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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 18h

It's not all Whimsy & Shadows this month, but you'll find some on the curated CloudLibrary bookshelves. Check out CloudLibrary at Website: Digital Books: Home . Don't have a Kansas eCard yet? #GetConnected at any Kansas library. @oclc.org

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Join Alex Grecian's author talk TONIGHT; he'll talk writing, historical realism & his path as an author. @alexgrecian.bsky.social creates stories & graphic novels that keep you on the edge of your crypt ... couch, calendar.library.ks.gov/event/16307258 @travelks.bsky.social #America250 #KS250

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Goosebumps generation? Still shudder at Samuel Whiskers' fate? Join Kansas-born, Alex Grecian for an evening chat. He's a 6-time KS Notable Book winning author & creator of spooky stories. Register today. calendar.library.ks.gov/event/16307258 #KS250

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today's the Day you can begin SUGGESTing up to 3 titles/month to CloudLibrary and share the good eBooks & audiobooks you've found. Your easy step-by-step instructions are in the graphics to help you get started! library.ks.gov/ld.php?conte.... #CloudLibrary. @oclc.org

How to Use the SUGGEST Button in CloudLibrary .

Log in to the CloudLibrary app with your eCard and password.

Tap Search at the bottom of the screen.

Tap the filter icon in the upper right corner.

Under Availability, tap/toggle the Suggestions for library.

Click Save/Apply.

Search by exact title, author or keyword for the title you want to read or suggest.

Tap the Suggest button if the eBook or audiobook you would like to suggest is found.

Call 800-432-3924 or email eResources@ks.gov to reach State Library staff who can help you with CloudLibrary.

View all digital collections at library.ks.gov/digitalbooks.

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State Library of Kansas @statelibraryofks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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

Celebrate with music, and information about the Kansas author and the illustrator who helped bring this jamboree to life. Learn more by logging in to the link in comments, library.ks.gov/librarians/prek @librarycongress.bsky.social 3/3

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

"Jamboree" is by Stephanie Brinkley & illustrated by Victoria Mikki. Kansas Reads to Preschoolers is celebrated each November. The 2026 book features a rhyming story brimming w/friends & delight, lightning bug facts, & original “Lightning Bug Jamboree” song 2/3

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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

Dive into State Fair history & so much more when you visit library.ks.gov/KGI, KS government info spanning the State and generations of Kansans. Meet us at the State Fair in the Pride of KS Building! @travelks.bsky.social #ksleg #PrimarySources 2/2

1986 Kansas State Fair Premium Book cover

1986 Worlds largest carnival midway advertisement

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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

Cool Fact: Kansan, Andrew Bannecker, is the artist who created this year’s NBF poster! Check out the 2026 Roadmap to Reading, a feature of the Nat'l Book Festival, invites participants to read books from each state and territory represented. 2/2

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.

2026 Roadmap to Reading, a feature of the National Book Festival, invites participants to read books from each state and territory represented.

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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 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 · 25/08/2026

Grippy socks can be library joy, too. In the words of a great friend of libraries, "You belong. You are worthy. (We're) so happy you're here." Come visit if you can. We'll be here.

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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 · 20/08/2026

"Great Reads from Great Places" are selected from all U.S. states and 6 territories to highlight our country’s authors, cultures and regional heritages. #NationalBookFestival #LibraryofCongress 2/2

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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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