Youth and Family

June 2022 Central Youth Services Zine

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...

May 2022 Central Youth Services Zine

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Youth and Family

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.

Latest Coloring Book Spotlights Wildlife on Central Library’s Rooftop Terrace

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Youth and Family

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...

April 2022 Central Youth Services Zine

Friday, April 1, 2022

Youth and Family

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! 

February 2022 Central Youth Services Zine

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Youth and Family

The February Central Youth Services kids zine is full of fun stuff like crazy tiger facts, extra jokes, award-winning books, an eye-bender puzzle, and a poem about eating all of Mom's chocolates, ruh-roh! 

Dial-A-Story: Black History Month Edition

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Black History

Youth and Family

The Library's Dial-A-Story service features several books that celebrate Black stories and voices as part of Black History Month. Dial 816.701.3456 to hear these titles read by our special narrators the week of February 9 -12, 2022. You can also listen...

January 2022 Central Youth Services Zine

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Youth and Family

Happy New Year! The January 2022 Central Youth Services kids zine is hobby-licious this month! Whether you like drawing or chess or making bugbots or training your Popplio or maybe something completely different, the zine has you covered. There are silly sports jokes and a hot rod school bus puzzler, t...

December 2021 Central Youth Services Zine

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Youth and Family

The December 2021 Central Youth Services kids zine has gone to the birds with crazy bird counts, silly bird jokes, egg-cellent bird facts, and a big bird puzzle! (Not that Big Bird!)

From Dino O’Dell to Holiday Crafts to STEAM Activities, Fridays = Fun at the Plaza Branch

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Youth and Family

The Library is putting the fun back into kids’ Fridays.  Friday Night Family Fun resumes – in person – at the Library’s Plaza Branch in December, beginning with a fun, lively presentation by Kansas City children's musician, educator, and storyteller Dinosaur “Dino” O’Dell...

November 2021 Central Youth Services Zine

Monday, November 1, 2021

Youth and Family

The November 2021 Central Youth Services kids zine is now available! This month with Thanksgiving coming up we're hungry for fun new food books. Inside the zine you'll find pie, pickles and no fewer than 46 pieces of pizza ... and some pretty sweet apple jokes! And if you're hankering for a puzzle...