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Tradebook Examination Center

The Children’s Tradebook Examination Center, founded by Dr. Jane Bingham, is comprised of current, newly published children’s books supplied by publishers and arranged alphabetically by publisher. As a new year begins, books from the previous year are integrated into the ERL’s main circulating collections.

We are proud of our partnership with leading publishers, which enables us to share the newest and often best books published for children and young adults across genres and curriculum areas with our pre-service educators and counselors. Patrons may check out books in the Tradebook Center for one week or browse them in the ERL.

Through the continued generosity of our participating publishers, we have the means to update and maintain our established circulating and award-book collections. Our Tradebook Center provides an invaluable resource for our students, teachers, and librarians from the surrounding school districts as they consider choosing books for teaching, read-aloud assignments, and building their own classroom libraries.

The Tradebook Center is located straight inside the ERL, on the bookcases just past the circulation desk.

View a list of the publishers who generously give to our center
Abrams
Aladdin
Albatros
Albert Whitman
Amulet
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Andscape
APA
Arbordale
Atheneum
Balzer + Bray
Beach Lane
Bellwether
Big Picture Press
Cameron Kids
Candlewick
Carolrhoda
Charlesbridge
Cherry Lake Publishing Group
Chronicle
Clarion
Crown
Delacorte
Disney
Doubleday
Eerdmans
Enchanted Lion
Familius
Flashlight
Fox Chapel Publishing
Graphic Universe
Greenwillow
Hyperion
Kar-Ben
Katherine Tegen
Kids Can
Knopf
Kokila
Lerner
Lightbox Learning
Little, Brown
Magic Cat
Magination Press
McElderry
Milky Way Picture Books
Millbrook Press
Minnesota Press
North South
Norton
Orca Book Publishers 
Peachtree
Pixel+Ink
Princeton Architectural Press
Quilt Tree
Penguin Random House
Rosen
Salaam Reads
Simon & Schuster
Sourcebooks
Storyshares
Tate
TFCB
Tundra
Versify
Walden Pond
Walker
Warren Publishing
Wendy Lamb
Zest Books

Educational Resources Lab

Pawley Hall, Room 350
456 Pioneer Dr.
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
(location map)
(248) 370-2485
fax: (248) 370-4226


M-Th: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
F: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.