Books

The Friends of the Boonslick Library in Sedalia will take donations of books and DVDS Jan. 2-9.  This is a great way for you to clean out your shelves of books or DVDs that the kids have grown out of, or things you may not have read or watched in years.

From champion beaglers to real-life James Bonds, the stories behind these authors are equally as fascinating the books they wrote.

Remember that time that #BooksWithALetterMissing was trending on Twitter, and it was hilarious? No, because your life consists of more than clicking around the internet all day searching for meaning in your life that you're never going to find? Well, let us tell you -- it was indeed hilarious.

Today would've been the 85th birthday of beloved children's author Maurice Sendak, who passed away last year. In his honor, Google made this amazing, elaborate Google Doodle.

U.S. Cellular is bringing ‘The Berenstain Bears LIVE!‘ to the Heckart Performing Arts Center at Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia on Sunday, Apr. 21.  While many kids and parents are familiar with the popular Berenstain Bears TV show, the books written by Stan and Jan Berenstain are timeless classics.  With 260 million copies sold, Berenstain Books are a great way to spend time with the kids whi

In case you haven’t heard, "The Berenstain Bears LIVE!' are coming to Sedalia. We’re all pretty psyched about it and you should be too! To pump you up, here’s some information on the beloved children’s books that you may not have known until now.

Getting books from the library is about to get a whole lot e-sier.

2013 is gearing up to have some great movie releases, some of which include the usual book-to-movie adaptions. Yet with allgreat new book to movie adaptions coming out, it can be difficult to figure out which one to spend $10 at the theater on, especially if you are not sure if it will wind up being a hit like 'Lord of the Rings' or a dude like 'Eragon ...

What bibliophile hasn't dreamed of just putting money into a vending machine and out comes a book that you can read to your heart's content? Sounds great, but not very likely, right? Well, that's where you're wrong. The Monkey's Paw, a used bookstore in Toronto, Canada has created such a machine.

Today's reading experience is nothing like the literal "page-turners" of yesteryear. But even with the e-Book, the Kindle and the iPad at our fingertips, we can still spot a wacky romance novel cover from a mile off.