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Kern County Library Staff Suggests - Monthly recommendations from KCL staff for kids, teens, and adults. Leave your own comments and recommendations on the Staff Suggests Blog.
Online Book Club - Join our Online Book Clubs and start reading books in your email. Each day we’ll send you a 5-minute portion of a book. By the end of the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters. If you’d like to finish a book, stop by the library and pick up a copy. Every week we feature new books. Sign up today and start reading tomorrow.

Database access from outside the library requires a valid library card and PIN.

NoveList K-8 Plus (EBSCO) NEW	In Library Outside the Library	Provides hundreds of hand-crafted Recommended Reads reading lists created for teens and kids covering both fiction and nonfiction genres and topics. Also includes over 700 BookTalks and over 950 searchable award lists.
NoveList Plus (EBSCO) NEW	In Library Outside the Library	Includes information on over 260,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads and more.