Slide Show--Summer Reading
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Slide Show--Podcasts for Book Lovers
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Sign up for a Free Library of Philadelphia library card
(free for Pennsylvania residents)
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Mountain Laurel Book Award (MLBA)
(formerly known as Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award [PYRCA])
Checklist of MLBA 2026-2027 Nominees
MLBA Participation Form
MLBA Program Slide Show
Read or listen to at least three nominated books to vote for your favorite! You will also be entered to win a $25.00 Barnes & Noble gift card. Just complete a Participation Form for each book you read.
You can check out the books from the media center or the ebooks and digital audiobooks through AccessIt or MackinVIA.
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Divine Rivals is the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (PYRCA) winner for 2026 in the Young Adult (YA) category!
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Congratulations, Ellee Hewick, winner of the book!
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National Library Week is April 19-25, 2026.
National Library Week Slide Show
(contains information about your school library, local public
libraries, and our community's Little Libraries,
plus American Library Association's contest)
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April is National Poetry Month!
Academy of American Poets website--Poets.org--Sign up for Poem-a Day
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Congratulations to Connor O'Leary, who wrote the winning poem!
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How-To Video: OverDrive in Power Library
Now you have access to even more ebooks and digital audiobooks!
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Congratulations, Aliza Wolfe! She won the Pennsylvania Young Reader's
Choice Award participant drawing for a Barnes & Noble gift card.
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How-To Video: Power Library's Science Reference Source (database)
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How-To Video: Power Library's AP Newsroom (database)
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2026 Book Award Winners/Honorees Slide Show (with AccessIt links)
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Congratulations, Destiny Kershaw, winner of a Rutter's gift card!
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How-To Video: Power Library's Ebook Collection (Improved search feature)
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Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (PYRCA)
Book Slides (2025-2026 Young Adult nominees)
(Each slide contains links to book trailers, author interviews, and more!)
Twenty-four Seconds from Now
When the World Tips Over
(The other 13 are listed further down the page, along with all the PYRCA program information.)
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Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (PYRCA)
Book Slides (2025-2026 Young Adult nominees)
(Each slide contains links to book trailers, author interviews, and more!)
Bad Graces
The Bletchley Riddle
Divine Rivals
Looking for Smoke
Lunar New Year Love Story
The Prince & the Apocalypse
Rising from the Ashes
Shadowed
Shift Happens
Such Charming Liars
Sunrise Nights
Swarm
Twelfth Knight
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Sign up for a public library card.
York County Public Libraries
Harford County Public Libraries
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KD Media Center Resources--Contains links to and information
about the resources you can access at school and at home.
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Contact Mrs. Amberman if you would like to join Library Society.
The group meets once a month 2:55 until 4:00 p.m. in the media center.
Next meeting (and first one for next school year)--Thursday, September 10
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Volunteer at the public library!
York County Public Libraries (age 12 and older)
--Volunteer opportunities
--Volunteer application
Harford County Public Libraries
--Volunteer opportunities
--Volunteer application
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Free Comic Book Day Slide Show
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How-To Video: Power Library's High School Database
How-To Video: Power Library's Health and Wellness Database
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How-To Video: Power Teens (Power Library)
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How-To Video: Transparent Language Online (in Power Library)
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How-To Video: AccessIt Reviews
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How-To Video: AccessIt My List
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How-To Video: AccessIt Basics
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Remember that there is a school store located in the KD media center.
You can purchase school supplies, as well as posterboard, KD lanyards,
and retractable ID holder clips.
All sales benefit the Library Society.
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Summer Reading and End-of-Year Wrap-Up (Slide Show)
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Free Comic Book Day--Saturday, May 4 (Slide Show)
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SIRS Discoverer (in Power Library) Overview Video
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Infobase Database Interface Overview Video
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Gale Ebooks (in Power Library) Overview Video
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ProQuest Ebook Central (in Power Library) Overview Video
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Power Library's Black Freedom Struggle Database Overview Video
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Science Online database
Use our school's Infobase username and password to gain access.
This video gives an overview of the database and highlights its features.
Science Online Overview Video
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World News Digest database
Use our school's Infobase username and password to gain access.
This video gives an overview of the database and highlights its features.
World News Digest Overview Video
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Power Library's Science Reference Center Database Video
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MackinVIA Collection Video
MackinVIA is your source for free ebooks and digital audiobooks!
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You have access to World Book Online (Video).
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Is your cell phone battery low? Remember that there is a charging station in the KD media center, purchased by Library Society. You will find it near the main entrance, close to the copiers.
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What Google Arts & Culture has to offer (Video)
Link to Google Arts & Culture
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