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Reading Parties

Various locations

Bring a blanket or lawn chair and your favorite summer read and join fellow readers for an afternoon in the park!

Learn a language before you go

Add language skills to your summer travel essentials kit with self-paced reading and listening lessons from Mango Languages.

Woodland, Hidden Tapestry, Murder on the Left Bank, A Year Right Here, The City is More Than Human, How to Taste, Bering Sea Strong, Upstream, and Enduring Conviction Woodland, Hidden Tapestry, Murder on the Left Bank, A Year Right Here, The City is More Than Human, How to Taste, Bering Sea Strong, Upstream, and Enduring Conviction

Summer Author Series

Various locations

Celebrate summer reading, meet fascinating authors, and discover your next great read!

Excel, PhotoShop, Microsoft Word, InDesign, Microsoft, Adobe, Creative Cloud, Python logos Excel, PhotoShop, Microsoft Word, InDesign, Microsoft, Adobe, Creative Cloud, Python logos

Certifications at KCLS

Learn and certify in Microsoft software, Adobe software, and technology skills for programmers and teachers for free at your library.

Summer Reading for All

Read and have fun at your library this summer: for kids, teens, and adults!

Catalog Carousels

  • New Fiction

Kids & Teens

Refugee by Alan Gratz
Staff List

New Kids' Lit on the Refugee Crisis New Kids' Lit on the Refugee Crisis

recommended by KCLSSocialMedia
NPR shares books for kids that present a positive image of refugees to humanize and personalize the ongoing conflicts.
NPR shares books for kids that present a positive image of refugees to humanize and personalize the ongoing conflicts.
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Pre-flight Books for Kids Pre-flight Books for Kids

By Rowena
If the skies are in your future, may I suggest a few books to help ease the anxiety prior to the big day?
If the skies are in your future, may I suggest a few books to help ease the anxiety prior to the big day?
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New and Interesting for Teens: July 2018 New and Interesting for Teens: July 2018

recommended by KCLSNewReadsTeenAdult
Our top picks in new releases for teens.
Our top picks in new releases for teens.
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New & Interesting for Kids: July 2018 New & Interesting for Kids: July 2018

recommended by KCLSNewReadsKids
Our top picks in new releases for kids.
Our top picks in new releases for kids.
Blogpost

Summer Meals at the Library Summer Meals at the Library

By Maren
Free meals for children and teen are available at 12 library locations this summer. No registration is required.
Free meals for children and teen are available at 12 library locations this summer. No registration is required.
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Explore

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Adult Education for Spanish-Speakers Adult Education for Spanish-Speakers

By Teresa
Get help finishing your elementary and/or middle school diploma with free tutoring for Spanish-speaking adults from the Consulate of Mexico.
Get help finishing your elementary and/or middle school diploma with free tutoring for Spanish-speaking adults from the Consulate of Mexico.
Hidden Tapestry: Jan Yoors His Two Wives And the War That Made Them One by Debra Dean
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A Conversation with Author Debra Dean A Conversation with Author Debra Dean

Join Dean as she discusses her new book which tells the fascinating true story of artist Jan Yoors and the wives who agreed to share him.
Join Dean as she discusses her new book which tells the fascinating true story of artist Jan Yoors and the wives who agreed to share him.
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Take a Library Road Trip and Win Prizes Take a Library Road Trip and Win Prizes

By KCLS Social
Want to win a bookstore gift card? Make visiting libraries a part of your summer travels, take pictures along the way, and you can enter…
Want to win a bookstore gift card? Make visiting libraries a part of your summer travels, take pictures along the way, and you can enter…
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Creative Happy Hour at Garage 527 Creative Happy Hour at Garage 527

Bellevue Library ideaX Makerspace
Meet other creative people and experiment with sewing machines, audio/video recording equipment, art supplies, and circuitry gear.
Meet other creative people and experiment with sewing machines, audio/video recording equipment, art supplies, and circuitry gear.
Online Resource

ESL and Citizenship Help in pronunciator ESL and Citizenship Help in pronunciator

Learn English as a second language (ESL) and prepare for the citizenship test in 51 languages anytime, anywhere.
Learn English as a second language (ESL) and prepare for the citizenship test in 51 languages anytime, anywhere.
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Staff Picks

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Books on Borders Books on Borders

recommended by KCLSSocialMedia
Library Journal suggests these books to contextualize the history, politics, and economics of current events and immigration.
Library Journal suggests these books to contextualize the history, politics, and economics of current events and immigration.
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10 Movies Leaving Netflix in July 10 Movies Leaving Netflix in July

recommended by KCLSSocialMedia
You can still watch these feature films and documentaries by borrowing the DVD or streaming it from your library!
You can still watch these feature films and documentaries by borrowing the DVD or streaming it from your library!
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If You Liked The Great Alone If You Liked The Great Alone

recommended by KCLSReads
You may like these coming-of-age stories featuring troubled families, dramatic settings, and a connection to real historical events.
You may like these coming-of-age stories featuring troubled families, dramatic settings, and a connection to real historical events.
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NYT's By The Book: Ottessa Moshfegh NYT's By The Book: Ottessa Moshfegh

recommended by KCLSSocialMedia
The New York Times asks the author of "Homesick for Another World" to share her current reading list, influences, and suggestions.
The New York Times asks the author of "Homesick for Another World" to share her current reading list, influences, and suggestions.
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Pacific Northwest Indie Bestsellers Pacific Northwest Indie Bestsellers

By Emily
Each week, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association shares a list of the top titles sold in independent bookstores around the region.…
Each week, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association shares a list of the top titles sold in independent bookstores around the region.…
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10 Body Positive Beach Reads 10 Body Positive Beach Reads

By KCLS Social
Fat activist Virgie Tovar has been widely quoted as saying "all anyone needs to have a beach body is a beach and a body." Tovar…
Fat activist Virgie Tovar has been widely quoted as saying "all anyone needs to have a beach body is a beach and a body." Tovar…
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Book Club Picks via Well-Read Black Girl Book Club Picks via Well-Read Black Girl

recommended by KCLSSocialMedia
Reading picks from Well-Read Black Girl, a book club and digital platform "dedicated to the phenomenal Black women on our bookshelves."
Reading picks from Well-Read Black Girl, a book club and digital platform "dedicated to the phenomenal Black women on our bookshelves."
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New in Science Fiction: Summer 2018 New in Science Fiction: Summer 2018

recommended by KCLSAdultGenre
What's new in science fiction? Here are our top picks in recent releases!
What's new in science fiction? Here are our top picks in recent releases!
American Girl dolls: Felicity, Josefina, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, Molly
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Books for Grown-Up American Girl Fans Books for Grown-Up American Girl Fans

By Peggy
For many readers who grew up in the 1990s, the American Girl series was the absolute coolest thing around. I remember being so excited the…
For many readers who grew up in the 1990s, the American Girl series was the absolute coolest thing around. I remember being so excited the…
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Trans* performers on Screen Trans* performers on Screen

recommended by KCLSSocialMedia
Watch film and television featuring transgender performers.
Watch film and television featuring transgender performers.
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Steven Universe Steven Universe

recommended by KCLSSocialMedia
These books feature a spectrum of queer representation in kid-friendly LGBTQ comics that readers of all ages can enjoy.
These books feature a spectrum of queer representation in kid-friendly LGBTQ comics that readers of all ages can enjoy.
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Books to Help You Unplug and Camp Out Books to Help You Unplug and Camp Out

By Katherine
Before you embark on your next (or first) camping or outdoor adventure, prepare yourself with some of these resources.
Before you embark on your next (or first) camping or outdoor adventure, prepare yourself with some of these resources.
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