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Art Across Gender: Transgender Writers & Artists
By:
EdenF_KCMO
EdenF_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 02, 2024
60 items
Happy Pride! To celebrate our transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming neighbors, these library materials feature both...
1 like
General Recommendations
Indigenous Peoples' Day
By:
VianneyH_KCMO
VianneyH_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 06, 2023
14 items
Celebrate and read all about the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas this October 9th!
1 like
General Recommendations
Dance!
By:
JeanD_KCMO
JeanD_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 26, 2023
63 items
April 29 is International Dance Day! "There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them." Vicki Baum. (Or...
Topic Guide
International Transgender Day of Visibility
Created on:
Mar 28, 2023
52 items
March 31 of each year, we honor International Transgender Day of Visibility. Here at the Kansas City Public Library, we are cel...
Topic Guide
Peripheral Visions
Created on:
Jan 03, 2023
24 items
Neurodiverse artists have consequently been viewed as outsiders in the “art world,” even if they’re considered to be visionary....
5 likes
Genre Guide
Absurdity!
Created on:
Dec 07, 2022
38 items
Gobbledygook. Flummoxed. Wamble. Kibitzer. Does this all sound like a bunch of Piffle to you? It sure is! Please enjoy this lis...
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Classics, but Graphic!
By:
JessieC_KCMO
JessieC_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 03, 2022
15 items
Re-visit some of your old favorites with these Graphic Novel adaptations.
2 likes
Topic Guide
In Celebration of Disability Pride Month
Created on:
Jul 05, 2022
70 items
In response to systemic discrimination and negative views on disability and chronic illness, Disability Pride is a movement tha...
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Topic Guide
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Created on:
Apr 28, 2022
75 items
This May, to recognize the contributions and influences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders to the histor...
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Top Picks
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Created on:
Mar 18, 2022
30 items
March 20 is the birthday of the world’s very best neighbor, Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In celebration, we ask...
4 likes
General Recommendations
Witchy Vibes
By:
KarlaM_KCMO
KarlaM_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 23, 2021
47 items
Do you believe in magic? These books will put you under a spell!
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Topic Guide
It came from Planet ComiCon Kansas City!
Created on:
Aug 20, 2021
32 items
Don't recognize the regular citizen behind the superhero/supervillain/N95 mask? Strike up a conversation about any of these boo...
General Recommendations
Tesla Day
By:
DaveJ_KCMO
DaveJ_KCMO
Created on:
Jul 09, 2021
9 items
Nikola Tesla is a cultural curiosity, showing up in many facets of entertainment.
General Recommendations
Have Pride!
By:
BridgetP_KCMO
BridgetP_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 08, 2021
100 items
List of LGBTQ+ books and movies!
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Topic Guide
Classy, Beloved Trivia Masters: Who is Alex Trebek?
Created on:
Nov 08, 2020
12 items
For over 35 years, Alex Trebek hosted the classic game show, Jeopardy! In addition to making obscure and common knowledge a lif...
Topic Guide
Celebrating Juneteenth: Black Resilience & Joy
Created on:
Jun 12, 2020
60 items
Juneteenth is the celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Two and a half years after the Emancipation Procla...
1 like
Topic Guide
Black Lives Matter in Kansas City
Created on:
May 29, 2020
100 items
In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, the Kansas City Public Library has curated a list of resources for patrons. Fin...
9 likes
General Recommendations
Afrofuturism
By:
RyanR_KCMO
RyanR_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 16, 2020
53 items
Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of history that explores the developing intersectio...
General Recommendations
RISE Recommends Master-list
By:
RISE_KCMO
RISE_KCMO
Created on:
Jul 17, 2019
100 items
This is a master-list of all of the RISE Recommends.
2 likes
Topic Guide
KCUR Central Standard: Loneliness and Isolation June 2019
Created on:
Jun 19, 2019
22 items
In a five-part series, KCUR's Health Reporter Alex Smith, explores the mental and physical health effects of loneliness and soc...
1 like
General Recommendations
Becoming American: Family and Community
By:
RISE_KCMO
RISE_KCMO
Created on:
Apr 19, 2019
17 items
“Family and Community” explores how family ties and community institutions have played an essential role in successful migratio...
3 likes
K-12 Study Guide
The Holocaust for High Schoolers
By:
RenaeP_KCMO
RenaeP_KCMO
Created on:
May 02, 2018
7 items
A selection of fiction and non-fiction literature about the Holocaust that I have used to teach high school students through th...
2 likes
General Recommendations
90th Annual Academy Awards
Created on:
Feb 26, 2018
45 items
Get prepared for the 90th annual Academy Awards with the Kansas City Public Library!
1 like
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Avalon
By:
RitaE_KCMO
RitaE_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 30, 2018
26 items
These stories represent experiences from various regions and times, focusing on relationships between family members and how th...
2 likes
General Recommendations
Inventing the Computer
By:
NashH_KCMO
NashH_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 17, 2017
20 items
The digital technology that we use every day is far too complex to have been invented by any one person, so how did it come abo...
2 likes
