CLASSROOM KIT
Our Classroom Kits are designed for your classroom needs. These multi-copy and themed kits are readily available at your request. Each kit contains a variety of materials suitable for a specific grade level. Submit your Classroom Kit request using the form below and you will be contacted by a BCLS staff member when your form has been received.
- Kits may be borrowed by educators, school librarians and homeschool families in Burlington County, excluding schools in Moorestown, Mount Laurel, and Willingboro.
- You must have an active library card to utilize the service.
- You will be notified within 3 to 4 days that the kit is ready for pickup at the library of your choice. Kits are available for check out at select library locations.
- If the kit is unavailable, you will be notified by staff and your name will be placed on a reserve list. A kit listed online does not mean it is available at the time of the request.
- Kits may be borrowed for six weeks and cannot be renewed, but borrowing time may be extended if there is no waitlist for that kit. One kit may can be checked out at a time.
- Please note there is a $1.00 fine each day the kit is late.
Within the multi-copy book kits you will find 30 copies of the listed titles.
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- Frindle by Andrew Clements
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
- Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
- Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Best for all ages.
1. Westcott Green Screen
2. Photo Key 6 Lite software
Best for elementary school students.
- Dash & Dot Robot Wonder Pack
- Challenge Cards for Dash
- Dot Creativity Kit
Best for elementary school students.
- Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
- My Granny Went to Market by Stella Blackstone
- Walk this World by Jenny Broom
- Children Around the World by Donata Montanari
- National Geographic Kids World Atlas by National Geographic
- Kids Around the World Celebrate: The Best Feasts and Festivals from Many Lands by Lynda Jones
- Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures by Jan Reynolds
- This is Britain by Miroslav Sasek
- This is Australia by Miroslav Sasek
- Maps by Alexandra and Daniel Mizielinska
- This is Ireland by Miroslav Sasek
- Find out about France by Duncan Crosbie
- Japan (Countries) by Christine Juarez
- Mexico (Countries) by Christine Juarez
- Italy (Country Explorers) by Madeline Donaldson
- Scholastic True Books:
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- Africa
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- Asia
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- North America
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- Greece
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- India
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- Europe
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- South America
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- Iraq
- Putumayo Kids Presents: World Sing Along (CD)
*A world map is included in the kit.
Best for elementary-early middle school students.
- Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales
- My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz by Monica Brown
- Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx by Jonah Winter
- Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes by Juan Felipe Herrera
- Abuela by Arthur Dorros
- Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull
- My Name is Gabito: The Life of Garbiel Garcia Marquez by Monica Brown
- A Kid’s Guide to Latino History by Valerie Petrillo
- Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
- Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Dancing Home by Alma Flor Ada
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
- I Am Roberto Clemente by Jim Gigliotti
- Who Was Frida Kahlo? By Sarah Fabiny
- How Tía Lola Learned to Teach by Julia Alvarez
- How Tía Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez
- Yes! We are Latinos: Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy
- Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown
- Me, Frida by Amy Novesky
- Tito Puente: Mambo King by Monica Brown
- The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sis
- Latin Playground by Putumayo Kids (CD)
- Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh (CD)
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (CD)
- The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sis (CD)
Best for upper elementary-early middle school students.
- Blizzard! The Storm that Changed America by Jim Murphy
- Tornado! The Story Behind These Twisting, Turning, Spinning, and Spiraling Storms by Judith Fradin
- Weather (Basher Basics) by Dan Green
- Inside Hurricanes (Inside Series) by Mary Kay Carson
- Natural Disasters (DK Eyewitness) by Claire Watts
- Everything Weather: Facts, Photos, and Fun That Will Blow You Away by Kathy Furgang
- Hurricane and Tornado (DK Eyewitness) by Jack Challoner
- Weather (DK Eyewitness) by Brian Cosgrove
- The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder by Mark Cassino
- Weather (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon
- Tornadoes by Seymour Simon
- Hurricanes (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon
- Lightning (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon
- Weather Projects for Young Scientists: Experiments and Science Fair Ideas by Mary Kay Carson
- The Secret Life of a Snowflake by Kenneth Libbrecht
- Bill Nye the Science Guy: Storms and Atmosphere (DVD)
- National Geographic: Forces of Nature (DVD)
- DK Eye Witness : Weather (DVD)
- Weather Fundamentals: Hurricanes and Tornadoes (Science Library DVD)
*A weather experiment kit is included.
Best for upper elementary-middle school students.
- Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman
- One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia
- Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
- Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Miles to go for Freedom: Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Era by Linda Barrett Osborne
- Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
- We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson
- Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories by Ellen Levine
- They Had a Dream: The Civil Rights Movement from Frederick Douglass…Malcom X by Jules Archer
- Black Stars of the Civil Rights Movement by Jim Haskins
- Who Was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
- Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr? by Bonnie Bader
- The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement by Taylor Branch
- Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks
- I Have a Dream by Kadir Nelson (Kit)
- Historical Icons: Martin Luther King, Jr. (DVD)
- Historical Icons: Rosa Parks (DVD)
- Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement (DVD series)
- A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Audio CD)
Best for upper elementary-early middle school students.
- Fairy Tales Problem Solving STEM Kits
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- The Three Little Pigs
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears sequencing cards and CD
- The Billy Goats Gruff sequencing cards and CD
- The Three Little Pigs sequencing cards and CD
- Scholastic Storytime STEM Folk & Fairy Tales
Best for middle school students.
- Native Women of Courage by Kelly Fournel
- Native American Men of Courage by Vincent Schilling
- The Last Comanche Chief: The Life and Times of Quanah Parker by Bill Neeley
- Unsung Heroes of World War II: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers by Deanne Durrett
- They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths by Jean Guard Monroe and Ray A. Williamson
- Jim & Me by Dan Gutman
- Chief Joseph: The Voice for Peace by Lorraine Jean Hopping
- Crazy Horse: Young War Chief by George E. Stanley
- Geronimo: Young Warrior by George E. Stanley
- Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy by Augusta Stevenson
- Who Was Sitting Bull? By Stephanie Spinner
- Who Was Maria Tallchief? By Catherine Gourley
- Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
- Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
- Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond by Joseph Medicine Crow
- Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain: The Story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce by Agnieszka Biskup
- Native American History for Kids with 21 Activities by Karen Bush Gibson
- Jim Thorpe, Original All American Hero by Joseph Bruchac
- How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story by Tim Tingle
- Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
- Saga of the Sioux by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
- My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
- Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
- Black Elk’s Vision: A Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson
- Children of the Midnight Sun: Young Native Voices of Alaska by Tricia Brown
- North American Indian by David Murdoch
- Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes by Carl Waldman
- Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People by S.D. Nelson
- We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes by PBS Home Video (3 DVDs)
Best for middle school students.
- With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote by Ann Bausum
- A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War by Ina Chang
- Black Stars: African American Women Scientists and Inventors by Otha Richard Sullivan
- Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures by Karen Bush Gibson
- Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by Penny Colman
- Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared To Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
- Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America’s Pioneering Woman in Space by Tam O’Shaughnessy
- A Woman in the House and Senate: How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country by Ilene Cooper
- Rad American Women A to Z by Kate Schatz
- Radioactive!: How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World by Winifred Conkling
- Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women by Catherine Thimmesh
- Magnificent Minds: 16 Pioneering Women in Science and Medicine by Pendred E. Noyce
- Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High by Melba Pattillo Beals
- Freedom Heroines by Frieda Wishinsky
- Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice by Phillip Hoose
- Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas by Jum Ottavian and Maris Wicks
- Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies and Medics by Kathryn J. Atwood
- I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick
- A History of Women’s Achievement in America hosted by Donna Mills (DVD set)
Best for upper elementary-high school students.
- Fluorescent Mineral Kit
- Fluorescent Minerals Kit Guide (Home Science Tools)
- The Story of Fluorescence by Harry C. Wain (Home Science Tools)
- Long Wave Fluorescence Collection
- Ultraviolet (Longwave) Lamp Mini Black Light
- Four (4) AA batteries
- Fossil Study Kit
- Rock, Fossil, and Mineral Collections
- Igneous Rock Collection (15 specimens)
- Sedimentary Rock Collection (15 specimens)
- Metamorphic Rock Collection (15 specimens)
- General Fossil Collection (15 specimens)
- Colorful Mineral Collection (15 specimens)
- Geology Lab for Kids: 52 Projects to Explore Rocks, Gems, Geodes, Crystals, Fossils, and Other Wonders of the Earth’s Surface (Lab Series) by Garret Romaine
- National Geographic Kids: Everything Rocks and Minerals by Steve Tomecek
Best for middle-high school students.
1. Carolina™ Forensics Mystery with Synthetic Blood Kit
2. Carolina™ Who Owns These Bones? Kit
3. Carolina™ Basics Fingerprinting Kit
4. Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Labs for Grades 6-12 by Pam Walker and Elaine Wood
Best for upper middle-high school students.
- Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures by Menn Metselaar
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayer
- Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
- I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust by Livia Bitton Jackson
- Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust by Allan Zullo
- Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
- Broken Memory: A Novel of Rwanda by Elisabeth Combres
- A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
- The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp by James M. Deem
- Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of the Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust by Doreen Kappaport
- Alive in the Killing Fields by Nawuth Keat
- Genocide by Mark. D. Friedman
- The Rwanda Genocide by Don Nardo
- Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormack
- The Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian
- First Person Singular: Eli Wiesel (DVD)
- Frontline: On Our Watch (DVD)
Best for upper elementary-high school students.
- Two (2) Evo App-Connected Coding Robots (White)
- One (1) Evo App-Connected Coding Robot (Black)
- Two (2) Ozobot Bit Coding Robots (Blue)
- One (1) Ozobot Bit Coding Robot (White)
- Three (3) sets of Washable Color Code Markers
- Three (3) sets of Ozobot Color Code Stickers
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