Homer High Library

Take a few minutes to honor the life of Tomie DePaola on the one-year anniversary of his unexpected death. All Homer High students grew up in the prime of Tomie DePaola’s work as a children’s author and illustrator.  His trademark colors and illustration style became favorites of children around the world. He even wrote engrossing […]

Every spring I create a “Finish Strong” reading challenge.  Don’t just drag yourself across that finish line on May 20th.  Get your second wind and push to the finish! Our 2020 Challenge is to earn at least 10 of the 20 possible badges on Overdrive using the SORA app. You can go the SORA app […]

Use the Sora website for your KPBSD digital books and earn badges for reading and listening.  This works on home computers, school computers, and smart phones. Share your accomplishments with your family, friends, and teachers, or keep them to yourself.  Have fun as you explore literature.  If you want to share, I’d love to know […]

Free audiobook downloads are once again available at  https://www.audiobooksync.com/ .This is a sweet deal for anyone who enjoys professionally-narrated literature.  SYCN gives you access to two titles each week during the summer. You may download and keep them forever but you only have a one week in which to retrieve them from the website.  You may also […]

Some of you seemed to enjoy the digital content at Overdrive.  What titles would you like to see in the KPBSD Schools Digital Library?  Suggest eBooks and/or audiobooks in the comment section.  

Listen to books all summer with free audiobook downloads from AudioFile magazine.  Install the OverDrive app on your laptop or other device, and you’re good to go.  Each pair of titles is available for only one week, so download them when you can and listen later. Listen to clips of every book here.     […]

These devices can be used with earbuds or an auxiliary jack for speakers. A single AAA battery will play the shorter books from start to finish twice.   Here is a list of titles currently available at the Homer High library.   1984 by Orwell, George A Christmas Carol by Dickens, Charles Anthem by Rand, […]

Summer “Reading”    … on a boat …in a tent …under the Midnight Sun …on the Alaska Highway …at Grandma’s house “Outside”     Caution:   There will be NO quiz!   NO book report!   NO essay!      My recommendation today is audiobooks from Lit2Go at the University of South Florida, found on iTunes as USF […]