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December 2022

Your Source for Entertainment!

Most Requested Titles 2022

Take a peek at what your neighbors have requested at the Library this year! These are the items with the most circulations in 2022, and includes books, DVDs and CDs for all ages!

Staff Favorites of 2022

Kirkwood Public Library is made up of a diverse group of hard working people who represent a variety of interests and passions. Here are two lists (List 1 / List 2) of the best things we read, watched or listened to this year. Hope you find your new favorite here!

Music in the Library

Guitar Orchestra of St. Louis Classical Guitar: Around the World

Join the Guitar Orchestra of St. Louis Classical Guitar on Sunday, December 18th at 2pm. as they go around the world visiting a variety of locations featuring the British Isles, Latin America, Russia, Finland, Africa, and more! From beautiful hymn-like folk tunes to groovy, dance rhythms and holiday music, you'll be sure to enjoy all the selections that the SLCG Guitar Orchestra has to offer.

Featured Book Club Kit to Go

This month’s featured book club kit is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid

This book tells a story of a legendary film actress who reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.

Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of the New York Times Bestselling novels Carrie Soto Is Back, Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones and the Six ,One True Loves, Maybe in Another Life, After I Do, and Forever, Interrupted. Her novel, Daisy Jones and The Six, is currently being adapted by Hello Sunshine into a limited series for Amazon. She lives in Los Angeles.

December Podcast Lineup

Dec 2nd: Bobby Bostic

Dec 9th: In It to Win It by Sharon Cooper

Dec 16th: The Lipstick Bureau by Michelle Gable

Dec 23rd: A Wish for Winter by Viola Shipman

Library Closings

Your Kirkwood Public Library will be closed on Saturday, December 24 and Sunday, December 25 in honor of Christmas.

The library will also be closed on Saturday, December 31 and Sunday, January 1 in honor of the New Year.

Our online catalog is available 24/7. eBooks, audiobooks, music and movies are always available for checkout through OverDrive,

Hoopla and Kanopy.

Books & Beyond

Thanks to all who visited us inside and on the lawn for the Downtown Kirkwood Holiday walk. We appreciate your continued patronage and hope you will tell a friend about us!

Continue to look for our 20% discounted items highlighted each week in December.

Story Walk

Finding a safe, fun and educational activity that your whole family will enjoy may feel like a task. Leave it to the library, we’ve got the perfect idea!

Head over to Kirkwood Park to take a walk around Walker Lake where you can follow our Story Walk. A librarian has handpicked the book that you follow spread by spread around the lake until you’ve enjoyed a whole story and some exercise. Look for a new story in mid-December - Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett.

Book Club Kit Contest!

Don’t forget to send those entries to Julia in Reference jmcdonald@kirkwoodpubliclibrary.org. Need more info, send her an email!

Thank You Donors!

For their generous gifts to the Library.

Check out our Support the Library You Love Campaign Contributors

Sustainability @ KPL

Thanks for following our year of sustainability efforts. The library is a great place for your sustainability journey as well. Take advantage of all you can borrow and use here. Did you know that Kirkwood Library patrons get $7.50 worth of free prints a year? No need for a printer at home for those who have causal printing needs, our option is free and saves you from needing replacement ink or toner if you don’t have heavy printing demands. Even better, do you really need that print? Maybe an electronic copy is good enough. As paper lovers, we too are evaluating each thing we print and deciding if it is really necessary. Office paper is recyclable but an even easier bet is not making something, even if it can be recycled.

This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.

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