(Kansas City, Mo.) – This summer, the Kansas City Public Library; Mid-Continent Public Library; Johnson County Library; Kansas City, Kansas Public Library; Lawrence Public Library; Cass County Public Library; North Kansas City Public Library; and Olathe Public Library are running toward the same goal: getting as many people signed up for Summer Reading as possible. This year’s theme is Read, Score, Roar!, tying together the metro-wide soccer festivities and everyone’s perennial favorites, dinosaurs.

“This year, as visitors from around the world are coming to experience all that Kansas City has to offer, metro libraries are thrilled to team up for the first time ever with the same Summer Reading theme,” said Kansas City Public Library Chief Executive Abby Yellman. “I join with my fellow library directors to invite everyone in Kansas City to find the joy in both reading and soccer this summer. Let’s all work together to celebrate reading and inspire a lifelong love of literacy across our community, making this the most impactful Summer Reading program our city has ever seen!”

Each library system has unique dates, reading goals, and prizes. Visit KCSummerReads.org to learn more about each library’s program and to sign up for free. Want to be a Tyrannosaurus reader? Stop by as many libraries as you can this summer for a variety of resources and events available for all ages. Readers don’t have to live within a certain library service area to take part in the metro-wide fun.

This summer everybody is on the same team; everybody wins when everybody reads!

Contact any library for more information: