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English Language Acquisition (ELA): Learning English - Books for Reading Practice

Readers for ESL Students

The RTC Library has hundreds of high-interest, low-reading level books for ESL students to practice their reading in English. The books include biographies and other non-fiction as well as classic and contemporary fiction. The readers can be found in the 428.64 section of the non-fiction book shelves, filed by the author's last name. Below are just a few of the books we have in some of the series we purchased. We have lots more! If you need help finding anything, ask the librarian.

Blueford series by Townsend Press

A Matter of Trust by Anne Schraff
Call Number: 428.64 SCHRAFF 2002
ISBN: 9780944210031
Publication Date: 2002
Someone to Love Me by Anne Schraff
Call Number: 428.64 SCHRAFF 2002so
ISBN: 9780944210062
Publication Date: 2002

DK Biography series

Marie Curie by Vicki Cobb
Call Number: 428.64 COBB-V 2008
ISBN: 9780756638313
Publication Date: 2008
Pele - A Photographic Story of a Life by James Buckley
Call Number: 428.64 BUCKLEY 2007
ISBN: 9780756629878
Publication Date: 2007

Gemma Open Door series by Gemma Media

Letter from Chicago by Cathy Kelly
Call Number: 428.64 KELLY 2009
ISBN: 9781934848173
Publication Date: 2009
Pipe Dreams by Anne Schulman
Call Number: 428.64 SCHULMA 2009
ISBN: 9781934848135
Publication Date: 2009

Graphic Biography series from Saddleback Educational Publishers

Albert Einstein by Saddleback Educational Publishing Staff (Editor)
Call Number: 428.64 ALBERT 2008e
ISBN: 9781599052120
Publication Date: 2008
Thomas Jefferson by Saddleback Educational Publishing Staff (Editor)
Call Number: 428.64 THOMAS 2008j
ISBN: 9781599052298
Publication Date: 2008

Illustrated Classics series from Saddleback Educational Publishers

Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Call Number: 428.64 SHAKESP 2011h
ISBN: 9781562549046
Publication Date: 2010
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Call Number: 428.64 CRANE-S 2011r
ISBN: 9781562549329
Publication Date: 2010

My Community Then and Now series from Teacher Created Materials Publishing

Bank Tellers Then and Now by Lisa Zamosky
Call Number: 428.64 ZAMOSKY 2012
ISBN: 9780743993838
Publication Date: 2006
Nurses Then and Now by Sarah Kartchner Clark
Call Number: 428.64 CLARK 2010
ISBN: 9780743993746
Publication Date: 2006

Penguin Readers

Jennifer Lopez by Rod Smith; Pearson Education Staff
Call Number: 428.64 SMITH-R 2008j
ISBN: 9781405881500
Publication Date: 2008
The Pearl Girl by Stephen Rabley
Call Number: 428.64 RABLEY 2008p
ISBN: 9781405867832
Publication Date: 2008

Raintree Freestyle Express series by Raintree Division of Reed Elsevier

Renewable Energy by Nigel Saunders and Steven Chapman
Call Number: 428.64 SAUNDER 2006r
ISBN: 1410917010
Publication Date: 2005
Shaky Ground: Earthquakes by Mary Colson
Call Number: 428.64 COLSON 2006s
ISBN: 1410917460
Publication Date: 2005

Rapid Reads series by Raven Book

The Barrio Kings by William Kowalski
Call Number: 428.64 KOWALSK 2010b
ISBN: 9781554692446
Publication Date: 2010
The Spider Bites by Medora Sale
Call Number: 428.64 SALE-M 2010s
ISBN: 9781554692828
Publication Date: 2010

Saddleback Educational Publishing

Don't Get Caught by Eleanor Robins
Call Number: 428.64 ROBINS 2011d
ISBN: 9781616515928
Publication Date: 2011
The Secret Message by Eleanor Robins
Call Number: 428.64 ROBINS 2011se
ISBN: 9781616515683
Publication Date: 2011

Sundown Books by Signal Hill Publications (Laubach Literacy)

Ben's Gift by Cynthia Barnett
Call Number: 428.64 BARNETT 1990
ISBN: 0883362104
Publication Date: 1990
Don't Sell Me Short by Judith A. Bosley
Call Number: 428.64 BOSLEY 1990
ISBN: 0883362058
Publication Date: 1990

"What Is/What Was" Historical Series from Grosset & Dunlap

What Was Ellis Island? by Patricia Brennan Demuth and Kevin McVeigh (Illustrator); David Groff (Illustrator)
Call Number: 428.64 DEMUTH 2014e
ISBN: 9780448479156
Publication Date: 2014
What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition? by Judith St. George and Tim Foley (Illustrator)
Call Number: 428.64 STGEORG 2014L
ISBN: 9780448479019
Publication Date: 2014
What Is the World Series? by Gail Herman and Scott Anderson (Illustrator)
Call Number: 428.64 HERMAN 2015wo
ISBN: 9780448484068
Publication Date: 2015

"Who Is?/"Who Was?" Biographical series from Grosset & Dunlap

Who Is Maria Tallchief? by Catherine Gourley; Val Paul Taylor (Illustrator); Nancy Harrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: 428.64 GOURLEY 2002m
ISBN: 9780448426754
Publication Date: 2002
Who Was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough; Nancy Harrison (Illustrator); Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator)
Call Number: 428.64 MCDONOU 2010r
ISBN: 9780448454429
Publication Date: 2010
Who Were the Beatles? by Geoff Edgers; Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator)
Call Number: 428.64 EDGERS 2011b
ISBN: 9780448439068
Publication Date: 2006

Contemporary Reader Series from Jamestown Publishers

The Contemporary Reader, Volume 2, Number 4 by Jamestown Publishers
Call Number: 428.64 CONTEMP 1998r v.2 no.4
ISBN: 0890618291
Publication Date: 1998
The Contemporary Reader: Volume 1, Number 6 by Jamestown Publishers
Call Number: 428.64 CONTEMP 1996r v.1 no.6
ISBN: 0890618216
Publication Date: 1996

DK Dorling Kindersley Readers

Abraham Lincoln by Justine Korman Fontes
Call Number: 428.64 FONTES 2009
ISBN: 9780756656898
Publication Date: 2009
Roberto Clemente by James Buckley; Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: 428.64 BUCKLEY 2001
ISBN: 0789473429
Publication Date: 2001

Good Reads series from New Readers Press

Easy Money: an Easy to Read Guide on Money Management by Gail Vaz-Oxlade
Call Number: 428.64 VAZ-OXL
ISBN: 9781926583273
Publication Date: 2010
The Stalker by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Call Number: 428.64 ANDERSO 2010s
ISBN: 9781926583297
Publication Date: 2010

High Five Reading series by Red Brick Learning

Latino Legends by Michael Silverstone
Call Number: 428.64 SILVERS 2004
ISBN: 073682832x
Publication Date: 2003
Long Road to Freedom: Journey of the Hmong by Linda Barr
Call Number: 428.64 BARR-L 2005
ISBN: 073683852x
Publication Date: 2004

Information Explorer series from Cherry Lake Publishing

Getting Around Online by Kristin Fonticharo
Call Number: 428.64 FONTICH 2012g
ISBN: 9781610803915
Publication Date: 2012
Know What to Ask by Emily Johnson; Kristin Fontichiaro
Call Number: 428.64 FONTICH 2013k
ISBN: 9781610806572
Publication Date: 2012

National Geographic Series

Albert Einstein by Libby Romero
Call Number: 428.64 ROMERO 2016e
ISBN: 9781426325366
Publication Date: 2016
Amelia Earhart by Caroline Gilpin
Call Number: 428.64 GILPIN 2013e
ISBN: 9781426313509
Publication Date: 2013
George Washington Carver by Kitson Jazynka
Call Number: 428.64 JAZYNKA 2016w
ISBN: 9781426322853
Publication Date: 2016

Oxford Picture Dictionary Reading Library

A Busy Morning at the Bank by Daniel McGillis
Call Number: 428.64 McGILLI 2009
ISBN: 9780194740326
Publication Date: 2009
Easy reading with lots of graphics.
Driving in the City by Donna Montgomery
Call Number: 428.64 MONTGOM 2009d
ISBN: 9780194740319
Publication Date: 2009
Finding Good Childcare by Rod Peturson
Call Number: 428.64 PETURSO 2009
ISBN: 9780194740364
Publication Date: 2009

Oxford Bookworms Library from Oxford University Press

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Call Number: 428.64 BULLARD 2007a
ISBN: 9780194237420
Publication Date: 2007
Scotland by Steve Flinders
Call Number: 428.64 FLINDER 2010s
ISBN: 9780194236232
Publication Date: 2010

Raintree Fusion series by Raintree Division of Reed Elsevier

A History of Super Science by Andrew Solway
Call Number: 428.64 SOLWAY 2006h
ISBN: 141091951x
Publication Date: 2005
Voyage of a Light Beam by Andrew Solway
Call Number: 428.64 SOLWAY 2006v
ISBN: 1410919749
Publication Date: 2005

"Research Tools You Can Use" and "Practical Technology" series by Britannica

How Do I Use a Library? by Therese Harasymiw
Call Number: 428.64 HARASYM 2015
ISBN: 9781622753796
Publication Date: 2015
How Do I Use a Dictionary? by Jennifer Landau
Call Number: 423.028 LANDAU 2015
ISBN: 9781622753444
Publication Date: 2015
How Do I Use a Thesaurus? by Susan Meyer
Call Number: 428.64 MEYER 2015
ISBN: 9781622753697
Publication Date: 2015
How Do I Use an Atlas? by Therese Shea
Call Number: 428.64 SHEA-T 2015
ISBN: 9781622753406
Publication Date: 2015
What Is a Search Engine and How Do I Use It? by Leon Gray
Call Number: 428.64 GRAY-L 2014
ISBN: 9781622750818
Publication Date: 2014

Townsend Library series by Townsend Press

Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader by Tanya Savory
Call Number: 428.64 SAVORY 2008
ISBN: 9781591941019
Publication Date: 2008
La Vida Real: True Stories of Latino Students Today by Tanya Savory
Call Number: 428.64 SAVORY 2009L
ISBN: 9781591941798
Publication Date: 2009
Jackie Robinson by Anne E. Schraff
Call Number: 428.64 SCHRAFF 2008j
ISBN: 9781591941026
Publication Date: 2008

"Where Is" Geographical Series from Grosset & Dunlap

Where Is Mount Everest? by Nico Medina and John Hinderliter (Illustrator)
Call Number: 428.64 MEDINA 2015m
ISBN: 9780448484082
Publication Date: 2015
Where Is the Grand Canyon? by Jim O'Connor and Daniel Colón (Illustrator)
Call Number: 428.64 OCONNOR 2015g
ISBN: 9780448483573
Publication Date: 2015

"Writers' Voices" series by New Readers Press

Selected from In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
Call Number: 428.64 GOODALL 1992
ISBN: 9780297865377
Publication Date: 1992
Selected from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Call Number: 428.64 TAN-AMY 1992
ISBN: 092963151X
Publication Date: 1992