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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!

All Out
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time
Leah on the Offbeat
Hurricane Child
The Pants Project
Dreadnought
LGBTQ Stats
Unconditional
In the Darkroom
This Is How It Always Is
Picture Us in the Light
Girl Mans up
The Other Boy
Bright Lines
Let's Talk About Love
Before I Had the Words

LGBTQ+ Pride Month Reads

recommended by KCLSdiversity

Explore authors, stories, and contemporary issues in celebration of LGBTQ+ history and culture in June.

Summer Reading for All

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

A Boy Called Bat
Sidetracked
The Silver Gate
An Uncomplicated Life
My Autistic Awakening
The Reason I Jump
Gabriela
Fish in A Tree
Odd Girl Out
Same but Different
The Power of Different
Lola and I
Eliza Bing Is (not) A Big, Fat Quitter
Not Always Happy
Queens of Geek

Special Olympics USA Games

recommended by KCLSdiversity

In celebration of the upcoming games (July 1-6), explore stories featuring characters with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Catalog Carousels

  • New Fiction

Kids & Teens

From Far Away by Robert Munsch
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Refugee Stories for Children Refugee Stories for Children

recommended by LibrarianDest
Books for children who want to know more about the experiences of refugees around the world.
Books for children who want to know more about the experiences of refugees around the world.
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Refugee Stories in Picture Books Refugee Stories in Picture Books

recommended by LibrarianDeb
Gently told but not sugar-coated books to help non-refugee children talk about and understand the refugee experience they are hearing about.
Gently told but not sugar-coated books to help non-refugee children talk about and understand the refugee experience they are hearing about.
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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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Fun Prizes Make Kids Summer Reading Rock Fun Prizes Make Kids Summer Reading Rock

By Katherine
Summer Reading runs June 1-August 31, and I must say, with great programs, great prizes, and great fun it rocks!
Summer Reading runs June 1-August 31, and I must say, with great programs, great prizes, and great fun it rocks!
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Free Tickets to Your Favorite Things! Free Tickets to Your Favorite Things!

By Rachel
You can win basketball, water park, football, zoo, and MoPop tickets for reading or listening to anything you want in Teen Summer Reading!
You can win basketball, water park, football, zoo, and MoPop tickets for reading or listening to anything you want in Teen Summer Reading!
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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.
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New in Your Catalog: Grouped Search New in Your Catalog: Grouped Search

By KCLS Catalog
Browse the different formats available for each title in just one place- find what you're looking for faster with the new grouped search.
Browse the different formats available for each title in just one place- find what you're looking for faster with the new grouped search.
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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Get a Library Card Get a Library Card

With your library card, you can borrow books and eBooks, stream movies and music, get museum passes, and so much more. Sign up now!
With your library card, you can borrow books and eBooks, stream movies and music, get museum passes, and so much more. Sign up now!
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Staff Picks

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Craving More Great British Baking Show? Craving More Great British Baking Show?

By Racheal
If you're like me and countless others who have discovered the delight that is The Great British Baking Show* on Netflix or PBS, you are...
If you're like me and countless others who have discovered the delight that is The Great British Baking Show* on Netflix or PBS, you are...
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Books for an Intentional Summer Solstice Books for an Intentional Summer Solstice

By KCLS Social
Summer is recognized as a time of manifestation steeped in mysticism (via Vogue), making summer solstice (the longest day and shortest…
Summer is recognized as a time of manifestation steeped in mysticism (via Vogue), making summer solstice (the longest day and shortest…
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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.…
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
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Young Adult Audiobooks with Adult Appeal Young Adult Audiobooks with Adult Appeal

recommended by DMYA
These young adult award winners, top reviewed and popular reads appeal to adult readers and have enthralling narrators.
These young adult award winners, top reviewed and popular reads appeal to adult readers and have enthralling narrators.
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Bees and Trees: Novels for Nature Lovers Bees and Trees: Novels for Nature Lovers

By Rachel W
Love trees? Read these! Summer is upon us and it's time to get outside and enjoy all that longer, warmer days have to offer. There are so...
Love trees? Read these! Summer is upon us and it's time to get outside and enjoy all that longer, warmer days have to offer. There are so...
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Read a Book Set Where You've Never Been Read a Book Set Where You've Never Been

By Emily
I might've picked up The Tuscan Child even without 10 to Try - its compelling combination of historical fiction and mystery is right in…
I might've picked up The Tuscan Child even without 10 to Try - its compelling combination of historical fiction and mystery is right in...
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Books by Featured Authors Books by Featured Authors

recommended by KCLSReads
Join conversations about these books and current topics with authors and presenters at a new lineup of summer author events!
Join conversations about these books and current topics with authors and presenters at a new lineup of summer author events!
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New In Arts & Entertainment Summer 2018 New In Arts & Entertainment Summer 2018

recommended by KCLSAdultNonFic
What's new in arts and entertainment? Here are our top picks in recent releases.
What's new in arts and entertainment? Here are our top picks in recent releases.
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In the News: North Korea In the News: North Korea

recommended by KCLSReads
Curious about North Korea? The 10 titles on this list - defector memoirs, histories, and even a detective novel - provide insight into the…
Curious about North Korea? The 10 titles on this list - defector memoirs, histories, and even a detective novel - provide insight into the…
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15 Graphic Novels with LGBTQ themes 15 Graphic Novels with LGBTQ themes

recommended by KCLSSocialMedia
Read graphic novels with LGBTQ characters and themes that are perfect picks for Pride Month, and all year round.
Read graphic novels with LGBTQ characters and themes that are perfect picks for Pride Month, and all year round.
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Memoirs by Queer Men Memoirs by Queer Men

recommended by KCLSSocialMedia
Books that explore LGBTQ experiences from a variety of contemporary perspectives.
Books that explore LGBTQ experiences from a variety of contemporary perspectives.
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Best New Nonfiction of 2018 (So Far) Best New Nonfiction of 2018 (So Far)

recommended by KCLSSocialMedia
Time Magazine shares their top picks for new nonfiction. Suggestions and annotations via Time Magazine.
Time Magazine shares their top picks for new nonfiction. Suggestions and annotations via Time Magazine.
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