2023 Kansas Notable Books are on display at Ellinwood School/Community Library. This project is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provision of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of Kansas. We look forward to seeing you at the library to check out any of the following books:

“Cabby Potts, Duchess of Dirt” by Kathleen Wilford, Blue Bronco Books

“Easy Beauty: A Memoir” by Chloe Cooper Jones, Simon & Schuster

“Hell’s Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders” by Susan Jonusas, Viking

“Justa’s Escape: A Journey from WWII Ukraine” by Justina Neufeld with Russell Binkley, Wipf and Stock

“Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy” by Randal Maurice Jelks, Lawrence Hill Books

“The Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World” by David K. Randall, W. W. Norton & Company

“Native American Stories for Kids: 12 Traditional Stories from Indigenous Tribes Across North America” by Tom Pecore Weso, Rockridge Press

“A New Guide to Kansas Mushrooms” by Sherry Kay, Benjamin Sikes, and Caleb Morse, University Press of Kansas

“Nothing but the Dirt: Stories from an American Farm Town” by Kate Benz, University Press of Kansas

“One Boy Watching” by Grant Snider, Chronicle Books

“River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile” by Candice Millard, Doubleday

“The Undead Truth of Us” by Britney S. Lewis, Hyperion

“The Vagabond’s Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel” by Rolf Potts, Random House

“Winfield’s Walnut Valley Festival” by Seth Bate, The History Press

Sheri Holmes is the director of library and media services for the Ellinwood School and Community Libraries. She can be reached by email at sholmes@usd355.org.