About the Books

There are separate sites for Teachers & Students

Teacher View

When teachers log in, they are taken to the teacher site. There are 4 main sections:

The LIBRARY section is where you access books to use for teaching, search for and assign books to students as well as accessing the Teaching Notes.
The COLLECTIONS section shows any collection of books that you have created and saved. Once you have a collection, you can assign it to any of your students.
The STUDENTS section is where you can see a high-level summary of your whole class and their usage of Spark. Select any student to see detailed information about the books they’ve read. You can also manage your class list.
The TEACHERS section allows you to add co-teachers so that multiple teachers can view your class. You can add up to 10 co-teachers.

Student View

When students log in, they are taken to the student site. There are 2 main sections:

The FROM MY TEACHER section is where students first land. This is where they see the books their teacher has selected for them plus a tally of how many books they have read.
The LIBRARY section is where students access the entire Spark Reading library to find and select books for themselves.

Only the best books made the cut

All 900+ titles in Spark Reading have been extensively reviewed and have a track record of engagement.

Thoughtfully Curated

The books in Spark Reading were chosen from the thousands of little books published by Pearson Canada and our partners.

We selected only the books that were most appropriate and relevant for Canadian students. Each book has a downloadable Teaching Note (1-2 pages) for teacher support.

Proudly Canadian

Our goal is for children to see themselves in their digital library and have opportunities to develop their understanding and appreciation of diversity.

Cultural Content

117 titles

Stories, information, and/or perspectives from specific cultures.

27%

of titles in Spark Reading have been written by Canadian authors.

16%

of titles in Spark Reading have been written by Indigenous authors.

Cross-Curricular

Many books connect to Canadian Social Studies, Science, Health, Math, and the Arts curricula. Each book has been tagged allowing teachers and students to easily find books to support learning in other disciplines.

Health and Well-Being

110 Books

Mathematics

54 Books

Social Studies

219 Books

The Arts

55 Books

Science

350 Books

Genres and Text Types

Students are exposed to a variety of genres/text types such as Non-fiction, Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Biography, Description, Explanation, Procedure, Report, Retell, Graphic Text, and Traditional Story.