这个系列中的故事非常经典，其中：《伊索寓言》的故事几乎贯穿整个《图书馆系列》的初级阅读阶段（ First Reading）；世界各地的民间故事是《图书馆系列》取材最多的类别，每个级别的阅读中都有这样的故事；还有一些儿歌改写的故事，充满韵律感的文字适合启蒙阅读；绘本到文字书的过渡阶段以及章节书阅读的最初阶段，《图书馆系列》选取了不少安徒生童话和格林童话的故事，这些故事孩子们耳熟能详，第一次用英文读这些故事，会很有意思。
参考兰斯指数和词汇量，大致来讲，《图书馆》和咱们的年级英语水平，可以这样对应，供大家参考：
《第二图书馆》含50本读本，其中1. Usborne First Reading 系列的Level Three 14册2. Usborne First Reading 系列的Level Four 16册3. Usborne Young Reading系列的Series One 20册
书目如下：1. The King's Pudding (First Reading Level Three)2. The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs (First Reading Level Three)3. Chicken Licken (First Reading Level Three)4. The Musicians of Bremen (First Reading Level Three)5. The Mouse's Wedding (First Reading Level Three)6. The Boy Who Cried Wolf (First Reading Level Three)7. The Magic Pear Tree (First Reading Level Three)8. The dinosaur who lost his roar (First Reading Level Three)9. The Enormous Turnip (First Reading Level Three)10. The Three Little Pigs (First Reading Level Three)11. The Little Red Hen (First Reading Level Three)12. The Gingerbread Man (First Reading Level Three)13. The Magic Porridge Pot (First Reading Level Three)14. The Leopard and the Sky God (First Reading Level Three)15. The Tin Soldier (First Reading Level Four)16. The Golden Carpet (First Reading Level Four)17. The Runaway Pancake (First Reading Level Four)18. The Ugly Duckling (First Reading Level Four)19. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (First Reading Level Four)20. Goldilocks and the Three Bears (First Reading Level Four)21. Little Red Riding Hood (First Reading Level Four)22. The Reluctant Dragon (First Reading Level Four)23. The Inch Prince (First Reading Level Four)24. The Emperor and the Nightingale (First Reading Level Four)25. Androcles and the Lion (First Reading Level Four)26. The Hare and the Tortoise (First Reading Level Four)27. Baba Yaga - The Flying Witch (First Reading Level Four)28. The Owl and the Pussy Cat (First Reading Level Four)29. Princess Polly and the pony (First Reading Level Four)30. Dick Whittington (First Reading Level Four)31. Cinderella (Young Reading Series One)32. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Young Reading Series One)33. Saint George and the Dragon (Young Reading Series One)34. The Wooden Horse (Young Reading Series One)35. The Monkey King (Young Reading Series One)36. Aladdin and his Magical Lamp (Young Reading Series One)37. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Young Reading Series One)38. The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor (Young Reading Series One)39. Jack and the Beanstalk (Young Reading Series One)40. The Princess and the Pea (Young Reading Series One)41. The Little Mermaid (Young Reading Series One)42. The Nutcracker (Young Reading Series One)43. Puss in Boots (Young Reading Series One)44. The Frog Prince (Young Reading Series One)45. Hansel and Gretel (Young Reading Series One)46. The Elves and the Shoemaker (Young Reading Series One)47. Rumpelstiltskin (Young Reading Series One)48. Rapunzel (Young Reading Series One)49. Sleeping Beauty (Young Reading Series One)50. The runaway princess (Young Reading Series One)
