks the words that will haunt your childrearing nights: "So, where's the good stuff?"
All Monroe County libraries are organized using the Dewey Decimal system, which arranges non-fiction according to a primary subject tied to a number from 0 to 999. This means that books about automobiles are together under 629 (though race cars are at 796). Hardback fiction has a distinct section; while mysteries, science fiction, short stories, and paperbacks are sometimes shifted to nearby shelves.
Within these sections, books are in alphabetical order by author. Biographies are alphabetized by subject matter (for example, Little Monsters, the Real Story of Pikachu by Kitty Kelley is under "P"). The libraries have a separate area for juvenile books, imitating the adult section with divisions for non-fiction and fiction. Adolescent fiction is usually placed in a Young Adult area.
Series Books: Goosebumps, Geronimo Stilton, etc.
Sports: Minnesota Twins, Soccer, etc.
Science: Why is there air?