Adult Literacy and World Languages
Collections at Bellingham Public Library

World Languages collection
Bellingham Public Library has a small, but growing collection of books, magazines and newspaper in three languages: Spanish, Russian and Vietnamese.

• Located at the Central Library (210 Central), on the main floor near the Yound Adult collection.
• Contains
  fiction - translated popular American fiction and fiction from other nations
  nonfiction - covering topics such as health, cookbooks, home maintenance
• Ask us for help in locating these items. The Whatcom County Library System and Bellingham Public Library collections are available to all library patrons in Whatcom County. We can show you how to place holds on items not in our library and have them sent to a library closest to you to pick up.
• Recommend items you don't find in our collection. Let our reference staff know or click here (link to ask a librarian)
• Link to a list of our collection

Adult Literacy collection
Bellingham Public Library has a small, but growing collection of adult literacy resources.

• Located at the Central Library (210 Central), on the main floor near the Young Adult collection.
• Contains books and booklets written for the newly literate adult on a variety of subjects:
  cars language skills
  citizenship managing money
  daily living math
  dictionaries people
  health pre-GED study guides
  history stories
  jobs
  We also have videos and dvds that teach English as a second language.
• Ask us for help in locating these items. The Whatcom County Library System and Bellingham Public Library collections are available to all library patrons in Whatcom County. We can show you how to place holds on items not in our library and have them sent to a library closest to you to pick up.
• Recommend items you don't find in our collection. Let our reference staff know or click here (link to ask a librarian)
• Link to a list of our collection

Other Literacy resources