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New books in the Curriculum Collection
- Club Microbe /
- The eyes & the impossible /
- Henry, like always /
- A list of cages /
- The ribbon skirt : a graphic novel /
- The apartment house on Poppy Hill /
- Compound fracture /
- Out of the dark /
- Nish, North and South /
- Beast /
- Planet earth is blue /
- My Baba's garden /
- A constellation of minor bears /
- Taxi ghost /
- The rock from the sky /
- Taking up space /
- Explore : a collection of maps and diagrams that explain the world /
- Children's book of philosophy : an introduction to the world's great thinkers and their big ideas /
- Danger and other unknown risks /
- Meet cute diary /
- Black beach : a community, an oil spill, and the origin of Earth Day /
- Your story matters : a surprisingly practical guide to writing /
- Some places more than others /
Contact info
If you need help, please contact Adena Brons, Education Librarian at 778 782 7419 or abrons@sfu.ca or Ask a librarian
Overview
The Curriculum Collection contains:
- Materials for Preschool to Grade 12
- Materials primarily in English and French, with select items in other languages
- Award-winning children's literature, especially Canadian works
- Materials of current significance to BC curriculum, including teacher resources, textbooks and informational books
- Resources that encourage engagement with diverse cultures and awareness of underserved populations
The Curriculum Collection is located on the 2nd Floor, Bennett Library (SFU Burnaby).
Critical Information Literacy
Critical literacy recognizes that a sense of credibility, rooted in colonial and Eurocentric attitudes, has often been given to certain perspectives. This has led to the undervaluing of voices of women, BIPOC communities, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTQ2S+, and other marginalized identities (Norquest College, 2021).
By engaging in materials with a critical lens, Critical information literacy encourages the reader to go beyond the words of a text, and consider the author/creator's motivation behind its creation, and the viewpoint being presented (McNicol, 2016). This means understanding that the author brings their own biases to the text, as does a reader who makes meaning of the work through the lens of their lived experiences (McNichol, 2016). Indigenous information literacy (sometimes referred to as critical Indigenous literacy) encourages readers to consider identity and Indigenous representation along with the questions mentioned above. Learn more about critical Indigenous literacy from the ICRC's Respectful Research guide.
Search the catalogue
Books for children and young adults
Search the Library Catalogue using keywords for your topic, together with one of the subject terms below. For example:
disabilities AND fiction | (indigenous OR aboriginal) AND juvenile literature
Subject terms:
- For information books, search subject juvenile literature
- For textbooks or exercises, search subject textbooks OR problems, exercises OR composition and exercises
- For novels, search subject juvenile fiction OR fiction
- For picture books, search subject pictorial works OR stories without words
- For graphic novels, search subject graphic novels OR comic books
- For books in French, use the language filter and use English or French keywords
- for novels, search subject juvenile fiction OR romans pour la jeunesse
- for information books, search subject juvenile literature OR ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- for graphic novels, search subject romans graphiques OR bandes dessinées
Note: Children’s literature (fiction and non-fiction) cannot be searched for in the Library Catalogue by grade level or age.
K-12 textbooks & teaching materials
The collection includes selected textbooks for use in B.C. schools, including teachers' editions.
- To find a specific textbook, search the Catalogue* by the title or author's name.
- To find a textbook by grade level, search the Catalogue* by keyword and grade, e.g. science grade 6
- For books containing student exercises, search subject problems, exercises OR composition and exercises
- For teaching materials and activity ideas, search subject "activity programs" OR "study and teaching"
Browse in person
Books in the Curriculum Collection are organized using the Library of Congress classification system. This means they are classified by their subject. Books by the same author may not be located next to each other. Books are also not grouped by reading level, audience, or genre.
To find a book in the Library you need to know its Call Number, which is listed on the spine of the book and in its catalogue record.
Historical material
For past provincially-recommended resources, see SFU Library's Collection of Recommended Learning Resources
For curriculum guides (a.k.a. integrated resource packages) produced by the BC Ministry of Education, search subject British Columbia curricula with your subject and grade level.
- e.g. British Columbia curricula AND science 8
- e.g. British Columbia curricula AND physical education 8
Historical curricular resources and textbooks are found throughout the Curriculum Collection, with some additional materials located in the Lam Collection. The University of Victoria Libraries provide a unique collection of British Columbia Historical Textbooks used in British Columbia’s public schools since the province joined confederation in 1871.
Related resources
Use the PDP guide for:
- Lesson and unit planning resources
- BC curriculum documents
- Magazines for children and young adults
- Books & articles about teachers and teaching
- Educational videos
- Indigenous education and resources
Use the Children's Literature Resources guide for: