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Youth and Family
Thursday, August 18, 2022
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...
Thursday, August 4, 2022
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.
Thursday, July 21, 2022
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...
Friday, July 1, 2022
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.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
What is a pirate's favorite hobby? Arrrt! And what is Summer Reading 2022 all about? Arrrt ... er, Art Starts at the Library! Read all about it in the June edition o...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
It's a special, very merry month of May for Central Youth Services' kids zine! This edition of the zine is abloom with spring fun: bikes, jar jungles, willowwacks (and other wacky words), and a bouquet of super-silly jokes.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
The Library celebrates Earth Day with the release of a new coloring book, Missouri Native Plants, created by Library staff. The plants, insects, and birds included within its pages are many that live in or drop by the prairie garden on the Central Library’s popular Rooftop Ter...
Friday, April 1, 2022
The April 2022 Central Youth Services kids zine digs into spring with a special green thumbs issue. This zine has an amazing real-life garden maze, a really funny fact about butterfly feet, two extra corny celery jokes, and much more to plant a seed in your imagination!