Books & Reading

Open a world of reading inspiration with a library, school, or Beanstack Go account:
- Participate in reading challenges created by your librarians or educators. Beanstack Go users have access to an ever-expanding catalog of challenges created by our reading specialists.
- Track all the books each member of your family is currently reading and has finished reading
- Use the app’s barcode scanner to quickly add titles to your reading log.
- Record reading sessions to log reading times, or log an entire book with a click.
- Achieve streaks for reading multiple days in a row and badges for reaching reading goals.
- View your reading stats, including totals and averages of your time spent reading and titles read.

• Niche Academy Tutorial

Search for items and recommendations on Ebscohost Children's Core Collection (H.W. Wilson). 

Search for items and recommendations on Ebscohost Graphic Novels Core Collection (H.W. Wilson). 

Search for items and recommendations on Ebscohost Middle and Junior HS (H.W. Wilson). 

Search for items and recommendations on Ebscohost Fiction Core Collection (H.W. Wilson). 

Search for items and recommendations on Ebscohost Nonfiction Core Collection (H.W. Wilson). 

Search for items and recommendations on Ebscohost Senior High Core Collection (H.W. Wilson). 

• Purpose: Use Novelist to find read-a-likes, book club resources, literary criticisms and more. 
• Content: NoveList is the premier database of reading recommendations, available through libraries around the world.
• Age Level: Adult
• Help: Help Page
• Access: Library Card Required

• Purpose: Use Novelist to find read-a-likes, book club resources, literary criticisms and more. 
• Content: NoveList is the premier database of reading recommendations, available through libraries around the world.
• Age Level: Adult
• Help: Help Page
• Access: Library Card Required

• Purpose: Use Novelist K-8 Nonfiction to find read-a-likes, book club resources, literary criticisms and more. 
• Content: NoveList is the premier database of reading recommendations, available through libraries around the world.
• Age Level: Adult
• Help: Help Page
• Access: Library Card Required

• Purpose: Access research books.
• Content: Browse various reference and research books on topics like: arts, environment, literature, law and more. 
• Age Level: 12-Adult

Browse through information on the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people. Something About the Author includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series, totaling more than 290 volumes, 20,000 entries, and nearly 30,000 images - all delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.  This resource is no longer being updated at KCPL.