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Textbooks

PURCHASING YOUR BOOKS

Families must provide assigned textbooks.
 
All PCD required summer reading and textbooks are available through MBS, an online bookstore that offers excellent pricing and service.

The MBS Online Bookstore is open for both summer reading requirements and the academic year. You are not required to buy your books from MBS Direct.

Link: MBS ONLINE BOOKSTORE

To see a list of the books that are required for your classes (to borrow from your RI school district or to buy elsewhere) go to the MBS Direct website and select your classes from the menu provided. Your required books will be displayed.



RHODE ISLAND RESIDENTS TEXTBOOK BORROWING PROGRAM:
Note: Cities and towns in Rhode Island may provide their residents with textbooks that are on the approved Rhode Island Department of Education textbook list: 

STATE APPROVED TEXTBOOK LIST

Please contact your town's school department directly for the dates and times when residents can order textbooks for the next school year and return those borrowed from the last school year.