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LINC and EAL

A guide for students in Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) and English as an Additional Language (EAL)

Welcome to the LINC Online Library

Welcome to the LINC and English as an additional language guide.

You can find information, books, and websites to help you learn.

Here are some types of stories you can read online! Go to your CLB level and choose a story.

CLB 1   CLB 2    CLB 3    CLB 4    CLB 5    CLB 6    CLB 7-8    CLB 9-10

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How to borrow books

How to find eBooks

How to watch popular movies

eBooks for CLB 1

Reading Skills Stories

Phonics Stories
Interactive Foundational Stories
Canadian Indigenous Readers

Tar Heel Reader

Free Online Stories

Online Story books

Growing readers!

Print Books for CLB 1

eBooks for CLB 2

Reading Skills Stories

Phonics Stories
Interactive Foundational Stories
Canadian Indigenous Readers

Seven Teachings Stories

Seven Anishinaabe Teachings

Reading Planet - Pink C

Phonics in context

The Thing on the Wing Can Sing

Short Vowel Sounds Book with Consonant Digraphs

Print Books for CLB 2

eBooks for CLB 3

LifeStories 1

General Fiction

Photo Finish

Adventure - Crime

Sara Says No!

General Fiction

Ski Race

General Fiction

L.A. Detective

Adventure - Crime

Moving in / Pack Up

life-skills topic & story

Planning to Save / Something Big

life-skills topic & story

The Heights series

Adventure - Fiction

River

Adventure

Swamp

Adventure - Suspence

Twister

Adventure

Sail

Adventure

Activists Series

hoopla - 16 stories

Maple Leaf Series

hoopla - 6 stories

Entertainers Series

hoopla - 4 stories

Women Who Inspire Series

hoopla - 4 stories

Stranded

Thriller

The Rules Have Changed

science fiction / thriller

Alaska's Iditarod

Sports, Nonfiction

Print Books for CLB 3

eBooks for CLB 4

Print Books for CLB 4

eBooks for CLB 5

Anna Sweet Mysteries

Mystery - 8 Stories

A Christmas Carol

General fiction

The Clear-Out

General fiction

Coyote's Song

General fiction

Cricket Magazine

illustrated stories 650L - 850L

Epic Game

General fiction

Hamlet

General fiction

Jumped In

General fiction

LifeStories 2

General fiction

Listen!

General fiction

Missing

History

Orca Sports Series

General fiction - 12 stories

The Promise

General fiction

Tales of Wonder

General fiction

The Way It Works

General Fiction

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 300L - 700L

All Good Children

Science Fiction

Baygirl

Fiction

Allegra

Fiction

Elephant Mountains

Adventure - Thriller

Escape Velocity

Fiction - Adventure

A Thousand Shades of Blue

Fiction - Adventure

Stuffed

Fiction

Print Books for CLB 5

eBooks for CLB 6

Battle Cry at Batoche

General fiction - history

Book of Trees

General fiction

The Breadwinner

General fiction

Deadly Storms

Non-fiction

The Drop

General fiction

From Scratch

General fiction

In from the Cold

General fiction

Italian Cure

Romance - humour

Miracleville

General fiction

Orca Young Readers

Adventure - 5 Books

Portrait of a Lady

General fiction

No Return Address

General fiction

The Reunion

General fiction

Rooms with a View

General Fiction

Seven Series Collection

Adventure - Mystery

Treasure of Monte Cristo

Adventure - Mystery

Tribb's Troubles

General fiction

Yossi's Goal

General fiction

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1050L

War of the Eagles

Historical Fiction

Caged Eagles

Historical Fiction

Before Wings

Fiction - Fantasy

Lost

Adventure - Mystery

Stolen

Mystery

Bones

Mystery

Taste of Rain

Historical Fiction

Weird Rules to Follow

Fiction - Indigenous

What World Is Left

Historical Fiction

Death Benefits

fiction - humour

Exposed

fiction - crime

Print Books for CLB 6

eBooks for CLB 7-8

Blank

General fiction

Fahrenheit 451

Science fiction

Hairdresser of Harare

General fiction - humour

Heidi

General fiction

Leaving Fletchville

General fiction

LifeStories 3

General fiction

Little Women

General fiction

Lost in the Backyard

Adventure - humour

Not a Chance

General fiction

Secrets Boxed Set

General fiction - Mystery

Seven Series Collection

Adventure - Mystery

Short Stories

Story - interactive exercises

Something Noble

General fiction

This Place I Call Home

General fiction - stories

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1200L

Worst Date Ever

Romance - Humour

Whisper

Science Fiction

Redwing

Fantasy

Juggling Fire

Fiction - Adventure

Waiting for Sarah

Fiction - Romance

Voice of the Valley

Fiction - Romance

Bonemender's Oath

Fantasy - Book 2

Bonemender's Choice

Fantasy - Book 3

Unleashed

Thriller

Escalate

Thriller

Frozen

Historical fiction

Print Books for CLB 7-8

eBooks for CLB 9-10

Alif the Unseen

Science fiction

Animal Farm

Classic fiction

Camp Nine

General fiction - History

Cold Mountain

Fiction - history

Frankenstein

Science fiction

Generation Us

Non-fiction

Ortona Street Fight

Non-fiction - History

Precipice

General fiction

Refugee Boy

General fiction

Salmon Bears

Non-fiction

Short Stories

Story & interactive exercises

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1300L

Voice of the River

General fiction

What World Is Left

Historical Fiction

The Lottery

Science Fiction

Justice Trilogy

Fantasy - Science Fiction

Keyword Cypher #1

Mystery - Adventure

Finding Home

Non-fiction - Stories

Print Book for CLB 9-10

Print Books for CLB 9-10

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