Lawrence Public Library weighs in on NPR's Public Libraries' top 2025 checkouts, “The Women was among the most checked-out books in U.S. public libraries this year, making top 10 lists in library systems ... www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n... #kansasreads @npr.org #LawrenceKansas
Give yourself the gift that keeps on giving ... a Kansas eCard. Your local library can set you up with an eCard and access to all digital books, databases and learning platforms for you and your family found at library.ks.gov/kansans. #KansasReads
Learn more on how to join Friends of the Press here: kansaspress.ku.edu/fotp.
#UPK #FriendsOfThePress #SupportNonprofitPublishing #MidwestBooks #KansasReads
Winter’s nights are getting longer. Here are great reads to help you make it until spring thaw thanks to NPR's latest Books we Love, apps.npr.org/best-books/#.... @npr.org #KansasReads #BooksWeLove
Macksville City Library proves reading to children can be fun & tasty - beyond Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Month! Don't take our word for it ... Check out the Great Bend Tribune article,
anvil.gbtribune.com/news/local-n... #KansasReads #SouthCentralKansasLibrarySystem
Get Your Students' Favorite Audiobooks Free-of-Charge: KS Talking Books & the Nat'l Library Service for the Blind & Print Disabled, provide free audio & braille books to students who are unable to read due to impairment. library.ks.gov/TalkingBooks #KansasReads
Your imagination is calling. Reading will help answer the call. Try eBooks free of charge at library.ks.gov/digital-books, and books you can tackle at your local Kansas library. Your imagination will thank you. #KansasReads #Library
Image of a smiling girl holding a giant melon slice, Join us this November and inspire your preschooler's BIG ideas!
Image: Kansas Lee Para Infantes Preescolares 2025, ¡Acompáñanos este noviembre e inspira las GRANDES ideas de tu infante!, La gran idea de la pequeña Nita, Por Anna W. Bardaus
Announcing a BIG Idea for 2025 Kansas Reads to Preschoolers, introducing “Little Nita’s BIG Idea.” Little Nita has a BIG & delicious idea to serve her community, and she must persevere to see it through, content.govdelivery.com/accounts/KSO... #LittleNita #Scholastic #KansasReads
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Looking for book recommendations? Check out library.ks.gov, featuring a #CloudLibrary sampler of tasty books next to "Spotlight On"! If you need a Kansas eCard, find us at the #KansasBookFestival tomorrow around Washburn University Libraries to get yours. #KansasReads
Think of a "dangerous abolitionist." Then enjoy @kprnews 's Kaye McIntyre interview with "Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind: James Montgomery and his War on Slavery" authors Todd Mildfelt & David D. Schafer. kansaspublicradio.org/podcast/kpr-... #GreatReads #KansasReads
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The State Library of Kansas will be closed Labor Day, Monday, September 1. Find a universe of books to enjoy and ideas to explore when you Get Connected to us online 24/7 at library.ks.gov. #KansasReads #LibrariesAreForEveryone
Image of paperback books - classics - from Brave New World to Walden.
What books shaped you in high school? Here's what you told @npr.org . Any titles you would add?
npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5468462/best-books-read-high-school #KansasReads #HighSchoolReady
Introducing our 𝙣𝙚𝙬 website created with YOU in mind. Get Connected to digital books & databases, Share Talking Books, Find Policy Resources, Popular eBooks & checkout the new "Spotlight On." Visit us at library.ks.gov. #Kansas #KansasReads
Have you heard? Kansas Book Festival, Sept. 20, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Washburn University. Free admission. #Kansas #BookFestival #KansasReads
The stories in Las Madres span more than a century—but they echo powerfully in this moment. 📚
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#LasMadres #LatinxHistory #KansasReads #ImmigrantVoices
Friday, July 4, State Library of Kansas will be closed in observance of the Federal Holiday. Your Kansas eCard is the key to 1000s of audiobooks & adventures 24/7, library.ks.gov/digital-books (they count toward your summer reading totals!). #KansasReads #CloudLibrary
Two photo image of Bruce the mechanical shark from the movie Jaws and cover art for "The Jaws Log."
Check out The Jaws Log on Freading to discover how “26-year-old Steven Spielberg transformed Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel” into the film that inspired 50 years of checking the bathwater for sharks, kslib.freading.com/index. #Jaws #KansasReads
Thanks for 50 years of double-checking the bathwater for Bruce the shark. What to read if you liked Jaws, the movie? Jaws the book by Peter Benchley or Jurassic Park the book by Michael Crichton or The Devil's Teeth by Susan Casey. #Jaws #KansasReads
Thursday, June 19, the State Library of Kansas will be closed in observance of the Federal Holiday. It’s also National Audiobook Month. Use your Kansas eCard & celebrate with great audiobooks, library.ks.gov/digital-books (they count toward your summer reading totals!). #KansasReads
Alt Text: images of Kansas sunflowers, children listening to a book, a library bird, intergenerational reading and a engaged group during a library summer reading event!
Put the brakes on the summer slide with Summer Reading at your local library. Free. All ages. Have fun. Make friends. Read to the top of your class! #SummerReadingNotSummerSlide #KansasLibraries #KansasReads
KPR Presents: 2025 Kansas Notable Books Preview, listen in to Kaye McIntyre's interview with Ray Walling & Brett Rurode of the State Library of Kansas! Discover the 2025 Notable Book selections and how the books are selected, kansaspublicradio.org/podcast/kpr-... #KansasReads
Check out the cover art for three of this year's 15 Kansas Notable Books! Find all the titles at library.ks.gov/KSNotableBooks #KansasReads
Every mile back to Kansas is a step toward the roots that shaped my family. 🌾
This 📅 February, I’m returning to the Heartland with Las Madres, a deeply personal book that celebrates the Latina women who shaped our communities. Join me in Kansas!
#LasMadresBook #KansasReads #FamilyLegacy
Did you see #Kansas State Department of Education's KSDEweekly? Here's your chance to read KSDE's article about Kansas Reads to Preschoolers & why the State Library supports early literacy as essential to Kansas' kids' learning readiness, bit.ly/KSReads2Pres.... #KansasReads
Photo of an African porcupine named Quilliam on a purple floor and securely held by a ZooKeeper from the Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Kansas.
How to Hug Quilliam, a Porcupine: In honor of Kansas Reads to Preschoolers month, Wichita Public Library and Tanganyika Wildlife Park partnered to read "How to Hug a Porcupine" with special guest, Quilliam. Used w/permission. #KansasReads #Preschoolers #HowToHugAPorcupine #Kansas
