[3] Hey you – yeah, you, the one who’s been avoiding the Library because you’ve got overdue fines and money is tight right now. Today through Oct. 24, just bring a few cans of food into a Kansas City Public Library location near you, and, voila, our collection of four-squillion books, CDs and DVDs will once again be at your disposal. Why? Because it’s Food for Fines week.
[5] Earlier this month, a boy with spiked hair and bright blue eyes sat at a table in the North-East Branch [6] of the Kansas City Public Library, sketching his next piece of public art. The word READ burst from the page in red-orange lettering. Now, it blazes on a wall for the whole neighborhood to see.
[8] In a July 6, 1971, speech before media executives at a Holiday Inn in Kansas City, Missouri, President Richard M. Nixon hinted at a future shift in foreign policy that would climax in his unprecedented visit to China. Trouble was, no one at the Holiday Inn fully fathomed what “Tricky Dick” was up to.
[10] Whether it’s set in the earliest days of Britain or amid the ravages of World War II, a good historical fiction book blends historical accuracy and storytelling into a neat package. Readers of this genre like knowing they are learning something and at the same time getting a great story.
[12] Don’t let all those books fool you. Though reading is our raison d’être at the Kansas City Public Library, we also impart life skills to people in the community, especially children and teens. And one of those skills we enjoy imparting the most: eating right.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/food-fines-week-here
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/11074#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/hip-hop-academy-gives-us-mural-makeover
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/north-east
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/hip-hop-academy-gives-us-mural-makeover#comments
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/land-nixonland
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/land-nixonland#comments
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/eight-best-historical-fiction-books-2010
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/eight-best-historical-fiction-books-2010#comments
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/harvesters-sows-nutritional-wisdom-southeast-branch
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/10927#comment-form
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=105
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=102
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=103
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=104
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=107
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=108
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=109
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=110
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=113
