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Basic Reads -- Non-Fiction

High interest/low vocabulary books that are suitable for adult new readers or for those who need a quick and easy introduction to a topic. Select a tab for subject areas. All books are available from the State Library through interlibrary loan.

Geography & Travel

Deserts by Sally Wilkins
Call Number: BR 910.02154 Har 2009
ISBN: 9780194236270
Publication Date: 2009-11-23
Two years before the mast by adapted by John M. Hurdy
Call Number: BR 910.45 Hur 1967
ISBN: 082249235X
Publication Date: 1967
Women Explorers in Polar Regions by Margo McLoone
Call Number: BR 910.82091 McL 1997
ISBN: 1560655089
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Titanic by Tim Vicary; Christine Lindop (Editor)
Call Number: BR 910.91634 Vic 2009
ISBN: 9780194236195
Publication Date: 2009-11-30
Women Explorers in Asia by Margo McLoone
Call Number: BR 910.922 McL 1997
ISBN: 1560655062
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Women Explorers in North and South America by Margo McLoone
Call Number: BR 910.922 McL 1997
ISBN: 1560655070
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Women Explorers in Africa by Margo McLoone
Call Number: BR 916.04092 McL 1997
ISBN: 1560655054
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Matthew Henson & Robert Peary by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 919.8 Bar 2007
ISBN: 9781894593663
Publication Date: 2007
Coldest Place on Earth, Level 1 by Oxford University Press Staff (Editor); Jennifer Bassett (Editor); Tim Vicary
Call Number: BR 919.8904 Vic 2008
ISBN: 9780194789035
Publication Date: 2008-03-15

Biography, genealogy, insignias

Grace Darling by Oxford University Press Staff (Editor)
Call Number: BR 920.72 Vic 2008
ISBN: 9780194790611
Publication Date: 2008-03-15

History of Europe

Anne Frank : the diary of a young girl by Mark Falstein
Call Number: BR 940.5318 Fal 1995
ISBN: 0835910660
Publication Date: 1995
Ortona Street Fight by Mark Zuehlke
Call Number: BR 940.54 Zue 2011
ISBN: 9781554693986
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
Mary, Queen of Scots by Oxford University Press Staff (Editor); Jennifer Bassett (Editor)
Call Number: BR 941.10509 Vic 2008
ISBN: 9780194789097
Publication Date: 2008-03-15
Oxford Bookworms Library Second Edition: Stage 2: 700 Headwords: Henry VIII and His Six Wives by Oxford University Press Staff (Editor); Jennifer Bassett (Editor); Janet Hardy-Gould
Call Number: BR 942.05209 Har 2008
ISBN: 9780194790628
Publication Date: 2008-03-15
Love of a King by Oxford University Press Staff (Editor); Jennifer Bassett (Editor)
Call Number: BR 942.08409 Dai 2008
ISBN: 9780194790864
Publication Date: 2008-03-15

History of North America

Louis Riel by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 971 Bar 2006
Publication Date: 2006
Turning tide by Margaret Dornfeld
Call Number: BR 973.0496 Dor 1995
ISBN: 0791022560
Publication Date: 1995
The Community Builders by Pierre N. Hauser
Call Number: BR 973.0496 Hau 1996
ISBN: 0791022676
Publication Date: 1995-11-01
Raised up down South by Lee Sheridan
Call Number: BR 973.0496 Rib 1989
ISBN: 0920013090
Publication Date: 1989
Harriet Tubman by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 973.7115 Bar 2006
Publication Date: 2006
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave by Frederick Douglass ; abridged and adapted by Prescott Hill ; illustrated by Shelley Matheis
Call Number: BR 973.8092 Dou 1995
Publication Date: 1995
Eleanor Roosevelt by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 973.91709 Bar 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Pochohantas by Tim Vicary
Call Number: BR 975.5 Vic 2008
ISBN: 9780194789165
Publication Date: 2008
Life Is So Good by George Dawson; Richard Glaubman
Call Number: BR 976.4192 Daw 2001
ISBN: 9780141001685
Publication Date: 2001-06-01

History of Asia & Far East

Mahatma Gandhi by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 954.03509 Bar 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Soul force : the life of Mahatma Gandhi by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Call Number: BR 954.03509 Ble 1989
ISBN: 0912925825
Publication Date: 1989

History of Africa

Cry Freedom by Oxford University Press Staff (Editor); Jennifer Bassett (Editor)
Call Number: BR Fic Bri 2008
ISBN: 9780194792561
Publication Date: 2009-11-23
Nelson Mandela by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 968.06409 Bar 2009
Publication Date: 2009

History of Other Areas

Mutiny on the Bounty, Level 1 by Oxford University Press Staff (Editor); Jennifer Bassett (Editor); Tim Vicary
Call Number: BR 996.18 Vic 2008
ISBN: 9780194789110
Publication Date: 2008-02-18