Be Creative At Your Library! The 2009 Summer Reading Club for children begins June 15.The SRC is open to children entering grades 1 through 8. Membership is free. Students need only a valid library card, and they will need to come to the library with a parent (or legal guardian) to register. Registration begins on June 15 and continues throughout the summer. Programs are held at the main and branch libraries - check with individual libraries for specific information.
Click here for program information for children in grades 1 through 8. Younger children are eligibile to join HAPL's Read to Me and Toddler Read to Me clubs. To be eligible to attend programs or storytimes, children must be enrolled in the summer reading program. For programs for younger children,
click here.
POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries, and the State Library. It allows you to access full text magazine and newspaper articles, reference materials for adults and children, photographs, and maps. Major resources include the AP multimedia archives, auto repair manuals, Contemporary Authors, Ebsco Host periodical databases, Grove's and Oxford dictionaries, Poem Finder, Biography Reference Bank, and several consumer health databases. Public library card holders can access these materials from their home computers or from the public internet computers at the HAPL. To access the databases, click the POWER Library icon at the top of the page and enter your library barcode number.