We’re continuously acquiring new resources here at the OISE Library, and you can check all of them out on the Ground Floor!

Here’s a taste of the new titles from each of our collections:

From the Modern Language Collection, we’ve acquired a new
edition of Language and Minority Rights by Stephen May. The title delves into the field of language rights and language policy, offering a revision of its core arguments and examples. This interdisciplinary analysis of concerns about minority language rights in modern nation-states is a benchmark volume in the field. Language and Power, by Norman Fairclough is an easier guide, but remains an essential introductory textbook to the field of critical discourse analysis. It describes how language functions in power relations in our society, analyzing the way that language can reveal these processes and people can become conscious of, and change them.

From the Children’s Literature Collection, try Otto’s Orange Day by Frank Cammuso and Jay Lynch. This unique dual language book is part of a new phenomenon of “toon books,” these books are specifically designed by educators for emerging readers. The stories are told in comics format, using simplified vocabulary perfect for early readers. This toon book has bilingual readings of the same story, for children to easily flip between learning the French and English versions. The book is one of many new French language children’s books we’ve added to our collection, which also includes such titles as Paul a un travail d’été and Jimmy et le Bigfoot.

If you’re interesting in finding more French language books for your classroom, click here to check out our French Books research guide.

Moving from children’s books to books on learning to teach children, our Curriculum Resources new acquisitions include a short text on Writing and Teaching to Change the World. The text is perfect for preparing courses and professional learning groups by demonstrating what critical pedagogy looks like. It includes prompts and writing exercises, guiding questions, stories of teachers’ and students’ experiences and helpful appendixes, all there to support the instructional practices of K-12 teachers.

For more new books, or to check out these ones, find them on our New Acquisitions shelf on the Ground Floor of the library, just across from the Service Desk.