News Item Longtime NPR Host Meets ‘Best Strangers in the World,’ Our Latest Book Club Selection Monday, April 22, 2024 FYI Book Group 150th Anniversary NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection.... Read More
News Item Memories of ‘The Wiz,’ and Coming of Age Inspire This Award-Winning Poetry Collection Thursday, February 29, 2024 FYI Book Group Book Discussion Book Group Maya Angelou Book Award Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner.... Read More
News Item Pop In at the Park 2023 Monday, May 15, 2023 Outreach Stop by select Kansas City parks and visit with your Library for this year's Pop In at the Park summer series! We'll be popping up... Read More
News Item Those Medal-ing Kids Books (and Some for Adults) Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Readers Services If your to-read pile needs a refresh, check out collections of recent winners and nominees for book awards ranging from the Carnegie Medal for Excelle... Read More
News Item Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue. We Love Our Patrons... So Here Are Some Book Lists. Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Readers Services February is National Library Lovers' Month, and you can celebrate by making use of our fantastic resources, visiting your favorite Li... Read More
News Item Library’s VISTA Project and Digital Corps Honor Legacy of MLK with 2023 Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Friday, December 30, 2022 Outreach In the spirit of the service embodied by Dr. King, the Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting donations of travel size personal care item... Read More
News Item Community Partnerships Fuel Relationship with Housing Authority Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Outreach When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring of 2020, the Library had just received our shipment of materials for the Book Rich Environment... Read More
News Item Mayukh Sen Spotlights the Stories, Struggles of Immigrant Women Who Helped Make American Food Cuisine What It Is Wednesday, February 23, 2022 FYI Book Group In his new book Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, James Beard Award-winning food writer Mayukh Sen expl... Read More
News Item Library’s VISTA Project Honors Legacy of MLK with Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Wednesday, January 19, 2022 VISTA Martin Luther King Jr. Outreach In keeping with the civil rights leader’s spirit of service, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting... Read More
News Item Our Favorite Fiction Books of 2021 Friday, December 3, 2021 Staff Picks Readers Services Reading Lists Books What fiction books were winners with Library staff in 2021? From pop culture potboilers to heavy-hitting history reads, check o... Read More