Education Library Relocation

Effective end of day June 6, 2025, UBC Library will begin relocating the Education Library collections and services from the current space at Neville Scarfe Building to Koerner Library. During the relocation, all Education Library physical collections are available for delivery to any UBC Library branch, free of charge, using the Library’s Document Delivery Service.

Instructions for accessing the collection are available here.

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Below are several 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


Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

  • Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
  • Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
  • Use specific search terms, such as “English language–composition and exercises”, “English language–study and teaching”, “language arts”, “rhyme”, “poetry”, etc.
  • To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.

For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.