To increase our children’s literacy in Arabic, Scholastic has created a package of 30-40 books per grade with 5 copies per book called My Arabic Library. For order information please give us a call at 703-856-7005.

Below is a description of the package as well as an information 13 minute video.

My Arabic Library

     My Arabic Library is a unique educational project developed by Scholastic to encourage a love of reading and learning in children across the Arabic-speaking world. Te program has been created to fll a well-documented need for highquality Arabic-language classroom titles with great appeal to children.
Every grade level library is comprised of a selection of best-selling Scholastic highinterest fction and nonfction titles, each carefully chosen and translated by Arabic education professionals. My Arabic Library includes a complete classroom library for each grade level 1 through 6. Each of these classroom libraries will consist of 40 titles for Grades 1 to 3 and 30 titles for grades 4 to 6 with subjects ranging from science, geography, biography, history, folk tales, to contemporary and classic fiction.
      Five classroom-quality paperbacks of each title are included in an attractive and durable library box. Many of the titles feature striking color photographs and/or illustrations to accompany the text. A colorful poster displaying the book covers of all titles in the library is also provided with each grade-level library. Tis poster can be displayed in the classroom and serves as a focal point in teaching the My Arabic Library program. It will help teachers and students organize their reading and also heighten the students’ interest in the titles.
      My Arabic Library is supported by a comprehensive Teacher Training program, which has been created and developed exclusively for the teachers who will be using My Arabic Library in their classrooms. Incorporating the most up-to-date teaching methods, this training program includes strategies and exercises drawn from the actual titles in the classroom libraries. At the core of both the classroom library and the training program is the Teacher’s Guide. This instructional manual provides the teacher with suggestions on all aspects of promoting reading in their classrooms. It includes many lessons and activities relating directly to the titles in My Arabic Library.