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Join @kcls.org on August 9 for a talk by author @frankabe.bsky.social about the parallels between present day mass deportation, Japanese American wartime incarceration & his graphic novel, We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration: kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/67eef...
30.07.2025 18:23 — 👍 38 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1"I asked chat gpt" "I asked grok" well I asked a KCLS librarian and they found the exact book you were looking for and have tons more recommendations for you when you're done reading it.
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Redmond library staff holding large format books and a banner that reads "Your Library on Parade" at the Redmond Derby Days Parade
KCLS booth at the Redmond Derby Days Festival
Did you join us for Redmond Derby Days last weekend? Our Redmond Library staff had so much fun walking in the parade and seeing so many of you at our booth! #KCLSEvents #KCLS #DerbyDays #RedmondWA
15.07.2025 18:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
KCLS staff at the Seattle Pride Parade in front of the Library2Go! bus.
KCLS staff walking in the Seattle Pride Parade with a "Proud to be Your Library" banner.
KCLS staff participated in the Seattle Pride Parade last weekend with our Library2Go bus. Pride month may be over, but KCLS is proud to be your library all year long! #ReadWithPride #KCLS #SeattlePride
02.07.2025 17:03 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
KCLS employee benefits, descriptions of staff positions and free swag at our booth.
KCLS booth at the ALA conference
KCLS is at the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social conference in Philadelphia. Come say hi and get more info at Booth 2114!
26.06.2025 17:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Great choices!
24.06.2025 20:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wow! We're impressed! 😍 What was your favorite read?
24.06.2025 18:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Check out the Converge Media interview with our very own Dominica A. Myers, Director of Equity and Social Impact at KCLS. She discussed our Juneteenth Celebration, happening this Saturday, June 14, in Federal Way.
Find the full interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKqu6xGI1-U&t=5s
🌈 Thank you @kcls.org White Center Pride for having me for Storytime! Despite the heat, we had fun reading MY LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK ABOUT PRIDE (written by @kylelukoffwrites.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social) and I got to be shelf buddies with my talented friend @cameronmukwa.bsky.social !
10.06.2025 21:54 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Pride Reads
Book Bingo Picks Gender Bender: Manywhere Morgan Thomas The nine stories in Morgan Thomas's shimmering debut collection witness Southern queer and genderqueer characters determined to find themselves reflected in the annals of history, whatever the cost. As Thomas's subjects trace deceit and violence through Southern tall tales and their own pasts, their journeys reveal the porous boundaries of body, land, and history, and the sometimes ruthless awakenings of self-discovery. Resistance: The Women’s House of Detention Hugh Ryan The Women's House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women's imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But when it stood in New York City's Greenwich Village, from 1929 to 1974, it was a nexus for the tens of thousands of women, transgender men, and gender-nonconforming people who inhabited its crowded cells. This is the story of one building and much more: the people it caged, the neighborhood it changed, and the resistance it inspired. BIPOC Historical Fiction: Siren Queen Nghi Vo Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill-but she doesn't care. Siren Queen offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms, in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the silver screen illuminates every page.
Summer Reading Picks Early Learner: Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle Nina LaCour When her mother goes on a business trip, a little girl, who loves to sit between Mama and Mommy at the table, misses her a lot and feels empty until Mommy finally comes home, filling the void with love. YA/Teen: The Civil War of Amos Abernathy Michael Leali Amos Abernathy lives for history. Literally. He's been a historical reenactor nearly all his life. But when a cute new volunteer arrives at his Living History Park, Amos finds himself wondering if there's something missing from history: someone like the two of them. Kids: The Sublime Stacks Robb Pearlman Mr. Stephen is a great librarian, but when it comes to crafts and story time no one does it better than substitute librarian Ms. Stacks.
Happy Pride Month! Celebrate LGBTQIA+ history, culture, and stories with our Pride Reads book list. We have great recommendations to help check off your Book Bingo and Summer Reading Program goals at the same time.
Find the full booklist at https://kcls.org/pride
#Pride #PrideBooklist #BookRecs
Our 2024 Annual Report is now available! KCLS has made a big impact over the past year by welcoming over 5 million visitors and bringing in over 360,000 people to programs across our 50 community libraries.
Read the full annual report here: https://1.kcls.org/2024report
Check out this great Pride Zine-making Workshop at our North Bend library! ⬇️
09.06.2025 16:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Happy Summer Reading! 📚☀️ Visit your KCLS library and pick up a Welcome Kit starting June 7 or sign up online on Beanstack: kcls.beanstack.org/reader365
The Summer Reading Program is made possible by @kclsfoundation.bsky.social #SummerReading2025 #KCLS
Join Howard Megdal and KCLS for a reading and discussion of his newest book, Becoming Caitlin Clark, which explores 100 years of women's basketball and Caitlin Clark's rise. 🏀📚
This is an online event from 6:30pm-8:00pm on June 18.
Register now: kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/680fd...
Curious Creatures Launch Parties: 1. Bothell Library Tuesday, July 01, 5:30pm-7:30pm 2. Lake Forest Park Library Saturday, June 28, 11:00am-12:45pm 3. Burien Library Friday, June 13, 4:00pm-5:30pm 4. Vashon Library Saturday, June 21, 11:00am-4:00pm 5. Southcenter Library Connection Wednesday, June 25, 4:30pm-5:15pm 6. Kent Panther Lake Library Saturday, June 21, 11:00am-12:30pm Saturday, June 21, 3:00pm-4:00pm 7. Kent Library Wednesday, June 25, 3:00pm-6:00pm 8. Steel Lake Park Wednesday, June 11, 5:00pm-7:00pm 9. Algona-Pacific Library Saturday, June 7, 11:30am-1:30pm
Curious Creatures Launch Parties: 10. Woodinville Library Saturday, June 21, 12:00pm-3:00pm 11. Lake Hills Library Saturday, June 28, 12:00pm-5:00pm 12. Newport Way Library Saturday, June 21, 3:00pm-6:00pm 13. Lake Boren Park Saturday, June 7, 12:00pm-1:00pm 14. North Bend Library Saturday, June 21, 1:00pm-4:00pm 15. Heritage Park Monday, June 30, 11:00am-1:00pm 16. Fairwood Library Tuesday, June 24, 3:00pm-5:00pm 17. Maple Valley Library Saturday, June 7, 1:00pm-3:00pm 18. Covington Library Wednesday, June 11, 3:30pm-5:00pm 19. Muckleshoot Library Saturday, June 28, 11:00am-4:00pm 20. Enumclaw Library Wednesday, June 25, 2:00pm-5:00pm
✨Updated with even more Launch Parties!✨
It's (almost) time to party! Celebrate the start of our summer reading program, Curious Creatures, with magic, music and more. 🥳 Check out your local launch party from the list above and find more info at 1.kcls.org/SRPLaunch
#CuriousCreatures #KCLSEvents
