Kensington Heritage Library

The Town of Kensington and the PEI Library Service have partnered together to provide library services. The Library in Kensington has been open for more than 80 years, and continues to provide programs and resources to the community

Express

Express is a collection of our most popular, current adult fiction. It gives patrons a chance to find current bestsellers on the shelf even though they are in high demand and may have lengthy request lists. Express books are available for 7 day loan and only on first come first serve basis (no holds, no renewals)! Limit of 2 per person.

Programs

Family Story Time

Held year round, children aged 2 to 5 are invited to come in to the Library every Friday at 11:00 am to listen to a story. Please join us for stories, songs, movement and fun!

Teen Book Club

Junior and Teen Book clubs are also held during the school year.  Please contact the library for more information.

Tumblebooks

Tumblebooks is a collection of online picture books for children. It helps teach children the joy of reading by using animation, music, and narration to bring picture books to life. Children can read along online, or listen as the books are read aloud. It is a great resource for younger children.

The PEI Public Library Service has been pleased to offer this resource to Island children for the last few years. With the growing popularity of Tumblebooks, we’ve added to our Tumblebooks collection.

Downloadable Music

The Prince Edward Island Public Library has joined with Library Ideas to provide the Freegal Music Service which offers access to over 3 million songs including Sony Music’s catalogue of legendary artists. Patrons can download five songs per week from the library website onto their home computer and keep the songs they download. There’s no need for additional software and all you need is a library card to access the catalogue. The service is also accessible through free mobile apps for library cardholders available in the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Visit Freegal Music to start downloading.

Other Products and Services

Talking Book Service: The PEI Public Library Service offers a collection of talking books to Islanders who have difficulty reading print due to a visual, physical or learning disability. To find out more about this service, contact your local library. 

Audio Books/E-Books You can download a wide selection of e-books and audio books.

Computers The Kensington Library has several computers with Internet access that are available for use by card holders or guests free of charge. There is an hour long limit. Children under 19 must have a parent signature to use the computer.

Printer Printer costs are 10 cents per page.

Wi-Fi The Kensington Heritage Library has free wi-fi access.

Book Donations We also accept book donations, if they are less than two years old and in good shape. Some of the books are added into the PEI Public Library Service’s collection while others are sold in local book sales where the proceeds stay in the community.

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– Groucho Marx