The following booklists have been created to help you find resources and materials on a range of themes, topics, and approaches to teaching and learning. These booklists are organized into several broad categories, aligned with the British Columbia Ministry of Education’s Core Competencies and with key areas of Education theory and practice.
- Accessible Hi-lo Books (High Interest, Lower Reading Level)
- Anti-racism
- Bilingual and Multilingual Picture Books: French – Livres bilingues et multilingues : français
- Bilingual and Multilingual Picture Books: Indigenous Languages
- Bilingual and Multilingual Picture Books: Spanish
- Bilingual and Multilingual Picture Books: Additional Languages
- Climate Justice
- Disabilities Representations in Picturebooks
- Diversify Your Classroom Library
- English Language Learners
- Enseigner le français, langue additionelle – Teaching French Language Learners
- Immigrant and Refugee Experiences
- Inclusive Classrooms
- Indigenous Literature and Education
- Livres bilingues et multilingues français et autochtones – French & Indigenous Bilingual and Multilingual Books
- Neurodiversity
Sexual orientation and gender identity:
Booklists related to various areas of and themes in Applied Design, Skills and Technology, as well as resources for teaching in these areas.
Below are several booklists related to various areas of and themes in Arts Education, as well as for teaching in Arts disciplines.
Booklists related to various aspects of assessment.
There are three core competencies (Communication, Thinking, and Personal & Social) in the current British Columbia curriculum, each of which is further expressed through sub-competencies. Below are links to booklists for each of the seven sub-competencies:
Communication
Thinking
Personal and Social
Booklists related to different aspects of language arts in English, and to teaching English language arts.
- Accessible Hi-lo Books
- Board Books
- Dual Language Picture Books: Additional Languages
- Dual Language Picture Books: French
- Dual Language Picture Books: Indigenous Languages
- Dual Language Picture Books: Spanish
- Early Chapter and Hybrid Books
- Easy Readers
- Expository Texts
- Figurative Language
- Literature Circles
- Narrative Texts
- Persuasive Texts
- Phonemic and Phonological Awareness
- Picture Books in Rhyme
- Poetry
- Procedural Texts
- Read-Alouds
- Wordless Picture Books
- Teaching English Language Arts
Booklists related to resources in French, and to teaching French immersion or French as a second language.
- Easy and Level Readers – Lecteurs faciles (français)
- Enseigner le français, langue additionelle – Teaching French Language Learners
- Études sociales en français – French Social Studies
- La science en français – French Science
- Livres bilingues et multilingues français et autochtones – French & Indigenous Bilingual and Multilingual Books
- Livres d’images autochtones en français – French Indigenous Picture Books
- Livres français sur l’orientation sexuelle et à l’identité de genre – French SOGI Books
Several booklists related to various areas of and themes in Indigenous Literature and Education.
- Connections to Land
- Creation and Origin Stories
- Livres bilingues et multilingues français et autochtones – French & Indigenous Bilingual and Multilingual Books
- Livres d’images autochtones en français – French Indigenous Picture Books
- Integrating First Peoples’ Perspectives and Principles of Learning
- Novels and Graphic Novels by Indigenous Authors
- Picture Books by Indigenous Canadians
- Residential School History and Impact
- Storytelling and Oral Traditions
- Truth and Reconciliation in Education
Booklists related to different areas of and themes in Mathematics, as well as for teaching Mathematics.
Below are several booklists on topics related to planning for teaching and learning.
Below are several booklists related to various aspects of and themes in the sciences, as well as to teaching in the Science disciplines.
Below are several booklists related to the seasons of the year and various community celebrations.
Below are several booklists related to various aspects of and themes in Social Studies, as well as to teaching Social Studies.
