Kansas Notable Books for 2009

The Kansas Notable Books list for 2009 has been announced by the State Library of Kansas and the Kansas Center for the Book. White Library owns a number of these books, and the call numbers and deck/floor locations for the titles we own are included below.

Stop by White Library, and check out some of these Notable Books for a good summer read! For more information about the program, go to http://statelibrary.mykansaslibrary.org/2009-kansas-notable-books-list-announced/

Amelia Earhart: the Legend of the Lost Aviator by Shelley Tanaka, illustrated by David Craig
(Children’s book)

Artfully Done Across Generations: an Art Cookbook by Friends of the Wichita Art Museum

Burn by Kathleen Johnson

Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam by Pope Brock

Call #: 615.856 B771Yb

Location: Deck 4

A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Bunce (Young Adult Book)

Call #: F B881c

Location: 3rd floor, Children's Books

Hometown Appetites: The Story of Clementine Paddleford, the Forgotten Food Writer Who Chronicled How America Ate by Kelly Alexander and Cynthia Harris

Call #: 641.5 P131Ya
Location: Deck 5

Kansas Opera Houses: Actors and Community Events 1855-1925 by Jane Glotfelty Rhoads

Making History: Quilts & Fabric From 1890-1970 by Barbara Brackman

Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations From One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer by Rolf Potts

The Nature of Kansas Lands edited by Beverley Worster

Call #: 978.1 N285
Location: 4th floor

A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir by Donald Worster
Call #: 917.94 M89Ywo
Location: 4th floor

The Pizza Hut Story by Robert Spector

Seeding Civil War: Kansas in the National News, 1854-1858 by Craig Miner

Call #: 973.711 M664s
Location: 4th floor

Survival of Rural America: Small Victories and Bitter Harvests by Richard E. Wood
Call #: 307.72 W851s
Location: Deck 2