Books for Adult Learners

Books for Adult Learners2020-07-22T11:54:29+12:00
409, 2024

Extraordinary

By |September 4th, 2024|Categories: Books|Comments Off on Extraordinary

One of a series of new professionally printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. A Literacy Waitākere learner writes about her life with cerebral palsy and asks readers to see her abilities rather than her disabilty. Price $15.50 plus postage

409, 2024

The River

By |September 4th, 2024|Categories: Books|Comments Off on The River

One of a series of new professionally printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. A young Literacy Waitākere learner writes about her connection with the Waikato River. Price $15.50 plus postage

2402, 2023

Turtles and Fish

By |February 24th, 2023|Categories: Books|Comments Off on Turtles and Fish

One of a series of new professionally printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. There are two stories in this book. In the first, a Literacy Waitākere learner writes about caring for some baby turtles in Tuvalu. This story has original illustrations by a Literacy Waitākere tutor. The second story is about a [...]

2402, 2023

My Working Life

By |February 24th, 2023|Categories: Books|Comments Off on My Working Life

One of a series of new professionally printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. A Literacy Waitākere learner writes about her time working at Kinleith, and then about what New Lynn was like when she was working at the Crown Lynn factory in the 1960s. Price $15.50 plus postage

2402, 2023

Encounters with Nature in Aotearoa

By |February 24th, 2023|Categories: Books|Comments Off on Encounters with Nature in Aotearoa

One of a series of new professionally printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. In the two stories in this book, a Māori learner at Literacy Waitākere writes about an encounter in Kāingaroa, and free-diving in Tākou Bay in the Far North. Price $15.50 plus postage

1102, 2022

The Big Wave

By |February 11th, 2022|Categories: Books|Comments Off on The Big Wave

One of a series of new professionally printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. A Literacy Waitākere tutor experienced a tsunami while on holiday in Samoa with her family and decided to make a story about it for her learners. A free extra with this story (on request) is a PDF of adult literacy activities [...]

2904, 2012

Catch of the Day

By |April 29th, 2012|Categories: Books|Comments Off on Catch of the Day

These books have been written by adult literacy students for beginning adult readers.  Each book has a vibrant, colourful cover and a compilation of four illustrated stories. "Easy to ready stories that you can relate to.  Not too long, with pictures that help you understand what the story is about." Women's Literacy Group, West Auckland [...]

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