Books for Adult Learners

The Ohio Literacy Resource Center has published two lists of books reviewed by adult literacy professionals and recommended for use in adult literacy programs. Many of the books are for new adult learners and can be found in your local library.

When you go into the site, you can select categories such as historical fiction, photographic, biography, wordless, easy reading and more.  There are also titles based on the GED test subject areas.  Easy reading  lists titles for low level readers. At the bottom of the page, you can select the type of reader to help find the "right" book.

Libraries could help their local literacy program by adding subject categories for each of these titles they own into their automated catalog.  If they add a consistent heading, it would help tutors and students find these books.

Ideally, all libraries across the United States would have one consistent heading for their adult literacy collection.  Everyone uses something different which makes it difficult to find these titles.