Teens

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KCKPL Teen Services

Teen Services offers a variety of resources for youth aged 13-18, including programs, academic help, volunteer opportunities, and recommended books. Interested? Click on a link, send an email, stop by a branch, or give us a call.

Teen Volunteering Opportunities

Upcoming Events

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Aaron Long Art Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien

All Day 3/2 - 4/16
Teens, Adults
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Art Gallery - Main Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Exhibits
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Art by Aaron Long inspired by the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings.

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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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Adult Take-Home Craft @ Main: Marker "Tie-Dye"

03/15/2025 @ 9:00am - 03/31/2025 @ 9:00pm
Teens, Adults
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Take Home - Main Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Entertainment & Culture, Crafts & Hobbies, Additional Program Format, Take Home
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Come grab a kit to decorate a canvas item with a colored marker faux "tie-dye" effect.

 

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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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Board at the Library

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Children, Teens, Adults
West Wyandotte Library
Library Branch: West Wyandotte Library
Room: Auditorium - West Wyandotte Library
Age Group: Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Entertainment & Culture, Games & Video Games
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Want to try out some new board games? Have a game and want to teach it to others? Have a game and a group but nowhere to host your game day? West Wyandotte is the place to be for board games on Sunday! 

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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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World Bear Day Celebration: Paddington

2:00pm - 3:45pm
Children, Teens
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Children's Department - Main Library
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Crafts & Hobbies, Movies, Parties & Celebrations, Entertainment & Culture, Special Events
Event Details:

Paddington. (2014) (PG). 1h 35m (Swank) 

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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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Yoga : Para el Bienestar

9:30am - 11:00am
Children, Teens, Adults
South Branch Library
Library Branch: South Branch Library
Room: Conference Room B - South Branch Library
Age Group: Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Developing Skills, Health & Wellness, Additional Program Format, Spanish
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Yoga para Principiantes!!! Listos para equilibrar tu estado físico ,a tu ritmo y con disciplina? entonces integrate a estas sesiones para lograrlo.

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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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College Readiness Series

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Teens, Adults
West Wyandotte Library
Library Branch: West Wyandotte Library
Room: Conference Room C - West Wyandotte Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Developing Skills, School & Homeschool
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Preparing for college can feel overwhelming, but our College Readiness Series is here to help!

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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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Tolkien Reading Day

6:30pm - 7:15pm
Teens, Adults
South Branch Library
Library Branch: South Branch Library
Room: Conference Room A - South Branch Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Developing Skills, History & Genealogy, Entertainment & Culture, Movies, Recreation, Special Events, Speakers
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The Tolkien Society of Kansas City will visit the South Branch Library to inform us about the iconic author who brought us The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit in honor of Tolkien Reading Day. Our presenter, Elizabeth,

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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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Block of the Month Sewing Studio

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Teens, Adults
Main Library
Seats Available
Registration
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: 1st Floor Program Room - Main Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Entertainment & Culture, Crafts & Hobbies
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
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Join us Monday evenings as we work on the Ultimate Beginner Quilt. Learn a new block pattern each week or bring your own projects to work on. No experience needed and supplies are provided.

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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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Morning Meditation

10:00am - 10:45am
Teens, Adults
West Wyandotte Library
Library Branch: West Wyandotte Library
Room: Auditorium - West Wyandotte Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Developing Skills, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Group meditation can offer a deeper meditation experience due to the sense of community, fewer distractions, positive feedback, and guidance from a trained leader.

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 Teens

Bloom's Literature

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Bloom’s Literature offers a comprehensive resource for the study of literature.

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Britannica Moderna

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Older students can turn to Britannica Moderna, with more than 47,000 articles plus about 8,000 images.

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Driver's Permit Tests

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Prepare with these Kansas DMV practice tests.

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Explora High School

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High School students can look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects, or homework from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.

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Explora Middle School

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Middle School students can look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects, or homework from the world’s leading magazines and reference books.

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History Reference Center

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Comprehensive history reference database offering full text from more than 1,600 reference books, encyclopedias, non-fiction books, and leading history periodicals.

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Issues & Controversies

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Helps students and researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture.

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Learning Express

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Comprehensive test preparation, skills improvement resources, and career guidance for elementary students to adult learners.

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Literary Reference Center

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Includes thousands of plot summaries, synopses, and work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; literary journals; book reviews; classic and contemporary poems and short stories.

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Novelist K-8

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Reading recommendation resource for school grades K-8.

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Novelist Plus

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Reading recommendation resource for all ages.

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Read It!

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Read It! is designed for middle and high school students and adults who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading but need adapted reading material for a variety of subjects.

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Tutor.com

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Provides live homework help and in-person tutoring services that connect students to a professional tutor online in math, science, social studies or English.

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Recommended Books

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Oathbound

The phenomenal third book in the TikTok sensation Legendborn Cycle by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Tracy Deonn. Perfect for fans of Tahereh Mafi, Sabaa Tahir, Cassandra Clare and Leigh Bardugo!

Severed from the Legendborn. Oathbound to a monster.

Bree Matthews is alone. She exiled herself from the Legendborn Order, cut her ancestral connections, and turned away from the friends who can't understand the impossible cost of her powers. This is the only way to keep herself - and those she loves - safe.

But Bree's decision has come with a terrible price: an unbreakable bargain with the Shadow King himself, a shapeshifter who can move between humanity, the demon underworld, and the Legendborn secret society. In exchange for training to wield her unprecedented abilities, Bree has put her future in the Shadow King's hands - and unwittingly bound herself to do his bidding as his new protégé.

Meanwhile, the other Scions must face war with their Round Table fractured, leaderless, and missing its Kingsmage, as Selwyn has also disappeared. When Nick is detained by the Order's Merlins, he invokes an ancient law that requires the High Council of Regents to convene at the Northern Keep and grant him an audience. No one knows what he will demand of them . . . or what secrets he has kept hidden from the Table.

As a string of mysterious kidnappings escalates and Merlins are found dead, it becomes clear that no matter how hard Bree runs from who she is, the past will always find her . . .

Praise for Legendborn:

'I love the feeling of a magical world existing just beneath the surface of our own and this story gave me everything I wanted: incredible characters, ancient lore and secret societies - all grounded in our very real, very flawed world . . .' Leigh Bardugo, author of Shadow and Bone

'Tracy Deonn's Legendborn braids southern folk traditions and Black Girl Magic into a searing modern tale of grief, power and self-discovery.' Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles