We have dedicated the front corner of the library to Katie Brennan who served as a member of our Board of Trustees for over twenty years. Katie was an active member of our community who devoted many hours to helping improve the library. Her family generously donated memorials to the library in her name and with these we were able to make many purchases including numerous books, a children's table with colorful chairs and a comfortable reading chair for adults. Katie will long be remembered in Kirkland as the school librarian and she carried this love for children's books over to our public library. A large mural painted by Library Director Judy Nelson depicting a garden with a woman reading a book to a child is featured in this corner. Katie was fond of gardening and raising monarch butterflies. Katie's Corner is identified by a stitched picture of monarch butterflies.

The dedication of Katie's Corner was attended by a large number of Katie's family including her grandchildren, as well as many members of the community. All agreed it was a wonderful day and a well-deserved honor for a woman who served the library and community for many years.