Youth and Family

As you prepare to deck halls, make merry, and greet the season, you can find a variety of Library resources and holiday happenings that can make spirits bright. From festive family events to music and films befitting this time of year, we’ve wrapped up these offerings in a big bookish bow.    

What did the cupcake say to the frosting? I'd be muffin without you! For more punny stuff, treat yourself to the December Central Youth Services zine for kids. Print it out or pick it up at the Library!

Who helped the squash cross the road? The crossing gourd! Yes, you guessed it, there's a feast of fun in the November Central Youth Services zine for kids.

Ten-year-old Addison Achberger delivered a delightfully goosebumpy tale of an eerie and (ahem) bloody encounter in winning the Library’s 2022 Ghost Story Contest. Her nearly 500-word piece, “Into the Night,” was selected from some three dozen submissions fr...

Who turns the lights off at Halloween? The lights witch, of course! Mwah ha ha! The October Central Youth Services zine for kids is a little spooky, a little kooky. And it's ready for you to print out or pick up at the Library... if you dare!

Why did the frog go out for breakfast? His toadster was broken. Yes! It's September, and the latest Central Youth Services zine is out and full of toad-ally great jokes! Or at least one toad-ally great one about a frog going out for breakfast

Hit us with a monstrously good story. The Kansas City Public Library, in partnership with the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library and Kansas City Repertory Theatre, invites youngsters ages 10-14 to craft their spookiest tales for its annual Youth Gh...

What is an English teacher's favorite breakfast? Synonym rolls! Yes, the August Central Youth Services zine is going back to school, but... there will NOT be a test! Unless you count the puzzler, and we're not counting. By the way, why is 2+2=5 like your left foot? Because it's not right.

If you hear the sound of something breaking, that would be our previous Summer Reading registration record shattering into tiny pieces. We’re not even through our second month of Art Starts at Your Library, and our book-loving patrons have already surpassed all our previous Summer Reading r...

How does Reese eat ice cream? Witherspoon! If ice cream sounds pretty good right now, check out the July edition of the Central Youth Services zine! It has scoop after scoop of delicious new books, scrumptious jokes, a cool maze, and out-of-this-world facts.