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 Library Offers New High School Diploma Completion Program Monday, February 6, 2023 Education Kansas City Public Library cardholders living in the Library’s service area can now earn a high school diploma at no cost through... Read More
News Item Summer Reading Enters Final Stretch Thursday, August 4, 2022 Staff Picks This year's Summer Reading Program has been a celebration of making, dreaming, and doing – over 10,000 readers have read more than 11... Read More
News Item Chromebooks Now Available for Library Checkout Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Digital Inclusion Don’t have the tools to connect to the internet and manage your personal online needs? Now you can borrow a Chromebook computer from the... 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 Your Library Leads: KCPL Guides 13 Other Libraries in Digital Inclusion Efforts Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Digital Inclusion Library Services The Kansas City Public Library is involved in many projects to serve local community members through digital inclusion services. For example, our job... 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
News Item Our Favorite Books of 2021 Friday, December 3, 2021 Staff Picks Readers Services Reading Lists Books What books from the past year really resonated with our staff? From pop culture page-turners to mind-melting history reads, we’ve highlighted some... Read More
News Item Knowing the News: 2021 Media Literacy Week Tuesday, October 12, 2021 Library Services Digital Inclusion Digital Services Media Literacy During U.S. Media Literacy Week (October 25 – 29, 2021), organizations across the country promote the importance of media literacy ed... Read More