The Waldo Branch will be open for hold pickups only Monday, December 9 through Thursday, January 2 due to branch upgrades.
Readers Services
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
February is National Library Lovers' Month, and you can celebrate by making use of our fantastic resources, visiting your favorite Li...
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Friday, December 3, 2021
What fiction books were winners with Library staff in 2021? From pop culture potboilers to heavy-hitting history reads, check o...
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Friday, December 3, 2021
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...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Have a delightfully wicked Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of scary story recommendations, frightfully fun films, and other creepily c...
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Monday, July 26, 2021
Stanley Banks' Blue Beat Syncopation: Selected Poems 1977-2002 is a frank meditation on the Black experience in Kansas City at t...
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Dig into this year's Summer Reading Program with a bounty of HOMEGROWN STORIES that celebrate regional roots and cul...
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Friday, May 7, 2021
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Library is celebrating the history, culture, and achievements of AAPI...
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Monday, April 19, 2021
The latest pick of the Library's FYI Book Group, in partnership with the Kansas City Star, is Hanif Abdurraqib...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Are you ready for some book-themed Super Bowl fun? Or perhaps it is some Super Bowl-themed book fun. Either way, the Kansas City Public Library has...