Edamame (edible soybeans)
Can you grow your own?
Visit the library’s Farmers Market on Monday May 24th at 10:00 am to learn more.
Monday Market @ your library
7:30-11:30 am
Library parking lot, 10th & Garfield
Karen Godfrey, Vice President of Kansas National Education Association and chairperson for the "Read Across America" program showed kids all about the type of poetry Seuss if famous for.
The audience escpecially enjoyed a short performance by the The Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy, Theatre for Young Audience’s from their Seussical the Musical.
To end the evening kids played games and created fun Seuss crafts. Read on to see videos.
Enjoy the Communities Thrive Green Fair on Saturday April 17th, 2-5pm in Marvin Auditorium at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library.
While customers may review any book in the library's collection, some advanced reader copies of recently or soon to be published books are made available to potential reviewers at the library's Reference Desk each month.
Guidelines for customers of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library who wish to contribute book reviews to the library’s Digital Branch at www.tscpl.org
Review New Books Handout (4 page PDF)
Thank you in advance for contributing your recommendations and opinions to our library and our reading community.
Book reviews from customers are posted as "Customer Contributor" on library's Digital Branch.
Topeka is celebrating National Novel Editing Month this March and the library is hosting three programs to help writers become editors of their own novels!
Kickoff: Editing Your Novel
You’ve written a novel; now learn how to edit your own writing. Professional writer and editor Morgan Chilson, owner of Exactly Write, offers editing tips and talks about the top manuscript mistakes and steps to overcome them.
Saturday, February 20 2:00–3:00 pm in Marvin Auditorium 101B
The official goal of National Novel Editing Month is to spend at least 50 hours editing your novel during the month of March, but anyone interested in editing their novel is welcome to participate.