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KC Library Exclusive: Frank White Autographed Book & Ball Giveaway

Frank White book ball

Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer Frank White launches his new memoir with a public event on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, at the Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Book Reviews

4 Amazing Illustrated Novels for Adults

Jack Finney - Time and Again

How do we learn to read? For many, picture books are the foundation of our reading skills. We look at the illustrations and follow the stories of Harry the Dirty Dog or the Very Hungry Caterpillar or Alexander and his Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The drawings and paintings enhance the tales told in the text running along the bottom of the pages.

Local History

Know Your KC History: Graduation Music, Part 4 (Graduation Day)

Dawson get first Horner Degree

On June 12, 1925, the lives of three men came together in a way that challenged how things had always been in Kansas City. Find out how a teacher, a student, and a reporter swung a hammer at the strong wall of ethnic tradition in KC.

Local History

Know Your KC History: Graduation Music, Part 3 (The Musician)

William Dawson

On June 12, 1925, the lives of three men came together in a way that challenged how things had always been in Kansas City. Find out how a teacher, a student, and a reporter swung a hammer at the strong wall of ethnic tradition in KC.

Local History

Know Your KC History: Graduation Music, Part 2 (The Reporter)

Roy Wilkins

On June 12, 1925, the lives of three men came together in a way that challenged how things had always been in Kansas City. Find out how a teacher, a student, and a reporter swung a hammer at the strong wall of ethnic tradition in KC.