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 San Francisco Public Library Settles Super Bowl Bet With Kansas City Public Library Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Banned Books Free to Read KC Sports The Kansas City Public Library and the San Francisco Public Library teamed up to tackle censorship with a friendly Super Bowl wager.... Read More
News Item Bigger Than Football: Library Systems “Tackle Censorship” Wednesday, February 7, 2024 KC Sports Library News Super Bowl News: The Kansas City Public Library is partnering with the San Francisco Public Library to draw attention "Tackle Censorship."... 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 Join the Library for Community Conversations about The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together Thursday, September 23, 2021 Book Discussion Signature Events The Library and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation present a series of online community conversations centered around the book... Read More
News Item Join the Community Conversation of 'Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools' Thursday, July 22, 2021 Book Discussion Signature Events The Library and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation present a series of online community conversations centered around the book Pushout:... Read More
News Item Want to tackle some super books? Coach Read offers you Shelf Help Friday, January 29, 2021 Shelf Help Readers Services Reading Lists KC Sports Using the Library’s SHELF HELP service, Coach Read’s roster of MVP librarians can give you a personalized reading playbook, building... Read More
News Item Library Shows its Super Bowl Spirit... with Bookish Twists Wednesday, January 29, 2020 KC Sports No shushing at the Kansas City Public Library. Not during Super Bowl week. The Library is adding its own imaginative twist to the run-up to Sunday and... Read More
News Item Get Tickets for 2019 Library Night at the K Tuesday, July 2, 2019 KC Sports Summer Reading Join the Kansas City Public Library and other area library systems for this year’s Library Night at the K on Tuesday, July 30... Read More