The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (Books BC) has released the 2024-25 edition of the Books for Schools database. Books for Schools helps B.C. and Canadian publishers reach the K–12 market while providing educators across Canada with a free community resource for the K–12 audience.

The BC Books for Schools and Indigenous Books for Schools collections have been association initiatives since 2007. Both collections are now available as a combined database on BooksForSchools.ca. Updated annually, the database has a total of 324 titles in the BC Books for Schools collection and 260 titles in the Indigenous Books for Schools collection.

“We are incredibly proud of the evolution of this book program, which began as print catalogues mailed to every school in BC and has now become a free searchable database,” Leslie Bootle, executive director of Books BC, said in a press release. “It’s the easiest way to find B.C. books for B.C. students, as recommended by B.C. teachers and with links to curriculum.”

Titles in the database are selected and evaluated by qualified K-12 educators from the province and include a descriptive review, grade level and curriculum matches, and theme mapping. The titles in the Indigenous Books for Schools collection undergo an evaluation process developed by the program’s lead education consultant Jackie Lever based on Dr. Greg Younging’s Elements of Indigenous Style.