Library News
Banned Books Week 2022
Banned Books Week is the annual celebration of the freedom to read. Banned Books Week 2022 will be held September 18 – 24.
September StoryWalk
The September StoryWalk at Lakeside Park will feature Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy.
Book Sale
The Friends of the Library Book Sale is back! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, September 3, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
2022 Summer Reading Program
Thank you for a successful 2022 Summer Reading Program! We had so much fun! Check out these impressive program statistics…
Shop for a Great Cause
Visit the Reading Room to shop for gently used books. Open during Library hours. Click here for more information.
Juggler Brian Wendling
You’re invited to a performance by Brian Wendling, an International Jugglers’ Association champion on Friday, July 29…
From The Stacks
Librarian, Mentor, Friend
There are days I feel like I could do my job in my sleep. Or at least on autopilot (and I suspect I have on more than a few occasions…
SEK Women of Note
What better way to commemorate Kansas Day than by celebrating the lives of four women connected to Southeast Kansas…
Make new friends, but keep the old…
Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other’s gold. If you were in Girl Scouts, I’m sure you sang…
Still Dreaming
My mother worked at the Mulvane Children’s Library in Topeka during the late 1940’s, before the landmark Brown v. Board of Education…
Snow Many Books
Winter is not my favorite season. Why not, you ask. Well, first there’s the darkness that starts before I get home from work…
Closing the Books on 2022
I must confess, I’m not sorry to see this year end. Don’t get me wrong, it could have been worse but I was hoping for better. Particularly when it came to books…
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