Booksource
Booksource is a leading provider of classroom libraries, specializing in children's and young adult literature, and offers tools and resources to help educators manage and enhance their classroom libraries.
Services
Booksource provides classroom libraries to school districts, literacy coaches, and classroom teachers across the country. They offer a classroom library management tool called Booksource Classroom, which helps teachers inventory, manage, and analyze their classroom libraries. Additionally, Booksource offers Phonics Take Home Packs for PreK-6 students, which include fiction and nonfiction books, graphic novels, summer stories, and a comprehensive workbook. Their platform also provides free teacher resources, personalized assistance, and competitive pricing with up to a 25% discount for educators.
Products
Booksource specializes in children's and young adult literature for classroom use. They offer high-quality, publisher editions of popular books that kids want to read, as well as collections aligned with UFLI (University of Florida Literacy Institute). Their product range includes collections on various subjects such as Diversity & Inclusion, Graphic Novels, High/Low, Phonics & Decodable Texts, Language Arts, SEL & Life Skills, Social Studies, Spanish & ELL, and S.T.E.A.M. Subjects. Booksource also offers collections specifically for New York City-approved curricula and other region-specific needs.
Booksource Classroom
Booksource Classroom is a tool that helps teachers manage their classroom libraries. It lets teachers maintain an online inventory of their books, access title information and reading levels, monitor student reading habits, discover gaps in their libraries, and easily purchase titles to fill those gaps. This tool is designed to make classroom library management more efficient and interactive for both teachers and students.
Educational Collections
Booksource offers a variety of educational collections to meet specific classroom needs. These collections cover a wide range of subjects including Diversity & Inclusion, Graphic Novels, High/Low, Phonics & Decodable Texts, Language Arts, SEL & Life Skills, Social Studies, Spanish & ELL, and S.T.E.A.M. Subjects. The collections are created to align with regional curricula and specific educational standards, including New York City-approved collections.
Support and Resources for Educators
Booksource provides a range of support and resources for educators. This includes free teacher resources, the ability to create and save multiple lists, and the option to check the status of orders through their website. They offer free personalized assistance for getting quotes, custom booklist creation, title recommendations, labeling and sorting options, and coordinating district-wide orders. Booksource also assists in organizing orders efficiently, whether it’s a single box of books or a tractor-trailer filled with multiple orders for different schools and teachers.