Tabletop Games – Tuesday, June 27, 6 – 7:45 p.m.
Join us for a fun-filled event with family and friends at the Monticello Library and become a part of the Johnson County tabletop gaming community. Discover new games from our collection or bring your personal favorite to share – you might get creative with a round of Dixit, collaborate to escape the Forbidden Island or strategize your way to victory as King of Tokyo! Come and go as you please. Refreshments are provided. To celebrate our summer theme, All Together Now, we’ll be featuring the collaborative game of Just One at our June 27 event. Join us to learn and play these games in which we win or lose all together.
All Together Now, All Around the World with Dino O’Dell – Thursday, June 29
- 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Gardner Library
- 2 – 3 p.m. – Central Resource Library
- 5 – 6 p.m. – Lenexa City Center Library*
All are welcome at this interactive concert of music and stories from nationally recognized children's musician and educator Dino O'Dell. Whether unearthing the mysterious treasures of King Tut’s Tomb in Africa, gasping in the thin atmosphere atop Mount Everest, or learning to swim with the piranhas in the world’s biggest river - the Amazon River of South America, this show transports us to all seven continents and highlights interesting details about history, sports, animals, food and weather, in the context of geography. Let’s take a trip around the world.
*Lenexa's outdoor concert will bring The Dinosaur O'Dell Duo for an extra roaring good time.
Walk and Read at Strang Park – Saturday, July 1 – Sunday, July 9, Anytime
Family and friends of all ages are invited to join Johnson County Library for a walk in a park! Walk and Read creates a reading opportunity for all, in various parks throughout Johnson County. Those who participate will read two stories posted around a path, one going each direction. When you finish one story, you can turn around to the other side of the sign and begin the next story, which will lead you back around the path. The Walk and Read program encourages physical activity, literacy and family time. The paths are stroller and wheelchair friendly, allowing for all to join in the fun! Dates are subject to adjustment due to inclement weather conditions.
Johnson County Library, BikeWalk KC and Overland Park Parks and Recreation Dept. invite you to visit the Walk and Read at Strang Park. Two stories, Apple Pie 4th of July by Janet S. Wong and Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle by Chris Raschka, will be posted.
Interactive Exhibit: Streets for Everyone – Monday, July 3 – Friday, August 18, All Day
Home Street Home is an interactive educational exhibit at the Central Resource Library that explores our streets and public spaces as places where we travel, shop, play and engage with our communities. Good streets are places that support living well: places that make us safer, healthier, and more productive, places with people and activities that make our lives more interesting, places that help us get to work, school, services, and all of the opportunities that improve our quality of life. The Home Street Home exhibit is designed to be accessible and interesting to a wide audience including child-friendly activities. It includes five "stations" each with a separate theme and activity.