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Audie Award Winners and Nominees
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HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 05, 2024
50 items
General Recommendations
Books Published the Week of 1/22/2024
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
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Jan 25, 2024
53 items
Topic Guide
Winter Holidays
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KellyB_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 08, 2024
25 items
Feature films and documentaries that celebrate January and February holidays - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Black History M...
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KCPL's Favorite Reads of 2023
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Dec 28, 2023
73 items
Your Kansas City Public Library staff read A LOT of books this past year! Here's merely a few of their favorites from every gen...
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New York Times Notable Books of 2023
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HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Nov 30, 2023
97 items
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We Are Family!
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EmmaG_kcmo
Created on:
Oct 31, 2023
25 items
Join us downstairs and check out our display in the Vault at Central Library this November as we celebrate family, and the movi...
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Schlockbusters!
By:
DevonM_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 21, 2023
50 items
I'm loth to describe any movie as simply "bad", even the worst reviewed and most critically trashed movies can teach ...
3 likes
Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 1990 - 1999
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Oct 02, 2023
39 items
Welcome to the Read Across the Decades Challenge with the Kansas City Public Library! Each month, we'll read books set in diffe...
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Challenged - Banned Books
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KellyB_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 18, 2023
25 items
The library also has DVDs adapted from these challenged and banned books.
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Books Published the Week of 6/13/23
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HaleyL_KCMO
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Jun 13, 2023
71 items
Topic Guide
KCPL Book Groups: June 2023
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Jun 01, 2023
15 items
If you're looking for a book group to join, Kansas City Public Library has you covered. Most of our locations have at least one...
Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 1940 - 1949
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May 02, 2023
29 items
Welcome to the Read Across the Decades Challenge with the Kansas City Public Library! Each month, we'll read books set in diffe...
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Books Published the Week of 3/13/2023
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HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 13, 2023
68 items
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Books Published the Week of 2/20/23
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Feb 21, 2023
41 items
1 like
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2023 Youth Media Awards
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Feb 04, 2023
81 items
We're so excited to share the 2023 YMA winners with you!
Award Descriptions:
John Newbery Medal: For the most outstanding con...
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Top Picks
2023 Alex Awards Winners
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Feb 03, 2023
11 items
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The win...
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My Readvent Calendar 2022
By:
KaiteS_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 14, 2022
25 items
I've been counting down the days to Christmas in a #ReadventCalendar. One book a day until December 25 of personal favorites fr...
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Books Under 200 Pages to Help Finish Your 2022 Reading Goal
Created on:
Dec 13, 2022
29 items
We're near the final stretch of 2022 - have you finished your Reading Goal yet? To hopefully help, the Kansas City Public Libra...
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NPR: 2022 Books We Love
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Dec 06, 2022
50 items
National Public Radio, NPR, released the books that they loved that were published in 2022. There are over 400 titles! To help ...
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The 10 Best Books of 2022 According to the NYTimes
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Nov 29, 2022
24 items
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Best Books of 2022 According to Time Magazine
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Nov 17, 2022
94 items
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Go Ahead, Read a Banned Book!
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 19, 2022
72 items
"The ALA has documented 681 challenges to books through the first eight months of this year, involving 1,651 different tit...
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Titles Published the Week of 8/8/2022
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Aug 08, 2022
50 items
1 like
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Titles Published the Week of 8/1/2022
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Aug 04, 2022
61 items
General Recommendations
Books on the Beach
By:
LaurenV_KCMO
Created on:
Jul 16, 2022
9 items
If you're ever feeling the need to be by the ocean, and you can't get there, reading these beach-themed books might be the next...
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