The Library is now open with a Contact Tracing Log.
Library hours will be the same as the Center open hours with the exception that the Library will be closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1:30pm and 3:30pm for the exclusive use of the Health Center residents.
Crosslands Library
A source of recreational reading, reference material, newspapers, magazines, and assorted other material for use by residents and employees of all 4 communities open all day every day. The library is funded by the CRA and operated by volunteers who are available as follows:
Hours when Library staff are available:
| Monday – Thursday | Friday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| 10am – 12 Noon | 10am – 12 Noon | 12 Noon – 1pm |
| 3pm – 5pm |
The KCC Library Catalog that comes up in a full color window on your computer is called “Alexandria Researcher”. This site gives you the opportunity to search the catalog of books and DVDs available at Crosslands, the Nature Library and Kendal. You can learn details about an item and find out if a book or DVD is available.
You may access the library Researcher directly by clicking on the green rectangle to the right (or to find it on small screen devices, scroll down).
Books and CDs of audio books are available for checkout for 21 days; DVDs for 7 days.
For more information about how to use the “Researcher” you can pick up a copy of “The KCC Library Catalog” on the counter by the public computer in the Library. The researcher is up and running 24/7 on the public computer. A link is also available to the Chester County Library catalog on the public computer, or by clicking on the blue rectangle to the right.
The library stocks an extensive collection of magazines and newspapers. All the magazines are donated. Subscriptions provide copies of local and national newspapers (for example: the Daily Local, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, Wall Street Journal). Back issues are held for up to one week. Ask if you don’t find what you are looking for.
If you want to recommend a book or DVD for the Library, click here.
After you fill out the form be sure to click the “Submit” button.
Chair: Allison Butler
Deputy Chair: Charmaine Gates
Cruise into summer with a mystery…..
Display Archive links to prior months’ bibliographies .
New Books at Crosslands Library for May 2021
Fiction
Berry, Flynn Northern Spy
Hilderbrand, E. 28 summers
Ozick, Cynthia Antiquities
Schlink, B. The Reader
Scottoline, L. Eternal
Mystery
Perry, Anne, Death with a Double Edge : a Daniel Pitt novel
Non Fiction
Bruder, Jessica Nomadland : Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
Giroux,Monique Every Victory Counts : Essential Information on Parkinson’s disease
Kimmerer, Robin W. Braiding Sweetgrass
Merchant, Carolyn American Environmental History : an Introduction
Millay, Edna St. V. Collected poems
Millay, Edna St V. Selected poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Zimmerman, J Free Speech : and Why You Should Give a Damn
Biography
Sweig, Julia Hiding in Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson in the White House
Large Print Books
Baldacci, David The Escape
Balogh, Mary Someone to Hold: a Westcott novel
Camilleri, Andrea. Hunting Season
Chesterton, G.K. Father Brown Mysteries: The Innocence of Father Brown
Cornwell, Patricia Quantum
Delinsky, Barbara Before and Again
Jojo Moyes The Giver of Stars
Kidd, Sue Monk The Book of Longings
Larson, Erik The Devil in the White City : Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair….
Macomber, Debbie Window on the Bay : a novel
Books on CD
Jance, Judith A. Fatal Error
Ryan, Tom Following Atticus : Forty-eight High Peaks
NEW IN CROSSLANDS LIBRARY –April 2021
Fiction
Foley, Lucy The Guest List
Furst, Alan Night Soldiers
Gaige, Amity Sea Wife
Ishiguro, Kazuo Klara and The Sun
King, Stephen Later
Mbue, Imbolo How Beautiful We Were
Nguyen, Viet ThanhThe Committed
Smiley, Jane Perestroika in Paris
Wright, Lawrence The End of October
Large Print Fiction
Schwarz, Christina Drowning Ruth
Mysteries
Box, C. J. Dark Sky: a Joe Pickett novelCamilleri, Andrea The Cook of the HalycyonGriffiths, Elly The Postscript MurdersLeon, Donna Transient DesiresRobinson, Peter Not Dark Yet: a DCI Banks novelWinspear, Jacqueline The Consequences of FearNon-Fiction
Becker, Elizabeth You Don’t Belong Here : How Three Women Rewrote…War
Gates, Bill How to Avoid A Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have…
Ellis, Joseph J Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generals…
Feigel, Lara The Bitter Taste of Victory: Life, Love and Art in the Ruins of the Reich
Isaacson, Walter The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Genes
Krakauer, Jon Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of The Mount Everest Expedition…
Kathryn Scheldt Spasms; A Southern Memoir In Verse (in honor of resident Dick Scheldt)
Nicholson, Dean Nala’s World: One Man, His Rescue Cat…
Martin, Steve A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection
Biographies
Harris, Mark Mike Nichols: a Life
Audio Books
Mantel, Hilary The Mirror and the Light
Mantel, Hilary Wolf Hall
Rice, Anne Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
NEW SPRING DVD’S-New & Donations
Call # Title
DVD ADV The Adventures of Robin Hood
DVD BEC Becket
DVD FIE Field of dreams
DVD FIR First Cow
DVD GHO Ghost
DVD GHO Ghostbusters
DVD GRA Grantchester – Fourth Season
DVD HAR Harry Potter the chamber of secrets
DVD HAR Harry Potter the prisoner of Azkaban
DVD INS Inspector Lewis Series 2
DVD JUR Jurassic Park
DVD LAS The Last Vermeer
DVD MAG The Magnificent Seven
DVD MID Midway
DVD MIS Miss Juneteenth
DVD NEW News of the World
DVD NIG Night at the Museum
DVD STR A Streetcar Named Desire
DVD WIT Witness and The Fugitive
DVD’s Added to the Library for the Winter of 2020
New
The Crown Season 3 – The third season of this TV series favorite with a new cast
Emma – a modern redo of the Jane Austen classic
Driveways – Korean director,film described as a “character study anchored in fundamental decency”; Brian Dennehy stars.
The Way Back – Ben Affleck stars as a Basketball coach seeking to overcome personal issues and lead team to victory
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always – teen facing unintended pregnancy
Ordinary Love – everyday couple with a remarkable love
The Good Fight – season 1 – Diane Lockhart fights for the Liberals; spinoff of The Good WifeDonations
Rise Up: Songs of the Women’s Movement – Hit songs that became anthemsare performed by Aretha Franklin, Lesley Gore, Helen Reddy and Janis Ianamong others. PBS TV program.51 minutes.Wall Street – Michael Douglas stars as Gordon Gecko as afinancial manipulator. 126 minutesForgotten Journey – documentary depicts the epic adventure thatlaunched the colony of New Sweden in the Delaware Valley in 1638.This extraordinary transatlantic voyage and explorationon the Kalmar Nyckel represents a significant part of our colonial history.