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Read Across the Decades: 1920 - 1929
Created on:
Mar 07, 2023
30 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 to Read During National Day of Unplugging
Created on:
Feb 27, 2023
33 items
From sundown on Friday, March 1 to sundown on Saturday March 2, it's National Day of Unplugging, a day that encourages people t...
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Give It a Listen
By:
JessieC_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 18, 2022
16 items
Got a long road trip coming up? Never listened to an audiobook and want to give it a try? These excellent narrators and storie...
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Black Banned Books
By:
JasmineS_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 20, 2022
48 items
In honor of Banned Books Week, here are some amazing banned books by Black authors talking about all that is the black experience.
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Biggest Backstabbers in Literature
Created on:
Mar 15, 2022
23 items
Whether it's backstabbing or betrayals, literature is not short about the warning the Ides of March gives. To share the warning...
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Readin O' the Green
By:
AlishaH_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 14, 2022
22 items
Don’t get caught not wearing green this St. Patrick’s Day! Use the great loophole of carrying around a book with a green cover!
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Black History Month
Created on:
Jan 27, 2022
79 items
The Kansas City Public Library has gathered a list of works of fiction and nonfiction to celebrate Black History Month. These w...
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The Books the Goddard School in Kansas Wants Removed
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Nov 10, 2021
27 items
From KCUR.Org "Jaime Prothro, Wichita’s director of libraries, said there’s an increase in challenges to library purchases...
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Celebra-Reads
By:
AlishaH_KCMO
Created on:
Jul 05, 2021
80 items
Books celebrities have recommended or talked highly of
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Honoring Juneteenth
By:
BridgetP_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 16, 2021
35 items
List of books that provide information about what Juneteenth represents, the background that led to the event, and how the comm...
Topic Guide
Black History Month: Favorites from the staff at KSHB-TV 41
Created on:
Feb 01, 2021
31 items
February is Black History Month, and 41 Action News is highlighting the importance of Black culture and history in the Kansas C...
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Can't read this: Banned Books Week
Created on:
Sep 24, 2020
56 items
Banned Books Week was established in September of 1982 to highlight current and historical attempts to censor books in librarie...
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National Read a Book Day
Created on:
Sep 06, 2020
41 items
For National Read a Book Day, here are some books you can read (or listen to) in a day.
Topic Guide
Mother's Day eTreats
Created on:
May 09, 2020
15 items
We’ve gathered some tasty morsels just in time for Mother's Day. Because we’re not able to get out and about yet, all these del...
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Black History Month
By:
RISE_KCMO
Created on:
Feb 11, 2020
40 items
Celebrate Black History Month by checking out this book list! There are books for children through adults, available in eBooks,...
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RISE Recommends Master-List 2
By:
RISE_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 02, 2019
100 items
This is the second master-list of all of the RISE Recommends.
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Toni Morrison: A Life in/of/about/for words
Created on:
Aug 06, 2019
35 items
One of the most decorated writers of the 20th century, Toni Morrison's works are mainstays of book clubs, compelling adaptation...
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Living Your Best Life
By:
CarmenK_KCMO
Created on:
Apr 13, 2019
20 items
Titles to help you ignore the haters, build your personal brand, and love the life you have.
2 likes
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Audiobooks Narrated by the Author
By:
IanH_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 08, 2018
26 items
A collection of audiobooks read by the author. While there are plenty of outstanding audiobook narrators out there, there is de...
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Weird Books by Women
By:
FlanneryC_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 02, 2018
15 items
Dark, transgressive, and experimental books by women, featuring bad moms, bad nannies, and true crime.
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Giovanni's Room
By:
JakobV_KCMO
Created on:
Feb 25, 2018
10 items
Giovanni's Room was ahead of its time. James Baldwin pushed the boundaries of literature by discussing desire, fear, race, and ...
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A Year of Reading Women (2017)
By:
KatieD_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 24, 2018
33 items
In 2017, I only read books by women. Here is my list. Books, audiobooks and e-books!
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Grandmothers, Mothers, and Daughters
By:
MaijaM_KCMO
Created on:
May 02, 2017
23 items
Topic Guide
She Who Writes Rules the World: Women Authors
Created on:
Jan 29, 2017
10 items
A Winter Reading Bingo suggested reading list of books by women that should be on everyone's required reading list.
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