Resources
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- Intercultural Bibliography
- Intercultural bibliography
- A selection of children's books available in French and English
- Book recommendations for preparing for kindergarten
- Suggestions for wordless books
- Book Recommendations for Discussing Reading (Coming Soon)
- Tips and resources from the Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation:
- Tips for multilingual families (French and English) and several other languages (Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Punjabi)
- Screen time during the early years (French and English) and several other languages (Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Punjabi)
- Building language and literacy skills at home (French and English) and in several other languages (Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Punjabi)
- Fostering early relational well-being by reading and looking at books together (in French and English) and several other languages (Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Punjabi)
- "Birth and Growth" materials available for free download in multiple languages (French, English, Arabic, Creole, Spanish, Hindi, Ilnu, Mandarin, Persian, Punjabi, Ukrainian, Urdu)
- Reading tips for parents of children ages 3 to 5.
Ready-to-use kits for early literacy (EL)
Our ÉLÉ kits are designed for use by early childhood professionals, whether in one-on-one sessions or group activities. Each kit contains five books as well as a wide range of educational materials, including numerous activities to do with the children.
JAME has developed 23 resource kits in French and 6 in English, all designed to address the needs expressed by its early childhood partners. The complete list is available below.
Reading Support Kits
JAME has created two beautiful reading guides for early childhood educators. These guides, developed in collaboration with partners, are designed to help facilitate reading sessions for young children using two specific books.
You'll find tips, discussion ideas, language activities, and a wide range of supplementary activities.
These guides were created as part of the “Livre-moi” early reading awareness week, an event organized in the partner neighborhoods of Petite-Bourgogne and Saint-Henri, but are now available to the public. So feel free to use them!
French versions:
- But where is Momo's hair? Stéphanie Boyer, Caroline Hamel
- Elsie. Nadine Robert, Maja Kastelic
English versions
- Where did Momo's hair go? Stéphanie Boyer, Caroline Hamel
- Elsie. Nadine Robert, Maja Kastelic
Whether you’re a parent or a volunteer at JAME, here’s a selection of websites with information on learning to read and how to support a child who is learning to read:
- Quebec Ministry of Education: Fostering Reading Habits in Children
- Network for Educational Success (RIRE): Seven Recommendations for Improving Literacy Among Students in the Early Elementary Grades
- Quebec Center for Educational Success (CTREQ): Partnering with Parents: A Winning Collaboration for Learning to Read
- Informational resources, tips and tricks, and activities for children ages 0–5, 6–9, 10–12, teens, and all ages, on the Literacy Foundation’s website
Whether you're a parent or a volunteer at JAME, here are some resources to help develop a child's literacy skills:
- Alloprof website:
- Youth Communication Website
- Radio Canada's Ohdio website
- Télé-Québec Facebook Page: Parents' Club
Did you know that our children's literature collection contains over 6,000 books?
Each year, between 300 and 400 new titles are added to our library, thanks in part to donations from publishers and several JAME members.
In addition, we regularly purchase new books based on recommendations from our volunteers, new releases, and the values we wish to promote: books featuring characters from diverse backgrounds, books written by Indigenous authors, a variety of non-fiction titles, humorous books, activity books, and more.
We also have a small collection of more “specialized” books for children with various learning disabilities, as well as for the volunteers who work with them.
You’ll be pleasantly surprised to discover “textless” books, sound books, and many others that are truly unique, such as ribbon books and slanted books… Has this piqued your curiosity?!
Access to our library (for JAME volunteers)
Did you know that volunteers and children worked together to create 15 original children's books?
