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Library - Bookstores & Publishers

It is MEP/STBP's intention to be a source of information for districts, schools, teachers/staff, and parents in their quest to find effective ways to meet the needs of migrant and LEP students.  Being present or absent from the Library's Publisher List is neither a sign of endorsement nor non-endorsement by MEP/STBP.  If you are interested in having MEP/STBP list a favorite publisher, bookstore, etc., please contact OSPI's Migrant Education Program  for details.

Cultura Latina Bookstore and Art Gallery's mission is to promote English and Spanish literacy and to serve the reading needs of all those interested in Latino culture and customs.

It features books by and about Latinos in original language and in translation from all sectors of the Latino community and o specializes in children's books from Pre-K to 12th in Spanish, English and Bilingual editions.

NCELA's Publishers & Distributors List 
        General K-12 Publishers
        Spanish / Bilingual
        Asian Languages / Bilingual
        Native American
        Middle East and Arabic
        Eastern European
        Multicultural/Multilingual
        ESL & Foreign Language
        Professional & Reference
        Testing & Test Preparation

The National Academy Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.

• Alta Book Center Publishers  -  Alta describes itself as "the largest source of ESL books and materials in the world".  This website is one of the few I encountered which is dedicated to ESL materials.  The website contains extensive ordering information and information about the publisher's free examination program.
• Celebration Press  -  This is one of the most comprehensive and best organized web sites for ESL teaching resources.  The ESL resources described on this web site are generally extensive programs.  
• Continental Book Company  -  The Continental Book Company web site discusses a large number of ESL and bilingual education books (substantially more than most of the other websites which I reviewed).  The books are listed by suggested age groups which makes it fairly easy to identify books at an appropriate level for your ESL class.  The languages represented in their products are English, French, German and Spanish.  The resources span the entire levels of public school (K-12). The web site also describes several dual language books. 
• Hampton-Brown Books  -  A good web site for ESL books which is fairly easy to use. The web site is generally focused on learning systems in which resources are packaged into programs of dozens of books, posters, audio and video cassettes, and flash cards.  Purchase of individual books does not seem to be an option.  The programs are divided into three levels: K, 1-2, and 3-6.
• Lectorum Publications, Inc.  -  While this web site is primarily about bilingual books published by Lectorum, it also provides several books under the category "Supplementary Materials" for ESL.  The suggested age group is given as grades 7 - 12.
• Peguis Publishers  -  This web site has been prepared by a Canadian publisher which specializes in teacher resource books for English-language instruction in the elementary grades.  It also contains books about assessment, ESL, and science.  The current content of this web site provides information about books related to teaching in the ESL classroom (one seems particularly interesting: The More-Than Just Surviving Handbook - ESL for Every Classroom Teacher by Barbara Law and Mark Eckes.)  
• Prentice Hall Regents  -  This web site provides basic information about ESL resources, including books, programs, audio and video cassettes, and CD-ROMS for elementary, middle and high schools published by Prentice Hall Regents.  One of the best thing about this web site is the presence of other education related web pages within it.  There is also a good description of what the web site calls an "Integrated Theme-based and Literature-based English Language Acquisition Program, including Print Materials and CD-ROMS".
• Saddleback Educational, Inc.  -  This web site provides a description of ESL and Spanish materials for elementary, middle, high school, and adult education.  ESL resource materials include "Easy-to-Read Classics, History, Language Arts and Life Skills".   In its "Multicultural: ESL" section, it describes two interesting beginner and intermediate level ESL programs.  One of these programs is designed to present "basic cultural information, factual content, and life skills necessary for understanding and survival in the United States".  The second program goes into each of these areas in more detail.
• Selected Links for ESL Students  -  This web site, which is maintained by the Internet TESL Journal, provides a variety of ESL resources.  It includes everything from individual ESL texts to current events information to downloadable resources for use in the ESL classroom.  The web site provides a section entitled Communicating with Others which provides web sites where you can chat with other ESL teachers in real time over the Internet.

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