Our Lady of the Cross Library - Student & Parent Resources

Students become confident, independent learners as they explore new ideas, interests, and opportunities for growth. Here you will find tools and resources to support research, discover great books, build digital literacy skills, and explore new interests. These resources are meant to encourage curiosity, strengthen critical thinking, and support both academic success and a lifelong love of learning.

Encyclopedias/News

Ebooks & Audiobooks

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PA Power Library Resources

This project is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Library Access funds administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries. The views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services or the Pennsylvania Department of Education

Watch videos and read books about Animals and Nature, Earth and Sky, People and Places, ABC’s and 1, 2, 3’s, Family and Community, Music and Rhyme, Adventure, and more. Enjoy read aloud with words highlighting and interactive games.

Some films and books are available in Spanish too!

This resource Inspires emergent learners to create, play, and explore in a vibrant, enriching environment. This captivating tool is packed with tiered nonfiction articles across various subjects, and makes learning fun and accessible with:

Natural audio read-aloud Multimedia
Interactive elements

It is an excellent starting point for each young scholar's educational adventure.

This collection includes hundreds of e-books from renowned family publisher Cricket Media. It can help build strong literacy skills in students from grades pre-K to 8 by offering digital access to award-winning, short-form fiction and nonfiction titles. This unique e-book collection explores a wide range of subjects to help young readers explore and expand their worlds.

Elementary students in kindergarten through grade five will find age-appropriate content covering a broad range of educational topics such as animals, arts, geography, health, literature, people, social studies, technology, etc. Elementary includes full-text proprietary content from Blackbirch Press®, U-X-L, KidHaven Press™, and more! Content is continuously updated and provides interesting and important facts with connections to current and past events

Learn about people, places, nature, history, and science from videos and eBooks on topics such as American Indians, Ancient Civilizations, Farm to Table, The Civil War, Continents, The Thirteen Colonies, U.S. Government, Disasters, Earth Science, Experiments, Extreme Science, Nature, and many more.