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Black Poets & Graphic Novelists
By:
EdenF_KCMO
Created on:
Feb 11, 2024
52 items
When we talk about reading, poetry books are often considered too "serious," while graphic novels aren't considered &...
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Topic Guide
Lunar New Year 2024
Created on:
Feb 05, 2024
24 items
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, an important and festive holiday for many Asian communities, the Kansas City Public Library ha...
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General Recommendations
Now in the Public Domain 2024
By:
JasmineS_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 05, 2024
21 items
These books and movies have entered the public domain this year!
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Top Picks
KCPL's Favorite Reads of 2023
Created on:
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...
General Recommendations
Kirkus' Best YA Books of the Year
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 11, 2023
92 items
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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
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Are You Afraid of the Bark?
By:
KevinF_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 18, 2023
14 items
Spooky and scary tales of hellhounds, evil dogs, werewolves, and other creepy canines for your Halloween enjoyment.
2 likes
Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 1990 - 1999
Created on:
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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National Book Award Longlist
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 19, 2023
45 items
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and YA Literature. Winners will be announced 11/15/2023
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General Recommendations
Challenged - Banned Books
By:
KellyB_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 18, 2023
25 items
The library also has DVDs adapted from these challenged and banned books.
4 likes
General Recommendations
Eisner Award Nominees & Winners 2023
By:
EmilyA_KCMO
Created on:
Jul 05, 2023
72 items
Eisner Award Nominees & Winners in Comics and Graphic Novels. Winners are annotated with their category in case you want to...
Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 1960 - 1969
Created on:
Jun 28, 2023
40 items
Welcome to the Read Across the Decades Challenge with the Kansas City Public Library! Each month, we'll read books set in diffe...
2 likes
General Recommendations
All Together Now- Teen Recommendations
Created on:
May 03, 2023
18 items
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General Recommendations
May Day
By:
ChinesaR_KCMO
Created on:
May 01, 2023
37 items
May Day is also International Worker's Day, a day in which we honor laborers, labor movements, and the fight for workers’ right...
2 likes
Topic Guide
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Created on:
Apr 26, 2023
40 items
May is Jewish American Heritage Month, when we aknowledge Jewish contributions to American culture, history, and society. Gathe...
2 likes
Topic Guide
The Bond You Didn't Ask For: Happy National Siblings Day!
Created on:
Apr 07, 2023
21 items
National Siblings Day is celebrated on April 10 and to honor that bond you didn't ask for, the sibling bond, the Kansas City Pu...
2 likes
Topic Guide
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...
1 like
General Recommendations
2023 Youth Media Awards
Created on:
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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Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 1900-1909
Created on:
Jan 12, 2023
14 items
Welcome to the Read Across the Decades Challenge with the Kansas City Public Library! Each month, we'll read books set in diffe...
1 like
Top Picks
NPR: 2022 Books We Love
Created on:
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 ...
4 likes
General Recommendations
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.
General Recommendations
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...
2 likes
Topic Guide
My Dearest Diary
Created on:
Sep 14, 2022
33 items
My Dearest Diary - it has come to my attention that September 22 is “Dear Diary Day”, a day in which we celebrate how writing i...
1 like
General Recommendations
Hispanic Heritage Month
By:
MonicaM_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 02, 2022
82 items
¡Vamos a Celebrar! A great variety of children's books in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15
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General Recommendations
Hispanic Heritage Month
By:
MonicaM_KCMO
Created on:
Aug 29, 2022
52 items
¡Vamos a Celebrar! Books for Middle Graders in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month September 15th - October 15th
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