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ONE BOOK, MANY NEIGHBORS

a collaboration of Leavenworth County+ libraries

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Welcome to the 2026 One Book, Many Neighbors program series!

One Book, Many Neighbors is an annual series of programs hosted by libraries in and around Leavenworth County. Each year, a title is selected, and participating libraries host programs inspired by the book or related topics.

This year's selection is Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton! A Western adventure novel set in 1876 during the "Bone Wars" of dinosaur fossil hunting in the American West, the story follows a Yale student who gets caught in the rivalry between real-life paleontologists Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope.

Happy reading, and we hope to see you at your neighboring libraries for the events below!

Upcoming Events

Past Events

  • Jun 02, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Alden-Harrington Family Event Center, 218 Oak St, Bonner Springs, KS 66012, USA
    Melanie Bonner Thomas is coming from New Orleans to present her 2025 book, Old Man of the Fossil Beds: A Kansas Dreamer, His Family of Hunters, and Their Search for Prehistoric Sea Creatures, about her father's career as a prehistoric bone collector in western Kansas.
  • Jul 27, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Z&M Twisted Vines Winery, 24305 Loring Rd, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA
    Attend at least one library event to be eligible, attend at least four to be entered into the prize drawing!
  • Jul 24, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Linwood Community Library, 19649 Linwood Rd, Linwood, KS 66052, USA
    Leah Chizek, University of Kansas Graduate Student, will explore 20th century German art and the art trade.
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