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      • Some of our favorite picture books
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    • SJPL Sprouts: Growing Lifelong Readers
    • Storytime to Go!
    • Books
      • By Grade
        • Kindergarten
        • First Grade
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        • Fifth Grade
        • Sixth Grade
      • By Genre
        • Adventure
        • Fantasy
        • Great Books for Boys
        • Great Books for Girls
        • Historical Fiction
        • Mysteries
        • Scary Stories
        • Science Fiction
        • Sports
        • Survival
    • Award Lists
      • The Caldecott Medal
      • Mark Twain Award
      • Missouri Building Block
      • Missouri Show-Me Readers Award
      • The Newbery Medal
      • Coretta Scott King Award
      • Orbis Pictus Award
    • Clubs
      • Lego Club
      • Mark Twain Readers Club
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    • For teens this month at your library
    • Teen Book Recomendations
    • Missouri Truman and Gateway Awards
    • Helpful Resources
    • Teen Book Drop
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    • Reference – Home
    • Local History Week 2024
    • Genealogy/Local History
      • Genealogy/Local History – Home
      • 1850 Buchanan Co. Slave Schedule Database
      • 1860 Buchanan Co. Slave Schedule Database
      • Birth Records
      • St. Joseph Death Record Database 1891-1902
      • Cemetery Map & Information
      • City Directories
      • Local History Index
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1860 Buchanan County Slave Schedule Database

Birth Records

St. Joseph Death Record Database

Cemetery Map

City Directories

High School Yearbooks

Local History Index

Maps

Obituary Index

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St. Joseph Newspapers

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Downtown Library
927 Felix Street
St. Joseph, MO 64501
Circulation: (816) 232-7729
Reference: (816) 232-8151
Text: (816) 249-1377 english/español
Children's: (816) 232-3812
Administration: (816) 232-4038
Outreach & Library-by-Mail: (816) 236-2107
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Sunday: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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East Hills Library
502 N. Woodbine Road
St. Joseph, MO 64506
Circulation: (816) 236-2136
Children's: (816) 236-1424

Open Today: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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Monday: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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Carnegie Library
316 Massachusetts Street
St. Joseph, MO 64504
(816) 238-0526
Open Today: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
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Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday: Closed - Closed
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Washington Park Library
1821 N. Third Street
St. Joseph, MO 64505
(816) 232-2052
Open Today: 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Sunday: Closed - Closed
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