Youth and Family

Do you dare to terrify? Take a shot at writing the very scariest story in all of Kansas City for this year’s Ghost Light performance.  The Kansas City Public Library, in partnership with the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library and Kansas City Repertory Theat...

Get it while it's hot! The August Central Youth Services zine is available for pick up at CYS or you can print one out!

Summer Reading is a blast! The July Central Youth Services zine is available for pick up at CYS or you can print one out!

"All Together Now" is the Summer Reading theme, so we put TOGETHER a new zine and it's ALL ready NOW.

The Library invites all Kansas Citians to read, learn, imagine, and explore together in this year’s Summer Reading Program: All Together Now. No matter your tastes — fantastic fiction picks, riveti...

Insect jokes bug me, so let me just say: The May Central Youth Services zine is now available for pick up at CYS or you can print one out!

Hi peeps! The April Central Youth Services zine is now available for pick up at CYS or you can print one out.

If your to-read pile needs a refresh, check out collections of recent winners and nominees for book awards ranging from the Carnegie Medal for Excellence to picture books for children that received a Caldecott Award nod. We’ve packaged up these prize-winning reads in our catalog for you to enjoy!  

Why did the football player take string to the game? To tie the score! That's just a little tip from this month's Central Youth Services Zine, now available, and chock-full of lovely books and football and other fun stuff!

What kind of books do rabbits prefer? Ones with hoppy endings! It's the Year of the Rabbit, so hop by and pick up the January Central Youth Services zine or print one out!