Local Author Spotlight: Dr. Nkechy Ekere Ezeh

Dr. Nkechy Ekere Ezeh is an award-winning, international scholar who is passionate about helping vulnerable children and parents who are often left out in the educational system. Her life embodies education, and she believes in using early childhood education and authentic parent engagement to ensure that our community’s children have access to quality early-learning opportunities…
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New Options to Help Parents Navigate Books for Young Readers

Several new options for parents to navigate the library collection for young children are available and others are being explored at Kent District Library. With Summer Wonder about to begin and tens of thousands of participants expected this year, the library has implemented several steps to help parents and young readers find prize books to…
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Let It Snow Wrap-Up

A word from Hennie, our new Programming Manager: “It is wonderful to see KDL’s Let It Snow program grow by 16% in 2022. Participants are connecting with new literature via our eBooks, eAudiobooks and print collections. We had to quickly buy more prizes for the record number of completers coming into our branches! It’s definitely…
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Author Event with Angeline Boulley

Don't miss out on your chance to hear from New York Times best-selling author Angeline Boulley, who will be visiting the Grandville Branch at 6:30 PM on Thursday, May 5. She will be speaking about her book Firekeeper’s Daughter, an electrifying thriller layered with a rich exploration of the modern Native experience, a reckoning of…
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We send our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Patrick Lyoya and to the community

The tragic death of Patrick Lyoya leaves us heartbroken and reeling, with endless questions about what happened and why. In times like this it’s essential to support those who experience pain, feel loss or struggle to process recent events. We are one community with a long history of compassion and caring for our families, friends…
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