Book Connections

Book Connections' goal is to enhance your reading experience with additional insights and opportunities. With nearly 300,000 resources available for children's and young adult books, you can add value to your reading experience.

Resources include audio and video clips, games, vocabulary lists, links to author interviews. Toolkits on diverse books, readers advisory, and text complexity as well as homeschool support and homework help are available.

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Goal Setting: Getting from Point A to Point B (Hybrid)

Thu, Dec 14 2023

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Blue Springs South Community Room

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Setting goals is an important step towards achieving success. It involves identifying what you want to achieve, creating a plan to reach that objective, and tracking your progress towards that goal.

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Title Talk

Tue, Dec 12 2023

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Excelsior Springs Community Room

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Do you want to talk about books with fellow readers and not be limited to a book group’s selection?

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Buzzworthy Books (Zoom)

Thu, Jan 4 2024

7:00pm - 8:00pm Central

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Are you interested in what’s new on the Library’s shelves? Join Reader Services Librarian Angie Strathman to hear about this season’s buzzworthy titles and authors. Registration required.

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Read to a Pet

Wed, Jan 10 2024

6:00pm - 7:00pm

South Independence Community Room

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Read to some very good listeners--registered therapy pets. These special animals will be available for 10-minute sessions to help children improve their reading skills and build self-confidence.

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