Parent Resources

Audiobooks

Audiobook Recommendations in all three ISB languages with links to ISB’s Sora collection, public library collections, and more. Compiled by members of the ISB Library Committee.

Podcasts

Recommended Podcasts for Children that you and your family will love listening to together, in all three ISB languages! Compiled by members of the ISB Library Committee.

Bookstores

Some fantastic bookshops and online stores for literature in French, Spanish and English.

Multilingual

Books of Wonder booksofwonder.com

Cafe Con Libros cafeconlibrosbk.com

Community Bookstore communitybookstore.net

Greenlight greenlightbookstore.com

Hexagramm Books hexagrammbooks.com

McNally Jackson mcnallyjackson.com

Word Bookstore wordbookstores.com

French

Albertine albertine.com

Babelio www.babelio.com

Bonjour Books https://bonjourbooksdc.com/

Cufay cufay.fr

Fnac https://livre.fnac.com/s19/Livre-Jeunesse#bl=ACLivreARBO

Gallimard Montreal https://www.gallimardmontreal.com/catalogue/jeunesse/albums

La Librairie Des Enfants lalibrairiedesenfants.nyc

Lectures de France https://lecturesdefrance.com/

Rue du Monde ruedumonde.fr

SLPJ+ https://slpjplus.fr/pepites/liste/bonnes-lectures-livre-illustre/

Spanish

Books Del Sur https://booksdelsur.org/

Boolino boolino.es/es/

Casa del Libro casadellibro.com

Chau Luna! chauluna.com

Cinco Books cincobooks.com/

La Liberia la-libreria.net

Latin American Bookstore, Inc. latambooks.com/

Lectorum lectorum.com/esp

Lorito Books loritobooks.com

Fluffy Books fluffybooksonline.com

Book Lists and Other Resources

Multilingual

Bank Street Children’s Book Committee

Children’s Book Council cbcdiversity.com The CBC Diversity list reflects the Children’s Book Council’s commitment to promoting diverse voices in literature for young people.

Children’s Literature and Reading: Notable Books for a Global Society clrsig.org Book list selection of the Notable Books for a Global Society Committee of the Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group (CL/R SIG)

First Nations firstnations.org Native American Children’s Literature Recommended Reading List

ISB’s American Indians / Indigenous Peoples / Native Nations Resource List Contains links to recommended titles, booklists, awards, and digital resources.

LEA Book Distributors leabooks.com

Lee & Low 2021 Diverse Reading List Pre-K through 8th Grade

Multicultural Books for Younger Children bankstreet.edu

Reading Is Fundamental Booklist rif.org

Reading Is Fundamental Read-Aloud Videos rif.org

Teaching for Change Book Store tfcbooks.org

We Are Kid Lit Collective https://wtpsite.wordpress.com/

We Need Diverse Books diversebooks.org

French

Centre Pompidou centrepompidou.fr

Des Livres Pour Jeunesse deslivrespourlajeunesse.fr

French Lists and Recommendations from ISB’s Library Committee, Spring 2021

Les Enfants du Bruit et de l’Odeur – Adolescents lesenfantsdubruitetdelodeur.com/categories/Livres-pour-adolescent.e.s?cat=1

Les Enfants du Bruit et de l’Odeur – Enfants lesenfantsdubruitetdelodeur.com/categories/Livres-pour-enfants?cat=2and

Films por enfants films-pour-enfants.com

La Joie Parle Livres lajoieparleslivres.bnf.fr

Le Prix Saint-Exupéry prixsaintexupery.fr/

Les Petit Bouquins lespetitsbouquins.com

Les Petit Livres lespetitslivres.com

Livralire livralire.org

Livre Enfant livre-enfant.com

Mistikrak https://mistikrak.ca/

Ricochet Jeunes ricochet-jeunes.org

Spanish

Antú Librería de Familias libreriadefamilias.com.ar/

Canticos: Latino Nursery Rhymes: canticosworld.com

Centro de Estudios de Promocion de la Lectura y Lectura y Literatura Infantil cepli.uclm.es

Club Peques Lectores clubpequeslectores.com

Cuatrogatos cuatrogatos.org

Cuento De Luz cuentodeluz.com/cart.html

Klub Rico clubkirico.com

Planeta de Libros planetadelibros.com

Read Conmigo Read Conmigo

Quality Publishing Houses

Ediciones Ekaré ekare.com

Enchanted Lion Enchanted Lion Books

Flying Eye flyingeyebooks.com

Ecole des Loisirs ecoledesloisirs.fr

Lee and Low leeandlow.com

Pequeno Editor pequenoeditor.com

Middle School Reading Recommendations and Tips for New Language Learners

NEWS UPDATE January 21, 2022

What to Read Aloud to Your Middle Schooler

NEWS UPDATE December 10, 2021

One of my favorite activities in the winter months is curling up under a blanket and reading with my kids. But the past couple years, I found myself reading less with my oldest child who is now in 6th Grade. At first, I celebrated this independence; I was proud, seeing the familiar pull of literature’s tug take hold. Soon he was devouring an entire series, and now he’s in the thrall of The Keeper of Lost Cities—another epic tale currently running nine volumes. Sometimes he asks me to read to him, but it’s hard to truly enjoy these books when I’m joining him seven volumes in and unfamiliar with the characters and the plot twists. I miss the excitement of reading something new and really good together.

Dr. Debbie Reese Discusses Misrepresentation of Native Americans in Literature with the 8th Graders

NEWS UPDATE January 29, 2021

Throughout the year in their Individuals and Societies class, 8th Graders are examining the history of the United States from the "discovery" of America by Christopher Colombus through the Civil Rights Movement. Individuals and Societies Teacher Guillaume Roper-Sirvent and Librarians Maria Falgoust and Eli Hetko invited Dr. Debbie Reese, a scholar, and educator from the Nambé Owingeh nation, to come and speak with the entire 8th Grade to deepen students’ awareness of how Native Americans are way too often not taken into consideration in most historical, as well as fictional, books.

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