Cambria County Library News & Updates
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Inclined to Read Used Bookstore
The Inclined to Read bookstore is open for business. HOURS: Monday through Friday 10:00 – 1:00 Our store is located within the library lobby and staffed by members of the Friends of Cambria County Library. You’ll find a wide variety of gently used books (including...
A Database for craft ideas
Creativebug offers online arts and crafts workshops and techniques. Learn how to paint, knit, crochet, sew, screen print and more with unlimited access to thousands of video classes. You can also download patterns, templates and recipes. New classes are released...
The World in A Grain – Vince Beiser
This fascinating story is available on cloudLibrary. The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial role it plays in our lives.After water and air, sand is the natural resource that we consume more than any...
The Once and Future Witches – Some Gal
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Feasibility Study in Progress
The Cambria County Library's Capital Campaign Committee has begun the first step in our Capital Campaign. A feasibility study is being conducted to discuss project goals with community members. The study is expected to help identify the project's strengths and...
STEAM Club
Experiments, games and fun! Make a baking soda volcano! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZhbEi19M8 STEM FUN! STEM FUN!
Enter the Chopped Teens Library Cooking Competition!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf_N2tC_YBo Watch this clip from local news, WJAC, to learn more about our cooking competition and how you can participate!
Some of our new spooky YA titles for Halloween
[bookshelf id="12805"] Check out our latest titles in the YA department, just in time for Halloween!
Voting for TeenTober best YA 2020 books starts Saturday!
Pick up a ballot in the library's 1st floor Teenspace to vote for your favorite YA titles. Voting will be done bracket style until a final winner is chosen. For a list of titles and more information about the contest, visit http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teenstopten.
New Teen Titles
We love YA new book day—it’s always exciting to get a cart of shiny new titles with that fresh book smell wheeled up to us. Here’s our top 10 of the most recent fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels we’ve added to the collection. Place your holds on them...
Once a Girl, Always a Boy
Entwining multiple perspectives from family members, Jo Ivestor explores the transition of her son and how the family responded, and grew, together. This book memorializes the path of the family and helps the reader learn more about the transgender experience with...
cloudLibrary
Enjoy free eBooks and eAudiobooks from any smartphone or tablet with our cloudLibrary app. cloudLibrary offers great features like saving titles for later, looking back at books you've already read, and even being able to borrow books from other libraries in...
Discord Server for Teens
Cambria County Library now has a Discord server for teens! Discord is a group chatting platform that we use for socializing, discussions, games, programs and more. Fill out the application to join our Discord server. While you wait for approval, you can create an...
TumbleMath – Picture Book Resources
TumbleMath is a collection of animated and narrated math picture books covering K-5 math concepts using stories and literature to reinforce concepts. This resource is now available with the help from our partners at the CSB2 STEM Ecosystem. With TumbleMath, picture...
Cambria County Library Staff Picks
The World in A Grain – Vince Beiser
This fascinating story is available on cloudLibrary. The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial role it plays in our lives.After water and air, sand is the natural resource that we consume more than any...
The Once and Future Witches – Some Gal
Try our new books They're really fun. [bookshelf id="12807"]
Once a Girl, Always a Boy
Entwining multiple perspectives from family members, Jo Ivestor explores the transition of her son and how the family responded, and grew, together. This book memorializes the path of the family and helps the reader learn more about the transgender experience with...
Come Tumbling Down
No quests allowed! Sometimes, children fall though the looking glass or in to a wardrobe and find themselves in unexpected worlds. But what happens when they come back? The continued adventures at the School for Wayward Children bring mystery and fantasy together in...
The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin takes a familiar backdrop to bring us into a world we never expected. Can the people of New York keep the city alive?
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Arthur Dent's never could get the hang of Thursdays. Join a cast of unexpected characters are they jump across the galaxy and end up in the most improbable situations. No matter how crazy things get, always remember- Don't Panic! Visit our Online Catalog to reserve a...
Cambria County Library Staff Picks
On March 10, 2020, we, students in the course on Boccaccio’s Decameron, would like to comment on the current situation regarding Kent State’s response to COVID-19. Boccaccio’s one-hundred short stories, collectively known as The Decameron, is set against the backdrop...
March Staff Pick – The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin Jemisin builds a world where everything you know can change at a moment's notice. Can society survive the end of the world, for the fifth time? The Fifth Season is a great read for its imagery and the tenacity of its characters.
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