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Featured New Children’s & YA Books: December 2019

Featured New Children’s & YA Books: December 2019

Click on the book cover to take you to the UBC Library catalogue record for the item. Share your smile: : Raina’s guide to telling your own story / Raina Telgemeier. PN159 .T45 2019 The good egg / Jory John ; illustrations by Pete Oswald. PZ7 .J62168 Gd 2019 We are okay : a novel / […]

Video showcases how UBC Education Library helps shape academic success

Video showcases how UBC Education Library helps shape academic success

With her practicum just around the corner, Glichelle Pereyra talks to us about her decision to come back to school for a Bachelor of Education, and how the Education Library is helping her succeed. From borrowing Micro-bits to attending workshops, Glichelle gives us insight to how she made the most of what the Library has […]

Collection Spotlight: Winter Wonderland

Collection Spotlight: Winter Wonderland

Our new Collection Spotlight is up.  “Winter Wonderland” is a gathering of children’s books with a winter theme. Primary (K-3) All you need for a snowman    PZ4.9.S344 Al 2002 Bear’s winter party  PZ4.9.H63 Br 2016 Bedtime for Bear   PZ4.9.H45497 Bd 2010 Counting on snow   PZ4.9.N4835 Cn 2010 Every autumn comes the bear   PZ10.3.A86923 Ev […]

Featured New Resources: November 2019

Featured New Resources: November 2019

Click on the book cover to take you to the UBC Library catalogue record for the item. Teaching mathematics in the visible learning classroom, grades K-2 / John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, Kateri Thunder, John Hattie, and Nancy Frey. Call Number: QA135.6 .A46 2019   Puppetry in theatre and arts education : head, hands and heart / […]

Featured New Children’s & YA Books: November 2019

Featured New Children’s & YA Books: November 2019

Click on the book cover to take you to the UBC Library catalogue record for the item. Small in the city / Sydney Smith. Call Number: PZ7.1 .S6566 Sm 2019   The boy at the back of the class / Onjali Q. Raúf ; illustrated by Pippa Curnick. Call Number: PZ7.1 .R375 By 2019   Dreamers […]

The New Great Reads Collection at UBC Education Library

The New Great Reads Collection at UBC Education Library

Have you checked out the new Great Reads collection at the Education Library? Located on the main level of the library, the Great Reads collection features fiction and non-fiction books for adult and young adult audiences. The purpose of the collection is to support the practice of leisure reading. In addition to supporting health and […]

Featured New Arrivals: October 2019

Featured New Arrivals: October 2019

Click on the book cover to take you to the UBC Library catalogue record for the item. Nibi’s water song / Sunshine Tenasco ; illustrated by Chief Lady Bird. Call Number: PZ7 .T26 Nb 2019   Meet Tom Longboat / Elizabeth MacLeod ; illustrated by Mike Deas. Call Number: GV1061.15 .L65 M34 2019   Meet Violet […]

Collection Spotlight: Orange Shirt Day

Collection Spotlight: Orange Shirt Day

Orange Shirt Day is September 30. UBC Library’s research guide has compiled curated lists of materials which address the reality of the Indian Residential Schools. Many include additional resources for teaching or encouraging discussion at home.

Makerspace Kit Bookings Available for Practicum

Makerspace Kit Bookings Available for Practicum

A selection of makerspace kits are available to be booked in advance so that students may plan to use them during their practicum visits. Students may reserve makerspace kits by following the instructions below. Please note that some of the kit components vary slightly. Be sure to review the components of the kit you are interested […]

Collection Spotlight: Science Literacy Week 2019

Collection Spotlight: Science Literacy Week 2019

Science Literacy Week (September 16-22, 2019) is an annual celebration of science in Canada, in which libraries, universities, museums and other partners offer events and displays to highlight research and learning at our institutions.