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Cover of the 2025/26 Alberta Books for Schools CatalogueAlberta Books for Schools is an annual project from the Book Publishers Association of Alberta which matches Alberta-published books to the Alberta K-12 curriculum. 

Titles are evaluated by The Alberta Library and undergo curriculum mapping before being featured in a digital catalogue and added to an online database of titles. Users can quickly search the database by curriculum connection, grade level, genre, format (print, audiobook, eBook), and language to quickly find an Alberta-published book that is perfect for the classroom!

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Alberta Books for Schools 2025/26

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is pleased to announce the release of the 2025/26 Alberta Books for Schools digital catalogue and updated digital database, a resource designed for educators, libraries, and booksellers to discover Alberta-published books. The new edition of the catalogue features more than 65 titles, and the digital database has been expanded over 200 titles.

Download the PDF Media Release.

Discover more at ABBooksForSchools.ca!

To view the catalogue in a larger screen, click here.

To access this catalogue in BNC Catalist, click here.

Past Editions

2024/25 catalogue

2023/2024 catalogue

2022/2023 catalogue

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