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LINC English Beginner

A guide for students in Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC).

Welcome to the LINC English Beginner Research Guide.

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

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

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eBooks for CLB 1

ESL Literacy Readers

Level A - B - C - D

Online Story books

Growing readers!

Tar Heel Reader

Free Online Stories

First Class Phonics

Synthetic Phonics

Rising Stars Reading Planet Ser. - LILAC

Reading-Phonetic method-Juvenile literature

Sounds Like Reading ® Ser.

Reading-Phonetic method

eBooks for CLB 2

ESL Literacy Readers

Level A - B - C - D

Soft Skills at Work Series

hoopla - 6 Stories

Romance Series

hoopla - 8 Stories

Animals Series

hoopla - 11 Stories

Be the Judge Series

hoopla - 8 Stories

Health Series

hoopla - 4 Stories

How-to Series

hoopla - 8 Stories

Humour Series

hoopla - 8 Stories

Volunteer Series

hoopla - 6 Stories

Seven Teachings Stories

The Seven Teaching of the Anishinaabe.

eBooks for CLB 3

ESL Literacy Readers

Level E - F -G

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

nonfiction life-skills topic & fiction story

Community Services / a New Home

nonfiction life-skills topic & fiction story

Organizing for Success in School / Make the Grade

nonfiction life-skills topic & fiction story

Smart Grocery Shopping / Smart Shop

nonfiction life-skills topic & fiction story

Finding a Place to Live / a Place of Our Own

nonfiction life-skills topic & fiction story

Planning to Save / Something Big

nonfiction life-skills topic & fiction story

Doing Household Chores / Keep It Clean

nonfiction life-skills topic & fiction story

Finding and Keeping a Job / Ready to Work

nonfiction life-skills topic & fiction story

Starting at a New School / Fitting In

nonfiction life-skills topic & fiction story

Cooking Your Own Meals / Dinner Is Served

nonfiction life-skills topic & fiction story

The Heights series

Adventure - Fiction
5 Books

River

Adventure

Swamp

Adventure - Suspence

Twister

Adventure

Sail

Adventure

eBooks for CLB 4

All Night

General Fiction

Anna and the Fighter

General Fiction

Area 51

Non-fiction

Botchan

General Fiction

Cricket Magazine

illustrated stories 450L - 750L

ESL Literacy Readers

Level E - F -G

Good Wives

Romance

New Year's Eve

General Fiction

Picture This

Adventure

Three Feathers

General fiction - crime

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 200L - 500L

Wildcat Run

Adventure

The Wherewood

Fantasy

Book 1

The Ooze

Science Fiction

Trapped

Adventure

Grave Message

Thriller - Fantasy

Willpower

Science Fiction

The Overwood

Fantasy

Book 3

Alien Road

Science Fiction

B Negative

Fiction

Dreaming in Color

Fiction - Indigenous

Cellular

Fiction

Crime Club

Mystery

Sulfur Heart

Fiction - Crime

VCR from Beyond

Mystery - Science fiction

Cloud Warrior

Adventure

Juba Good

Fiction - Crime

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

Shipwreck

Mystery

Tales of Wonder

General fiction

The Way It Works

General Fiction

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 300L - 700L

Sink or Swim

Adventure

All Good Children

Science Fiction

Baygirl

Fiction

Allegra

Fiction

The Elephant Mountains

Adventure - Thriller

Escape Velocity

Fiction - Adventure

A Thousand Shades of Blue

Fiction - Adventure

Stuffed

Fiction

Careful What You Wish For

Fiction - Fantasy

eBooks for CLB 6

Battle Cry at Batoche

General fiction - history

The 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

The Picture of Nobody

General fiction

The Portrait of a Lady

General fiction

No Return Address

General fiction

The Reunion

General fiction

Rooms with a View

General Fiction

The Seven Series Collection

Adventure - Mystery

The Treasure of Monte Cristo

Adventure - Mystery

Tribb's Troubles

General fiction

Yossi's Goal

General fiction

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1050L

Guardians of Porthaven

Science Fiction

Infiltrate

Thriller

Exposed

Thriller

Away Running

Fiction-Adventure

The Middle of Everywhere

Fiction - Adventure

War of the Eagles

Historical Fiction

Caged Eagles

Historical Fiction

Before Wings

Fiction - Fantasy

Lost

Adventure - Mystery

Stolen

Mystery

Bones

Mystery

The Taste of Rain

Historical Fiction

Weird Rules to Follow

Fiction - Indigenous

What World Is Left

Historical Fiction

Temple Alley Summer

Fantasy - Mystery

When Dimple Met Rishi

Romance - Humour

eBooks for CLB 7

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Best Girl

Mystery

Blank

General fiction

Desert Legends Trilogy

General fiction - history

Dirty Work

Mystery

Fahrenheit 451

Science fiction

Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine

Stories level 750L - 1050L

The Hairdresser of Harare

General fiction - humour

Heidi

General fiction

Juba!

hoopla - General Fiction

Just Gone

Mystery

Leaving Fletchville

General fiction

LifeStories 3

General fiction

Little Women

General fiction

Lost in the Backyard

Adventure - humour

Not a Chance

General fiction

The Secrets Boxed Set

General fiction - Mystery

The Seven Series Collection

Adventure - Mystery

Short Stories

Each story has interactive exercises to help you understand and use the language.

Something Noble

General fiction

This Place I Call Home

General fiction - stories

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1200L

Worst Date Ever

Romance - Humour

The Third Act

Historical Fiction

Drawn Away

Fantasy

Whisper

Science Fiction

Redwing

Fantasy

Juggling Fire

Fiction - Adventure

Waiting for Sarah

Fiction - Romance

Voice of the Valley

Fiction - Romance

The Bonemender's Oath

Fantasy
Book 2

Unleashed

Thriller

Escalate

Thriller

Frozen

Historical fiction

eBooks for CLB 8-9

Alif the Unseen

Science fiction

Animal Farm

Classic fiction

Camp Nine

General fiction - History

Cold Mountain

Fiction - history

Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine

Stories level 1000L - 1200L

Frankenstein

Science fiction

Generation Us

Non-fiction

Ortona Street Fight

Non-fiction - History

Precipice

General fiction

Refugee Boy

General fiction

The Salmon Bears

Non-fiction

Sense and Sensibility

General fiction

Short Stories

Each story has interactive exercises to help you understand and use the language.

A Tale of Two Cities

General fiction

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1300L

The Voice of the River

General fiction

What World Is Left

Historical Fiction

Audacious

Fiction

The Lottery

Science Fiction

Raybearer

Fantasy

Cold White Sun

Hoopla: Fiction - Ethiopia

 

The Justice Trilogy

Fantasy - Science Fiction

Keyword Cypher #1

Mystery - Adventure

Finding Home

Non-fiction - Stories

Racing North

Adventure - Romance

Persephones Choice

Fiction - Romance

Print Books by CLB level

Here are some books you can borrow from the library! Click on the tab for your CLB level and choose a print book.

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

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