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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.

Arts

Arts by Lee Paradise
Call Number: BR 700 Par 1981
ISBN: 0883454262
Publication Date: 1981

Music

Singers of the Blues by Frank Surge
Call Number: BR 781.65092 Sur 1969
Publication Date: 1969
Three jazz greats by Wayne Bennett
Call Number: BR 781.65092 Way 1973
Publication Date: 1973

Recreational & Performing Arts

Fast Break by Mel Cebulash
Call Number: BR 796.32309 Ceb 1993
ISBN: 0883367440
Publication Date: 1993-03-01
3rd and Goal by Mel Cebulash
Call Number: BR 796.33209 Ceb 1993
ISBN: 0883367432
Publication Date: 1993-03-01
Althea Gibson by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 796.34209 Bar 2007
ISBN: 9781894593595
Publication Date: 2007
Bases Loaded by Mel Cebulash
Call Number: BR 796.35709 Ceb 1993
ISBN: 0883367424
Publication Date: 1993-03-01
Tom Longboat by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 796.426 Bar 2007
Publication Date: 2007
Faster, higher, stronger by John Lockyer
Call Number: BR 796.48 Loc 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 796.52209 Bar 2007
ISBN: 9781894593656
Publication Date: 2007
Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: Level 3 (1,000 headwords) the Everest Story by Christine Lindop (Editor)
Call Number: BR 796.52209 Vic 2010
ISBN: 9780194236430
Publication Date: 2010-01-11
Muhammed Ali by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 796.83092 Bar 2007
Publication Date: 2007
Lightningstruck by Ashley Mace Havird
Call Number: La 813 Hav 2016
ISBN: 9780881465969
Publication Date: 2016-10-30
Nancy Greene by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 796.93092 Bar 2007
Publication Date: 2007
Wayne Gretzky by Terry Barber
Call Number: BR 796.96209 Bar 2007
Publication Date: 2007