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Shelf Life: A Big Read Storytelling Event YouTube video by The Kansas City Public Library

Tonight's Shelf Life: A Big Read Storytelling Event with David Wayne Reed is live on YouTube. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. Join us! #BigReadKC

www.youtube.com/live/fEUkLrx...

Rebekah Taussig and Librarian Kaite Stover on stage.

Guest talking to Rebekah Taussig.

The book Sitting Pretty which has a woman in a wheelchair on the cover.

Logos for the NEA Big Read, NTDF of KCMO, and Health Forward Foundation.

Thank you to everyone who attended our #BigReadKC event this week for a meaningful conversation w/ author Rebekah Taussig about her book Sitting Pretty.

Join us over the next 5 weeks for more programming that imagines accessibility for every body.

For more information, visit kclibrary.org/BigRead

'Sitting Pretty': A Big Read Conversation YouTube video by The Kansas City Public Library

Tonight's Big Read event with Sitting Pretty author Rebekah Taussig is live on YouTube. The program begins at 7 p.m. Join us!

#BigReadKC

'Sitting Pretty': A Big Read Conversation Rebekah Taussig discusses her book Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body. The author, who lost the use of her legs as a toddler, talks about the public consequences of ig...

📍: Central Library
📅: April 15 | 7 p.m.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/4vds3mua

#BigReadKC #AccessibilityMatters #TheFutureIsAccessible

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Graphic with the book Sitting Pretty and the text: Sitting Pretty: A Big Read Conversation, Rebekah Taussig Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. Central Library

Next Tues. April 15 as part of our #BigReadKC events, Rebekah Taussig will discuss her book Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body.

📍: Central Library
📅: April 15 | 7 p.m.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/4vds3mua

#AccessibilityMatters #TheFutureIsAccessible

We’re giving away 700 copies through book groups and featured events. Learn more at kclibrary.org/BigRead 

#BigReadKC

A graphic that says, "The first Big Read event is almost here!" There are two hands on the graphic. One is holding the KC Pop-Up Book Group logo, and the other is holding the book Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig. The book group details on the graphic say March 29, at 1 p.m. at the North-East Branch of the Kansas City Public Library.

Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read, The City of Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund, the Health Forward Foundation, and the Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation.

The KC Pop-Up Book Group meets this Saturday (3/29)!

This is your first chance to meet the author, Rebekah Taussig, and discuss her memoir Sitting Pretty.

📍: North-East Branch
📅: March 29 | 1 p.m.
Join and learn more at kclibrary.org/bigread

#BigReadKC

Picture of hand holding the book Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig Text: Big Read is back!

Get excited - #BigReadKC is back!

Our 2025 Big Read title is Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig.

Eight weeks of programming kicks off on March 29.

Learn more: kclibrary.org/bigread