School Libraries
At DCA, we are committed to bolstering the success of international school libraries. Our mission is to provide comprehensive support, including enriching content, effective online learning solutions for students and staff, and powerful marketing tools. By partnering with us, international school libraries can thrive, fostering a vibrant learning environment for their community.
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Comics in the Classroom
From graphic novel adaptations of canonical literature and visually engaging personal narratives to curriculum alignment via STEAM and civics, comics and manga have gained popularity in classrooms as supplemental tools to aid in teaching accelerated and reluctant readers of all ages. Comics make a wide range of topics more accessible to students, which in turn improves literacy through better comprehension of text and an increase in reading for pleasure.
Comics Plus offers several free resources to help you bring comics from the library into the classroom, with a range of recommended titles in key subjects for readers at every level.
- Making Classic Literature More Accessible
- Mentor Texts for Personal Narratives
- S.T.E.A.M. Reading Guide
- Constitution Week Reading Guide
Features and Benefits
Available 24/7
Instant access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga.
No Holds List
Unlimited simultaneous use. No waiting for readers or staff.
Perfect for Learning Differences
Readers with autism, dyslexia, or ADHD can develop literacy skills and enjoy reading with reduced frustration.
Inspire Every Reader
Not just for kids. Comics for adults and high level readers.
Address Tough Topics
Titles also focus on social issues like bullying, abuse, and suicide.
Keep Within Budget
Economical subscriptions allow libraries to keep up without straining their budget.
With Comics Plus, your readers can have unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from a variety of library-friendly publishers.
Explore a diverse selection of new and backlist titles from ABDO, Andrews McMeel, BOOM! Studios, Capstone, Dark Horse, Europe Comics, Fantagraphics, Humanoids, Image Comics, Kodansha, Lerner, Manga Classics, Oni Press, Papercutz, Tokyopop, TOON Books, UDON Entertainment, Yen Press, and dozens more.
No holds, wait lists, or monthly borrowing limits—all at a price that won’t break your materials budget.
LOTE4Kids is our online database of digital books in World Languages, that allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English). Each book also comes with English translations to help kids learn language.
LOTE4Kids has 2250+ digital picture books in 60+ languages, with new books and languages released each month to help libraries to provide a more diverse and inclusive library service for their communities.
How LOTE4Kids can help you:
- Grow and diversify your children’s language (LOTE) and digital book collections
- Engage culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families in your communities
- Help ESL kids to learn English while holding onto their mother tongue
- Provide an additional resource for kids learning languages at school.
How do users access LOTE4Kids?
What resources are available for staff?
- Performance utilisation dashboard
- Downloadable marketing collateral
- MARC record requests
Era Books Online provides children with an extensive range of books, games, and activities to improve their reading, writing, and comprehension skills. School libraries can elevate their phonics, literacy, and literature collections with educational books, exercises, and learning guides, created by trusted educators and supported by childhood literacy research.
Transparent Language Online empowers your students to learn anywhere, anytime, for any language goal — in 100+ languages.
TLO caters to whatever your students need, whether they’re just starting out with the alphabet and travel basics or they’re advancing into conversational skills.
Your library staff and patrons alike will enjoy a complete language-learning solution, featuring:
110+ languages from Afrikaans to Zulu, the number of languages available to learners is constantly growing.
Extensive English collection with paired English materials for speakers of 30+ languages, intermediate- and advanced-level courses, an American Citizenship Test Prep course, and more, we have the tools for every English learner.
- Alphabet lessons:
You can’t learn to read or write if you don’t know the alphabet. Get learners started on the right foot with full-length alphabet courses. - 25+ learning activities:
Interactive learning activities encourage learners to practice all four modalities: listening, speaking, reading, and typing. - Mobile learning:
Available in the web browser or in a mobile app on any Internet-connected device—computer, tablet, or phone. - Usage tracking:
An Admin Portal provides real-time, continuously-updated usage reports to help you measure community interest and ROI - Free promotional materials:
A Library Marketing Kit provides what you need to spread the word, from blog posts to posters, social media images, and beyond.
Booki is a new digital web and mobile content platform for libraries. This new platform delivers a curated catalogue of the very best children’s publishing in the world.
Encourage children to develop a love of reading with a library that offers titles perfect for early readers aged 2-10, including both picture and chapter books.
A curated collection of 500+ high quality English and Arabic language children’s books available for both mobile and desktop computers.
Support Language and Literacy Development.
All the content is organised into areas of learning, age, themes and characters making it easy to find what they want and use the materials to support learning at school or at home.
The Booki interface can be localised into any language with multiple options presented to the user via the built in menu.
Booki is a subscription service designed specifically for libraries. No hidden costs, no extra charges, just one simple annual fee for access to the content of your choice.
Moki is the wearable that’s helping schools to get kids moving. Moki inspires and supports active learning for schools by providing an accurate picture of their physical activity.
Using a simple wristband that records a students’ steps and active minutes, Moki offers educators a unique new way to engage children in their health and wellbeing.
A subscription includes a unique active lesson planning creator, and CPD tools for active learning are coming soon.
