Youth and Family

The Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City Parks and Recreation, and Kansas City Public Schools present the 2021 Pop In at the Park series.  Library staff members will be stationed in parks throughout the city Tuesdays through Fridays beg...

The May 2021 CYS kids zine is now available! It is full of dino-mite May goodies: wonderful new books, a tricky jellybean puzzler, an amazing ostrich egg fact, a T. rex poem, and at least one hilarious joke about an elephant!  

The April 2021 CYS kids zine is now available! It is hopping with great new books for Spring and Poetry Month and much more!

What makes a good book, one worth checking out? Many of you count on our librarians for guidance.  Rest assured. They know, firsthand.  During a recent intra-Library reading challenge highlighting children’s and young-adult titles, staff read nearly a quarter of a million pages – 242,218 – in January...

The March 2021 CYS kids zine is now available! It is packed with great new books for Women's History Month and much more!  

What better way for kids and teens to spend the cold days of the season than passing the time reading books for a chance to win fabulous prizes (more books, of course)? The Library's Youth Winter Reading Challenge is currently underway - between February 1-28, 2021, readers...

The February 2021 CYS zine is now available! It is packed with great new books for Black History Month and info on Winter Reading. (Kids can get a prize just for reading this month!) The zine also has a groundhog puzzler, crazy jokes about skunks and ducks, and even a very veggie Valentine poem.

We're all glad to have 2020 behind us. How can you make the most of the blank slate that is 2021? Let the Library help you turn your New Year’s resolutions into real results.  

The December 2020 CYS Zine is out! This 16-page monthly mini magazine highlights what's new and notable in the children's department of the Central Library. Each issue is filled with new books and upcoming events, plus amazing facts, funny jokes, poetry, artwork and puzzles. Normally available at the CYS service des...

For parents trying to navigate Kansas City’s many public, charter, and private school options, the City School Fair is an invaluable resource. The annual event will be held virtually this year, and the Library is working to ensure everyone has access.