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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 10h

October's Kansas 250 Bookshelf is offered in a spooky season's spirit with Horror, Murder & Suspense! Every book on the #Kansas250 Bookshelf was written by a fellow Kansan or about Kansas. library.ks.gov/KS250/October @travelks.bsky.social #America250 #KSleg #October #Read

Cover art for Horror, Murder and Suspense - themed Kansas 250 October Bookshelf titles.

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Register today & join us October 7, 7 pm, for a conversation w/Alex Grecian, bestselling author & 6-time Kansas Notable Book winner! His upcoming work is set in America's Midwest. calendar.library.ks.gov/event/16307258 @travelks.bsky.social #America250 #KS250 #KSLeg #WesternHorror

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You still have time to help shape future State Library of Kansas priorities when you take this anonymous survey. You’re invited to weigh in about services & resources provided by the State Library. Thank You. survey.alchemer.com/s3/8998210/S.... ⭐️ #AdAstra

Photo of rural Kansas mailboxes in summer.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dogs ❤️

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Make a difference for Kansans and Kansas libraries; apply for the State Library of Kansas' Communications Coordinator today! #Kansas #StateLibrary #TalkingBooks

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We're Hiring a Communications Coordinator with the State Library of Kansas in Shawnee County. Click the link to learn more and to apply, jobs.sok.ks.gov #WereHiring #Kansas

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

See you tomorrow at the Kansas Book Festival rain or shine! kansasbookfestival.com #KansasBookFestival

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Give Like Dolly Day! Dolly’s Day 🦋💜 Dolly Parton spent a lifetime inspiring kids to read, inspiring us. Now it’s our turn! Support your local imagination library program. Give like Dolly, help like Dolly. Let’s make her proud ✨

Smiling Dolly Parton in colorful butterfly dress

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Your feedback matters! The #Greenbush is conducting an evaluation of services & resources provided by the State Library. Click to start the survey, survey.alchemer.com/s3/8998210/S.... Your anonymous feedback will help shape future State Library priorities.

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Joyful Jamboree for 2026 Kansas Reads to Preschoolers w/"Lightning Bug Jamboree!" When summer's sun sets, lightning bugs gather round w/toads, fox & cricket sounds, and it’s time for the “Lightning Bug Jamboree,” 2026 KS Reads to Preschoolers featured book 1/3

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🐛 just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it came a butterfly 🦋

Mychal smiles while wearing a sweater with a butterfly on his chest

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Get your copy of the U.S. #Constitution at the State Library of Kansas for Constitution Day, Sep 17, as long as supplies last. It's the 239th anniversary of the signing in Philadelphia. Visit the Kansas Statehouse, 8 am-5 pm. library.ks.gov/visit. #America250

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Everyone should find time to sit and watch the leaves fall." (Elizabeth Lawrence) Cafiero Filippelli artwork

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

September and the Kansas State Fair got you thinking about #KansasAgriculture & Rural Life? Click to this month's #Kansas250 Bookshelf & find stories of friends and neighbors & be inspired to tell your own story, library.ks.gov/KS250/September #KSleg @travelks.bsky.social #America250

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Click through decades of Kansas State Fair premium books, information and biennial fair reports you'll find in our Kansas Government Information Library. It's a walk through history and includes maps from 1966, 1986, before and since, library.ks.gov/KGI. 1/2

1976 Kansas State Fair Premium Book cover

1976 Grandstand advertisement for entertainers Ray Stevens and Tanya Tucker

1966 Kansas State Fair Premium Book cover

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The State Library of Kansas will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, to observe Labor Day. Visit us online 24/7 for new books to enjoy, TalkingBooksS, eResources to help you learn, grow and create adventures you want, & for KS government info, library.ks.gov.

Image of a riverside Kansas walking trail among fields.

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Register TODAY, celebrate #Kansas Agriculture & Rural Life w/Kaye McIntyre, Lucas Bessire & Lindsay Metcalf LIVE TONIGHT, calendar.library.ks.gov/event/173290.... There is room for you in the conversation! #Agriculture #RuralLife #KS250

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“Cowboy Roll” • Pen, colored pencil, and copic gray marker on paper. A lone cowboy sits atop a hill in the foreground. He yells out to his colleagues “last one” before rolling down the hill like a silly boy. When he reaches the bottom he sits up and says “just one more.” In the background of the piece we see two other cowboys on their horses and a 3rd horse eating grass. It’s likely these cowboys have been waiting here for sometime. Artist’s note: I like the line work and expressions in this one. I try to keep most of my drawings as single panels so creating movement and time-lapse in one frame is a good challenge.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Celebrating the library kids with Storytime at the 4th Annual Kristi Yamaguchi Family Literacy Festival… reasons to stay 💜📖💚 www.sjplf.org/event/kristi-yamaguchi-family-literacy-festival-2026

Mychal and Kristi Yamaguchi reading books, speaking into a microphone. Text reads that the 4th Kristi Yamaguchi Family Literacy Festival will happen Saturday, September 5, 2026 at the Children’s Discovery Museum

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Stay current on Kansas Voter Information w/the KS Secretary of State's 2026 General Election info, & helpful, nonpartisan resources you'll find at the State Library's website, library.ks.gov/kansans/civic-holidays. Your vote counts. @natlvoterregday.bsky.social #Vote #Info #Kansas

General Election information from Kansas Secretary of State.

National Voter registration day, September 15, 2026 image of 240 and statue of liberty.

Image of Wilson Lake - very Kansas view - limestone columns around the lake.

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

N.C. Wyeth (US, 1882 - 1945) The Doryman (Evening) Port Clyde, Maine, 1933.

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Celebrate Kansas' literary life at the 2026 KS Book Festival, Sept. 26, on the Washburn University campus. Come for storytelling & activities for all ages & genres, stay for the community and #bookjoy. kansasbookfestival.com #KSTalkingBooks @travelks.bsky.social #KansasReads

Invitation to 2026 Kansas Book Festival at Washburn University, Saturday, September 26. http://kansasbookfestival.com

Invitation for children to participate in the Kansas Kids Book Parade

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Amen. #BookSky

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Snapshots of 2026 Nat'l Book Festival in Washington D. C. & featuring Great Reads from Great Places. Kansas sent Lindsay H. Metcalf’s Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm & Robert Rebein's The Last Rancher to represent our great literary history & culture. 1/2

Kansas' booth at the 2026 National Book Festival in Washington D.C., August 22, featuring Kansas' Great Reads from Great Places selections: Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm and the Last Rancher.

Kansas Great Reads from Great Places 2026 selection for children, Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm, by Lindsay H. Metcalf.

Kansas Great Reads from Great Places 2026 selection for adults, The Last Rancher, by Robert Rebein.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will continue sending out millions of books to children even after her passing. 💖

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Definitely autumn.

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Join Kaye McIntyre's Sep. 2 conversation w/Lucas Bessire & Lindsay Metcalf! They'll talk about Kansas stories. YOU might be inspired to tell your own. Register, calendar.library.ks.gov/event/173290... #KansasAgriculture #KansasAgriculture @kansaspublicradio.bsky.social #ksleg

Cover art for Running Out: In Search of Water in the High Plains by Lucas Bessire and Farmers Unite! by Lindsay H. Metcalf

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There's a lot of excitement about the new Independence Hall-inspired library at #BenedictineCollege in Atchison. Ray, state librarian, visited the new Moritz Library & met the library staff to tour the 58K square foot academic #library. media.benedictine.edu/state-librar... #Kansas

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Help shape the future of KS libraries, share ideas & experiences in a focus group. Your insight will help identify future priorities, celebrate progress & hear what Kansans want/need in their libraries, surveys.greenbush.org/s3/KSL-FG-Reg. #YourVoiceMatters #KSTalkingBooks

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Guess who's in the Spotlight of Notable Kansans with August's KS250 Bookshelf! From Charles Curtis to Buck O'Neil, Amelia Earhart, Buffalo Bill and a most notorious charlatan. #Kansas tea. library.ks.gov/KS250/August #NLBMuseumKC #America250 @travelks.bsky.social @oclc.org

Amelia Earhart, Charles Curtis, Buck O'Neil, Father Kapaun, Charlatan, Kansas Notable Books, KS250

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬. 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. Visit your local library, meet neighbors & discover hiSTORIES of your community. Logon to library.ks.gov & find News. Art. Ideas. Science. Career exploration. History. Hobbies. Inspiration. Write your own #Kansas story.

Image of the Brown v Topeka School Board mural in the Kansas Statehouse across the rotunda from the State Library of Kansas. Know your hiStory.

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JewInACanoe.bsky.social 🎗️ @jewinacanoe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Someone tell NASA that we found a short cut.

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Enjoy the event video "From the Reservation to Washington: The Rise of Charles Curtis"? Meet Kansan & Kaw citizen, Curtis, 1st person of color & only Native American to serve as U.S. vice president, youtu.be/v9K7BcOMjM4 @America250 @TravelKS #KSleg #authordebgoodrich

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KS250 Bookshelf August 5 event: From the Reservation to Washington: The Rise of Charles Curtis

YouTube video by StateLibraryofKansas

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

You can change the world for good. Come work with us.

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. Kansas' 2026 Great Reads from Great Places titles, The Last Rancher-Robert Rebein & Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm-Lindsay H. Metcalf. Great Reads from Great Places = Kansas' literary heritage & offered with the #LibraryofCongress. library.ks.gov/KSGreatReads

Image of cover art for The Last Rancher and Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm and the 2026 National Book Festival poster, http://library.ks.gov/KSGreatReads

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The State Library is not an official partner of the Imagination Library of Kansas, and we celebrate the goal of every Kansas child receiving high-quality books to nurture a love for #reading that will continue to enrich their lives throughout school & beyond! 2/2

Governor Kelly and Dolly Parton sitting on a stage with flowers between them

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The joy of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is open to any Kansas child from birth-5th birthday. When enrolled in the @dollyslibrary, #Kansas children receive free, age-appropriate books mailed directly to their home every month, kschildrenscabinet.gov/imaginationlibrary 1/2

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

"Kansas libraries offer more public-access internet computers per capita than any other state." 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀⭐️, library.ks.gov/ld.php?conte.... #IMLS #Kansas #Libraries #AdAstraPerAspera

The Power of Kansas Libraries Providing reading and information resources so every Kansan can aim for the stars. Kansas libraries by the numbers* *2024 Kansas Public Library Survey 369: Kansas Public Libraries & Branches 9,691,513: Visitors in 2024 15,941,648: Physical Materials Circulated 5,925,883: Digital Resources Circulated audiobooks, music, movies and more 2,110,319: Database Full-Text Used 736,272: Interlibrary Loan Resources Shared 1,154,970: Computer Sessions 3,679: Public Computers Available 3,195,104: Wi-Fi Sessions 67,966,: Total Library Programs 38,140: Programs for Children 29,826: Programs for Adults 1,356,899: Total Library Program Attendance 805,918: Children in Attendance 550,981: Adults in Attendance Kansas libraries offer more public-access internet computers per capita than any other state. 2023, Public Library Survey Benchmarking Tables (IMLS) Grinnell, Kansas, 2025: Volunteers from Moore Family Library, Northwest Kansas Library System and Northcentral Kansas Library System worked together to sort library books and resources donated to Grinnell’s Grade School Library after an EF3 tornado destroyed it May 18. “The ability for libraries to share materials via Interlibrary Loan is a cornerstone of access to our small town. Thanks to these programs, I’m able to open an entire world of information, exploration and entertainment to my students and faculty ... they are not limited to what’s in our building, district, town, county and even state!”- Melissa Hipp, Librarian Hoisington USD 431 State Library of Kansas, 300 SW 10 Ave., Rm. 312-N, Topeka, KS 66612 library.ks.gov · library@ks.gov · 800.432.3919How IMLS Funding Supports Kasans These essential Kansas library services were made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Links to Kansas’ fi veyear project plan and state program report can be found on the State Library of Kansas website at library.ks.gov/librarians/ lsta. IMLS allocated $2.1 million in 2025 to support Kansa…

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hot Kansas days require something cool and refreshing. What's cooler than Sam Elliot narrating this "Happy Birthday America, here's to the next 250" advertisement for America250.org? Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgdQ...