April is National Poetry Month

Try one of the sites from this list to explore poetry and what it means in your life.

Published in: on April 13, 2020 at 1:34 pm Comments (0)

MackinVia ebook Resource Now Available!

This is an additional resource for fiction and nonfiction ebooks. Feel free to browse for titles you might be interested in.

Kenai Peninsula High School MackinVIA

https://www.mackinvia.com

U: kenaihigh

P: kenaihigh

P.S. I know we are not Kenai H.S. :). This account was created for the entire Kenai district, that is why the log in is formatted that way.

Published in: on April 7, 2020 at 9:48 am Comments (0)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Sora has the first Harry Potter ebook and audiobook as simultaneous copies from April 1-30. That means it will always be available for you to borrow from Sora through April 30.

Published in: on April 1, 2020 at 12:19 pm Comments (0)

Live Homework Help! from SLED

Our Statewide Library Electronic Doorway offers free tutoring Monday-Friday, 8 am -2 am, and Saturday and Sunday, noon – 2 am. Remember to look in Canvas for the at home/off campus log in information.

Published in: on March 26, 2020 at 9:04 am Comments (0)

Using Sora to get ebooks and audiobooks

Don’t forget you can use your school log in for KPBSD’s Sora collection AND the public library’s ebook and audiobook collection (if you don’t have a library card that you would use instead).

 

Published in: on March 22, 2020 at 3:05 pm Comments (0)

Feel free to email me if you need something!

I am still your Librarian and I am here to get you things! While they will be online things I will absolutely still help you with research, password questions, communication, and other questions you might have (think math tutoring). Feel free to email me at twear@kpbsd.org.

Published in: on March 18, 2020 at 7:11 pm Comments (0)

Featured book, ebook, and audiobook

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (click on the title to preview the book)

Today in the U.S., there are more than five hundred federally recognized indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the U.S. told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire.

Hacks for Minecrafters by Megan Miller (click on the title to preview the ebook)

Front Cover

The most encompassing guide ever to redstone in the world of Minecraft!

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (click on title to preview the audiobook)

Front Cover

Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate.

Published in: on February 18, 2020 at 2:52 pm Comments (0)

Try out Sora

Give Sora a look! Remember there are both ebooks and audiobooks. Swing by the library if you have any questions or need help getting the app on your phone.

 

Published in: on January 8, 2020 at 2:50 pm Comments (0)

Sora will be here before you know it!

The district’s eBook and Audiobook platform, Overdrive, will be moving to Sora. You can start using it now. It has all the same material but with an updated look. Watch the short video I made last year when they introduced Sora to us. You can get the Sora app for free on your phone and/or read and listen to books on your computer.

 

Published in: on November 20, 2019 at 11:27 am Comments (0)

New in the Library

If you missed THE BIG READ don’t worry, we have the hard copy!

I’m Not Dying With You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal (click on link to sample the book)

Told from two viewpoints, Atlanta high school seniors Lena and Campbell, one black, one white, must rely on each other to survive after a football rivalry escalates into a riot.

Published in: on at 11:24 am Comments (0)