The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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Monday, April 20, 2020
"I had a love affair with Kansas City," the former Chiefs player said. It extended to the Library, which joins in mourning McDaniels' death at age 52....
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
The latest CYS Zine is out! This 16-page monthly mini magazine highlights what's new and notable in the children's department of the Central Librar...
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Monday, April 13, 2020
A protege of L.H. Bluford Branch namesake Lucile Bluford, Donna Stewart spent more than four decades as a journalist at Kansas C...
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Thursday, April 2, 2020
During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, free meals for children are available at area pick-up sites during certain days and times. Check out the c...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
How do you keep your kids entertained during this time of social distancing? Through her fearless Harry Potter heroine, Hermione Gr...
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
It’s fall, y’all, and the Library is kicking off the Halloween season with a monstrously good mashup of haunted local history tales, scary story recom...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
The Library launches an out-of-this-world learning adventure for all ages in this year’s Summer Reading Program. As 2019 marks the 50...
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Friday, May 3, 2019
Children's Book Week, an annual celebration of books for youth and the joy of reading, was launched in 1919 and is currently the long...
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Thursday, February 21, 2019
The Library has relaunched its Stories to Go program, offering monthly story time sessions to children at day care and early-learning...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018
The Kansas City Public Library is proud to participate in Harvesters' Kids Cafe program, acting as sites for those 18 and under to eat a free and nutr...