Mobile Library Stop Canceled

The Mobile Library Stop at Harmony Heights on Thursday, June 12, is canceled due to construction work in the area.  We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Mobile Library Stop Paused

The Mobile Library stop at Blackbird Apts is paused until further notice.

Early Literacy

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KCKPL Early Literacy Services

Early literacy plays a key role in a child’s future ability in reading, writing, communication, socialization, and academic success.  KCKPL offers many services to children from newborns through elementary school, as well as their parents and guardians. For more information, explore the links below, send an email, stop by a branch, or give us a call.

Upcoming Events

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KCKPL Celebrates: Pride Month Buttons

All Day 6/1–6/18
Children, Teens
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Developing Skills, Entertainment & Culture, Crafts & Hobbies
Event Details:

Make a button to show your support for the LGBTQ + Community! You can choose from a pre-made design or create your own. Ages 19 and under are welcome to participate.

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Library programs, events, and classes are photographed or videotaped for promotional purposes or to document library activities.  Notify library staff if you prefer not to be photographed. 

Los programas de la biblioteca, eventos y clases son fotografiados o filmados con fines promocionales o para documentar las actividades de la biblioteca. Notificar al personal de la biblioteca si prefiere no ser fotografiado.

 

This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Teens" group

Youth Juneteenth Challenge

All Day 6/1–6/18
Children, Teens
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Developing Skills, History & Genealogy, Entertainment & Culture, Cultural, Holiday
Event Details:

How much do you know about Juneteenth? Learn all about Juneteenth by taking our challenge. All answers can be found throughout the children's department at Main Library. This is a Youth challenge. Ages 19 and under may participate. 

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Library programs, events, and classes are photographed or videotaped for promotional purposes or to document library activities.  Notify library staff if you prefer not to be photographed. 

Los programas de la biblioteca, eventos y clases son fotografiados o filmados con fines promocionales o para documentar las actividades de la biblioteca. Notificar al personal de la biblioteca si prefiere no ser fotografiado.

 

This event is in the "Children" group

Father's Day Crafts

06/11/2025 @ 9:00am–06/14/2025 @ 2:00pm
Children
Turner Community Library
Library Branch: Turner Community Library
Room: Take Home - Turner Community Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Entertainment & Culture, Crafts & Hobbies, Holiday, Additional Program Format, Take Home
Event Details:

DIY Dad Tumbler (Limited)

Father's Day Card 

#1 Father Trophy 

Father's Day Wood Bookmark 

Foam Mower Craft

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Library programs, events, and classes are photographed or videotaped for promotional purposes or to document library activities.  Notify library staff if you prefer not to be photographed. 

Los programas de la biblioteca, eventos y clases son fotografiados o filmados con fines promocionales o para documentar las actividades de la biblioteca. Notificar al personal de la biblioteca si prefiere no ser fotografiado.

 

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Letter of the Day - N

9:00am–9:00pm
Children
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Developing Skills, Language Learning, School & Homeschool
Event Details:

The letter of the day is N! 

Disclaimer(s)

Library programs, events, and classes are photographed or videotaped for promotional purposes or to document library activities.  Notify library staff if you prefer not to be photographed. 

Los programas de la biblioteca, eventos y clases son fotografiados o filmados con fines promocionales o para documentar las actividades de la biblioteca. Notificar al personal de la biblioteca si prefiere no ser fotografiado.

 

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Storytime at the Garden

9:30am–10:00am
Children
Offsite
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Developing Skills, Storytime, Entertainment & Culture, Performances
Event Details:

Join us at Turner Community Garden for 30 minutes worth of stories. Be outside in the great outdoors & get lost in tales of adventure & whimsy. Don't be afraid to get silly.

Disclaimer(s)

Library programs, events, and classes are photographed or videotaped for promotional purposes or to document library activities.  Notify library staff if you prefer not to be photographed. 

Los programas de la biblioteca, eventos y clases son fotografiados o filmados con fines promocionales o para documentar las actividades de la biblioteca. Notificar al personal de la biblioteca si prefiere no ser fotografiado.

 

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This event is in the "Teens" group

Blacklight Buccaneers Mini Golf

9:30am–8:30pm
Children, Teens
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 2nd Floor Auditorium - Main Library
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Entertainment & Culture
Event Details:

Ahoy! This year's Family Mini Golf is only for the fore-middable pirates. The Main library will have five holes taking kids and teens on an adventure in the sea, all of which will be glow-in-the-dark.

Disclaimer(s)

Library programs, events, and classes are photographed or videotaped for promotional purposes or to document library activities.  Notify library staff if you prefer not to be photographed. 

Los programas de la biblioteca, eventos y clases son fotografiados o filmados con fines promocionales o para documentar las actividades de la biblioteca. Notificar al personal de la biblioteca si prefiere no ser fotografiado.

 

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This event is in the "Teens" group
This event is in the "Adults" group

Nature Strolls

10:00am–10:30am
Children, Teens, Adults
Mr. & Mrs. F. L. Schlagle Library
Library Branch: Mr. & Mrs. F. L. Schlagle Library
Age Group: Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Science & Nature, Recreation
Event Details:

Psst… Want to Discover a Hidden Gem? 🌿👣

Disclaimer(s)

Library programs, events, and classes are photographed or videotaped for promotional purposes or to document library activities.  Notify library staff if you prefer not to be photographed. 

Los programas de la biblioteca, eventos y clases son fotografiados o filmados con fines promocionales o para documentar las actividades de la biblioteca. Notificar al personal de la biblioteca si prefiere no ser fotografiado.

 

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This event is in the "Teens" group

Hoop It Up

1:00pm–2:30pm
Children, Teens
West Wyandotte Library
Seats Available
Registration Required
Library Branch: West Wyandotte Library
Room: Auditorium - West Wyandotte Library
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Developing Skills, Health & Wellness, Entertainment & Culture, Crafts & Hobbies, Recreation
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come decorate you very own hula hoop and learn fun, easy tricks to show off your masterpiece. We will provide the hoop and the colorful tapes and you bring your creativity! 

Disclaimer(s)

Library programs, events, and classes are photographed or videotaped for promotional purposes or to document library activities.  Notify library staff if you prefer not to be photographed. 

Los programas de la biblioteca, eventos y clases son fotografiados o filmados con fines promocionales o para documentar las actividades de la biblioteca. Notificar al personal de la biblioteca si prefiere no ser fotografiado.

 

This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Teens" group

Rainbow Vision Spectacles

2:00pm–3:00pm
Children, Teens
Main Library
Seats Available
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Craft Room - Main Library
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Crafts & Hobbies
Registration Required
Event Details:

Envision your world of color through the eyes of your very own homemade rainbow spectacles.  All materials provided.  For families with children 6 to 15 years old.  Please register online or by calling (913) 295-8250 ext. 1013.

Disclaimer(s)

Library programs, events, and classes are photographed or videotaped for promotional purposes or to document library activities.  Notify library staff if you prefer not to be photographed. 

Los programas de la biblioteca, eventos y clases son fotografiados o filmados con fines promocionales o para documentar las actividades de la biblioteca. Notificar al personal de la biblioteca si prefiere no ser fotografiado.

 

Resources for Children

Bookflix

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Interactive experience that pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction eBooks to reinforce reading skills.

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ABCMouse

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This database includes educational games, puzzles, books and other learning activities for young children. Access for this database is only available at the library.

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Novelist K-8

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Reading recommendation resource for school grades K-8.

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Recommended Books

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Spring Is for Strawberries

An illustrated tale of a friendship between two children, one from the farm and one from the city, meeting at a local farmers market over the course of one delicious year

There's nothing like the sounds and smells of the first farmers market of the year. The sweetness of fresh fruits and local vegetables permeates the air and breathes new life into our recipes just as the spring brings new life to the earth. This illustrated tale follows the budding friendship between two girls who meet at a local farmers market, and reminds us that food is the great unifier of all humankind.

When a farm family brings their spring crops to a city farmers market, the farmer's daughter befriends the daughter of a neighborhood family doing their weekly shopping. Over the course of a year, the girls explore the bounty of each season. Sweet spring strawberries and crisp, fresh greens make way for corn on the cob, peppers, and a rainbow of summer tomatoes. Fall brings pumpkin patches and the crunch of apples.The friends part at the final winter market, already looking forward to the sweet red strawberries that will unite them again next spring.

Katherine Pryor's lyrical celebration of seasonal local foods is brought to life by Polina Gortman's illustrations of a growing friendship between two children from seemingly different worlds. Spring Is for Strawberries is a charming and fun read-aloud story that reminds us to seek pleasure in the changing harvests around us, and that all things--even friendships--have seasons worth waiting for.

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a program for you and your little one before they reach kindergarten. Enjoy reading 1,000 books to complete this program. Continuously log reading together to earn rewards and badges all along the way.

Literacy is a lifelong process. Reading skills developed before and during a child’s first years of school need continual support throughout his or her entire educational career to ensure academic success. One of the best ways for students to strengthen these skills and to develop a love of reading is through a consistent, sustained reading practice outside of the classroom.

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