AECENL’s PL Lending Library now has a collection of books on various early learning and child care topics! These books are free to borrow from the AECENL office and are eligible for professional learning hours with the completion of a reflective form.
All you need to borrow a book is to fill out a Bookshelf Lending Library Form, submit a retaining fee (cheque or money e-transfer) to cover the cost of the book + shipping should it be damaged or lost. The retaining fee will be reimbursed once the book is returned to AECENL.
Planning on borrowing a book to gain professional learning hours? Once you have read the book complete the reflection form, answer the 5 reflective questions and submit to registrar@aecenl.ca for verification. If your certification is up for renewal, please be sure to submit your reflective questions in time for review!
Interested in a book from AECENL’s Bookshelf but don’t need the PL hours? That’s okay! You’re welcome to borrow a book for your own learning purposes; submission of lending form and retaining fee applies.
Want to borrow a book but live outside the Metro region? AECENL is working with the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Libraries to make these books accessible to ECEs across the province as soon as possible! Stay tuned for more details.
See below for AECENL’s current selection of books and check back for new selections as they become available:
Children’s Interests, Inquiries and Identities: Curriculum, Pedagogy, Learning and Outcomes in the Early Years by Helen Hedges
6 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee $65
Lending time: 4 weeks
Decolonizing Place in Early Childhood Education by Fikile Nxumalo
4 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $85
Lending time: 3 weeks
Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Education Programs: A Guide for Change by Louise Derman-Sparks, Debbie Leekeenan and John Nimmo
6 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $50
Lending time: 4 weeks
Naturally Inclusive – Engaging Children of All Abilities Outdoors by Ruth Wilson, PhD
6 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining fee: $70
Lending time: 4 weeks
Supporting Gender Diversity in Early Childhood Education: A Practical Guide by Julie Nicholson, Julia Hennock, et al.
7 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $50
Lending time: 4 weeks
Trauma-Informed Practices for Early Childhood Educators: Relationship-Based Approaches that Support Healing and Build Resilience in Young Children by Julie Nicholson, Linda Perez, et. Al.
8 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $55
Lending time: 4 weeks
Understanding Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood Education: Revealing and Reflecting on High Quality Learning and Teaching by Joao Formosinho and Jan Peeters
3 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $75
Lending time: 3 weeks
A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Newfoundland and Labrador by Andrea Procter
13 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $30
Lending time: 6 weeks
Learning Stories in Practice by Margaret Carr & Wendy Lee
6 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $50
Lending time: 4 weeks
Reflecting in Communities of Practice: A Workbook for Early Childhood Educators by Deb Curtis, Debbie Lebo, Wendy C. M. Cividanes & Margie Carter
4 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $30
Lending time: 3 weeks
Big Body Play; Why Boisterous, Vigorous, and Very Physical Play is Essential to Children's Development and Learning by Frances M. Carlson
3 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $30
Lending time: 3 weeks
The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy by Jon Cree & Marina Robb
12 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $40
Lending Time: 6 weeks
Inspiring Professional Growth: Empowering Strategies to Lead, Motivate, and Engage Early Childhood Teacher by Susan MacDonald
5 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $25
Lending Time: 4 weeks
Inspiring Early Childhood Leadership: Eight Strategies to Ignite Passion and Transform Program Quality by Susan MacDonald
4 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $25
Lending Time: 3 weeks
The Little Book of Restorative Justine in Education by Katherine Evans & Dorothy Vaandering
4 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $15
Lending Time: 3 weeks
Don't Look Away by Iheoma U. Inuka, PhD, Stephanie M .Curenton, PhD, Tonia R. Durden, PhD, & Kerry-Ann Escayg, Phd
4 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee $35
Lending Time: 3 weeks
The Gender Creative Child by Diane Ehrensaft
7 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $15
Lending TIme: 4 weeks
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation by Monique Gray Smith
5 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $30
Lending Time: 4 weeks
Spark a Revolution in Early Education: Speaking Up for Ourselves and Our Children by Rae Pica
4 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $30
Lending Time: 3 weeks
Balanced and Barefoot by Angela J. Hanscom
7 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $15
Lending Time: 4 weeks
Journeys: Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Practices through Pedgogical Narration by Veronice Pacini-Ketchabaw, Fikile Nxumalo, Laurie Kocher, Enid Elliott, & Alejandra Sanchez
7 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $50
Lending Time: 4 weeks
Advocacy for Early Childhood Educators: Speaking UP For Your Students, Your Colleagues, and Yourself by Colleen Schmit
6 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $55
Lending Time: 4 weeks
Little Kids, Big Worries by Alice Sterling Honig
5 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $40
Lending Time: 4 weeks
Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice: The Role of Pedagogical Leadership in Early Child Programs by Anne Marie Coughlin, Lorrie Baird, & Foreword by Deb Curtis
6 PL hours with reflective questions
Retaining Fee: $60
Lending Time: 4 weeks