Available languages and options
OCLC Language Sets reflect changing demographic and immigration patterns in North America. The available languages represent some of the fastest-growing populations that your library may need to serve. Sets typically include 5, 10, 20, 25, or 50 titles each, depending upon the language, format, or subject.
* South Asian includes your choice of Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Panjabi, Telegu, and Urdu.
Adult Fiction (Sets of 25 or 50 depending upon language)
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese
Description: Developed for your avid readers, this set offers the latest best-sellers and ever-popular titles. Novels, mysteries, romance-all your users' favorite categories are here.
Adult Non-fiction (Set of 25)
Languages: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese
Description: The non-fiction book set gives your adult users more of what they are asking for. Topics include biography, current events, politics, history, cooking, crafts, business, and health.
Adult Mixed (Set of 20, 25 or 50 depending upon language)
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Panjabi, Telegu, and Urdu.
Description: A popular combination of our fiction and non-fiction sets including the latest bestselling novels, mysteries, romance, biography, current events, politics, history, cooking, crafts, business, and health. Sets are approximately 50% fiction and 50% non-fiction.
Children's Mixed (Set of 10 or 25 based on language)
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese
Description: This set includes picture books, early elementary titles, and books for young adults including classic literature, popular translated works, and original works by native authors.
U.S. Citizenship (Set of 10)
Languages: Spanish, Chinese
Description: This set supports a library's efforts to provide information to immigrant populations and support the many outreach activities of the library. In general, the materials deal with obtaining green cards, adjustment of status, non-immigrant and immigrant visas, paying taxes, U.S. history, home ownership, and securing a job.
Cultural Heritage (Set of 25)
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese
Description: This set is designed to appeal to immigrants who are seeking materials to maintain or introduce language learning and cultural heritage to their families. These materials could also be used to promote cross-cultural learning and outreach. Topics include traditional foods, holidays, dances, politics and history. Books are a mix of native, bilingual, and English languages.
Family Health (Set of 25)
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese
Description: This set provides information on all aspects of health, including nutrition, child development, home remedies, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. This subject matter has always been in high demand.
Homework Help for Middle or High School (Set of 10)
Description: The Spanish Homework Help sets were specifically put together to assist Spanish-speaking children with writing book reports, doing science fair projects, or just providing general help with math, history, and science. These materials can be used by Spanish-speaking parents to help their children with homework assignments, or by Spanish-speaking children who may feel more comfortable using reference materials in their native language. The sets are offered annually. We have a limited number of titles in stock, so order today!
Bilingual Children's Books (Set of 20)
Languages: Chinese & Spanish
Description: Develop literacy skills and practice beginning reading with this set of bilingual materials aimed at preschoolers and early elementary ages. Materials include simple stories, alphabet, shapes, and early readers with text in both the native language and English.
Native Author Books for Adults (Set of 25)
Languages: Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Korean, & Japanese
Description: Original works by bestselling authors from China, Russia, India, Korea, Japan, Mexico, and Latin America are featured in this set.
Summer Reading Program (Set of 25)
Languages: Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, Vietnamese, and Russian
Description: Include non-English speaking children in your summer reading program by making available fully illustrated picture books and juvenile materials for elementary and upper elementary in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Russian. Note: Picture books in Hindi and Vietnamese are often illustrated in tri-color with several sentences on each page.
Picture books (Set of 25)
Languages: Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, Vietnamese, and Russian
Description: Support the language and reading development of both the native speaker and heritage language learner with fully illustrated picture books and juvenile readers in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, Vietnamese and Russian. Note: Picture books in Hindi and Vietnamese are often illustrated in tri-color with several sentences on each page.
Young Adults (Set of 20)
Languages: Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Japanese, and Russian
Description: This set of books for young adults includes classic literature, popular translated works, and original works by native authors.
Personal Finance (Set of 20)
Languages: Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Russian
Description: This set is designed to provide guidance to immigrants seeking information on starting a business, understanding the U.S. banking system, economics, managing personal finances, investing, career advancement, and planning for retirement.
DVDs for Adults (Set of 5 or 10 depending upon language)
Languages:Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese (Spanish includes children's titles)
Description: Now you can provide new-release DVDs to your native-speaking users. DVDs for adults give you the high-demand theatrical releases everyone is waiting for. Most selections are sub-titled. The Spanish DVDs for children contain recent-release titles appropriate for young children to teens. All titles are dubbed.
Music CDs for Adults (Set of 20)
Languages: Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, Vietnamese, and Russian
Description: Popular music by some of the hottest selling artists is featured in this set of music CDs.
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