Filter Results by...
List Type
- General Recommendations (140)
- Topic Guide (39)
- If You Liked ... (9)
- Genre Guide (8)
- Top Picks (8)
Creator type
Library
Form/Genre
Topic
Region
General Recommendations
Celebrating the Persistence of Phenomenal Women
By:
ReginaC_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 14, 2024
28 items
SE CA
General Recommendations
Audie Award Winners and Nominees
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 05, 2024
50 items
Topic Guide
An Evening With Jacqueline Woodson
Created on:
Mar 05, 2024
42 items
When she was young, it bothered – no, angered – Jacqueline Woodson that none of the characters she saw and read about in books ...
General Recommendations
Books Turned Into Oscar Movies
By:
ChinesaR_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 02, 2024
80 items
The 2024 Oscar nominations were announced on Jan 23. Many Oscar-nominated films started off as books, and since the book is usu...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Spotlight on Jacqueline Woodson
By:
JessieC_KCMO
Created on:
Feb 26, 2024
33 items
Inspirational author Jacqueline Woodson will be visiting the Kansas City Public Library on Friday, March 8th! The author will j...
1 like
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...
1 like
General Recommendations
Books Published the Week of 1/8/2024
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 08, 2024
54 items
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
1 like
Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 2000 - 2009
Created on:
Nov 08, 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
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...
General Recommendations
Books Published the Week of 9/18/2023
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 21, 2023
77 items
Topic Guide
Reading of Jewish Voices
Created on:
Sep 20, 2023
42 items
To celebrate Jewish Voices in Literature, the Kansas City Public Library has gathered books from a wide variety of genres that ...
1 like
General Recommendations
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
1 like
Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 1980 - 1989
Created on:
Aug 31, 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
Most Assigned Reading with Female Authors
By:
ChinesaR_KCMO
Created on:
Aug 23, 2023
50 items
Less than a third of assigned reading in U.S. colleges is written by a woman. But who are the women authors that are being assi...
6 likes
Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 1970 - 1979
Created on:
Aug 10, 2023
36 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
Time travel
By:
AngelaH_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 28, 2023
14 items
For your summer vacation, you may not be able to go some where else so here are books that can take you some when else!
General Recommendations
Staff Recommendations - Trails West Branch
By:
BrookeC_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 09, 2023
50 items
Featuring a variety of genres, such as thrillers, historical fiction, graphic novels and poetry collections, here are some of t...
1 like
General Recommendations
All Together Now- Elementary Recommendations
Created on:
May 03, 2023
24 items
1 like
General Recommendations
All Together Now- Teen Recommendations
Created on:
May 03, 2023
18 items
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
General Recommendations
YA Books as Zodiac Signs - Taurus
By:
EstrellaH_KCMO
Created on:
Apr 21, 2023
17 items
April 20 - May 20
Symbol: The Bull
Element: Earth
Modality: Fixed
Ruling Planet: Venus
Taurus, the second sign of the zodiac,...
2 likes