Library News
Device Advice by Appointment
Pittsburg Public Library is offering Device Advice appointments. Bring your smart phone, tablet, or laptop—and your questions. These 15 to 30 minute sessions are designed to help familiarize patrons with common devices…
2023 Holiday Tree Collection
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! You’re invited to the Pittsburg Public Library to see our Literary Holiday Tree Collection! Located throughout the building, you will find over 20 trees of all sizes, each with a different theme…
Library Card Sign Up Month
Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month has been held each September to mark the beginning of the school year. During the month, the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries unite in a national effort…
Annual Book Sale
The Annual Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held on Saturday, September 2, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The sale is open to the public as part of the Little Balkans Days celebration.
Imagination Library of Kansas
Every child in Kansas, from birth to age five, can receive free books every month from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The Imagination Library has gifted over 200 million books worldwide since its launch in 1995.
August StoryWalk
Pittsburg Public Library invites you to visit the StoryWalk at Lakeside Park. The August featured book is “Wolfie the Bunny,” by Ame Dyckman. The book is available in English and Spanish.
From The Stacks
Let the Adventures Begin
In the past week I’ve been embroiled in a Virginia civil rights court case before landing in England to take part in a televised baking contest. Of course, these adventures were courtesy of books…
Adventure Begins at the Library
If it’s Memorial Day weekend, then it means Summer Reading will soon be upon us! This year’s theme, “Adventure Begins at the Library,” is appropriate for all age groups and an easy one to plan…
Crow Talk
When I picked up “The Music of Bees” two years ago the only thing I knew about it was that the main character was a beekeeper. I just opened the book and was instantly swept up in the story about Elizabeth, Jake, and Harry…
Happy Mother’s Day
“I had a mother who read me things / That wholesome life to a child’s heart brings / Stories that stir with an upward touch / Oh that every Mother were such!” from “The Reading Mother” by Strickland Gillilan.
Living Up to Expectations
Whenever I learn one of my favorite authors is coming out with a new book my first thought is, “Great! I love his/her books.” Then doubt sets in: what if it’s not as good as the last one and then I’m left in limbo…
The Berry Pickers
The reviews for Amanda Peters’, “The Berry Pickers,” raved about her debut novel (it was the winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and was named to numerous “Best of” lists…
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