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This photo of our then in-progress Frog and Toad exhibit was taken almost exactly four years ago on August 9, 2022. 😮

Learn how some your favorite exhibits came to be from the Rabbit hOle fabricators and artists who made them! Join for our final 21+ Night & Con-FAB of the season this Friday, August 14 from 5-7:30 PM.

Tickets and more info on our website.

Due to a family emergency impacting our presenters, our Story Rug events tonight (Friday, August 7) and tomorrow (Saturday, August 8) have been postponed.

Both Sophie and Phoebe and their publisher are committed to rescheduling these events, and we should be able to confirm new dates in the coming weeks.

Existing ticket holders have been contacted with their options, and that information is also available on our website.

We're very sorry for the inconvenience and sad that we had to postpone these events. But we look forward to celebrating Story Rug with Sophie and Phoebe as soon as possible! 🧡

On Friday, August 28 Newbery Honor and Pura Belpré Award winner Pedro Martín will launch his new book, Mexikid Dreams, at The Rabbit hOle! 🍓

It’s a poignant and hilarious companion to his acclaimed graphic memoir, Mexikid. Adults 18+ are invited to join us for an insightful conversation with Martín and fellow graphic novelist @danielmiyaresdoodles. Each purchase includes a copy of Mexikid Dreams and one drink ticket.

Rabbit hOle educator members and their plus ones are invited to a VIP reception with food provided by @yolitortilleria before the program to mingle with the creators themselves!

Tickets and more info on our website and via link in bio.

Mike Blake brought his personal copy My Father’s of Dragon to our My Mother’s Father’s Dragon exhibition so he could compare its illustrations to the original lithographs! 🥹

He said he teared up a few times while examining the extraordinary work of Ruth Stiles Gannett and Ruth Chrisman Gannett. 💚 We’re delighted that Mike and his family visited us all the way from El Paso, Texas!

See My Mother’s Father’s Dragon before it closes on Sunday, August 23.

We concluded our 2026 Summer Workshops with one of our favorites: Paper Mache Animal Head Jars. ❤️

This group of talented sculptors made dogs, rabbits, foxes, a chicken, a shark, a horse and much more!

Thanks to everyone who took part in our workshops in June and July! Now it’s time to get ready for fall field trips. 🤓

Don’t let the last month of summer fly by without attending these events at The Rabbit hOle and Lucky Rabbit Books!

Please note: Sunday, August 23 is the final day of our My Mother’s Father’s Dragon exhibition and we will be closed August 25 & 26 for exhibit maintenance and installation.

🌟 AUTHOR EVENTS 🌟
• Fri, Aug. 7 at 5:30 PM - Adults 18+ evening with Sophie Blackall and Phoebe Wahl
• Sat, Aug. 8 at 11 AM - Family event with Sophie Blackall and Phoebe Wahl
• Fri, Aug. 28 at 5:30 PM - Adults 18+ Book Launch! Mexikid Dreams with Pedro Martín

🎟 ADULT PROGRAMS 🎟
• Fri, Aug. 14 at 5:30 PM - 21+ Night & Con-FAB
• Fri, Aug. 14 at 5:30 PM - Let’s Take a Dive

📚 BOOKSTORE PROGRAMS 📚
• Wed, Aug. 5 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (My Father’s Dragon)
• Thurs. Aug. 6 at 10:15 AM - Babies and Books
• Fri, Aug. 7 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (My Father’s Dragon)
• Wed, Aug.12 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (The Funny Thing)
• Thurs, Aug.13 at 10:15 AM - Babies and Books
• Fri, Aug.14 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (The Funny Thing)
• Wed, Aug. 19 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (Millions of Cats)
• Thurs, Aug. 20 at 10:15 AM - Babies and Books
• Fri, Aug. 21 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (Millions of Cats)
• Thurs, Aug. 27 at 10:15 AM - Babies and Books
• Fri, Aug 28 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (Snippy and Snappy)

Event tickets at rabbitholekc.org/programs

Yesterday we posted about how we've already transformed some of the many columns in our museum. Here's a look at one that's still in progress... 🐠

Check out this scale model for our exhibit celebrating one of @dahlovipcar's gorgeous picture books. It includes the gentle merman farmer, the sword he uses to cut fishing nets, his trusty seahorse and two spotted dogfish.

📗: Deep Sea Farmer written and illustrated Dahlov Ipcar (@rowmanandlittlefield)

You might not notice it when visiting The Rabbit hOle today, but this 100+ year old warehouse has giant concrete columns every 22 feet, which poses a unique design and curatorial challenge. 🤔

Three summers ago we were in the process of transforming three of the columns into exhibits celebrating The Happy Day written by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Marc Simont; Come Follow Me written and illustrated by Gyo Fujikawa; and Where the Sidewalk Ends written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein.

Tomorrow we'll share a sneak peak of another column we' currently working on!

The new book Story Rug, written by @sophieblackall and illustrated by @phoebewahl, follows a classroom that weaves together scraps of fabric, with each piece holding a personal story, to create a communal rug

Tickets are going fast for our Story Rug events with Sophie and Phoebe! Join us for an adults only (18+) presentation on Friday, August 7 and our family program on Saturday, August 8.

Tickets and more info at rabbitholeckc.org

We're lucky to have some extraordinary volunteers, many of whom are current or former librarians and teachers! 💙

Earlier this year, volunteer Christa Bell was awarded one of @library_journal 2026 Movers and Shakers Team Player Award, which is given to people shaping the future of libraries. Christa is the District Library Media Specialist, Lafayette County C-1 School District, Higginsville, MO and we're so grateful to her for spending many of her non-working hours with us!

If you're interested in learning more about volunteering at The Rabbit hOle, join us for one of these upcoming info sessions.

• Thurs. Aug. 13 - 10-11 AM
• Sat. Aug. 15 - 10:15-11:15 AM

Register at rabbitholekc.org/volunteer

During our Letterpress Poster Summer Workshop participants created illustrations, which we turned into woodblocks; learned how to set type and used Vandercock proof presses to print their posters! 💪🏽

ImPRESSive, no?

Pickles dropped in to remind us that 124 years ago on July 24, 1902 the author and illustrator of The Fire Cat, Esther Averill, was born! 🚨

Before creating her own books, Esther created her own publishing company, The Domino Press.

All the cats featured in her Cat Club series were inspired by her own felines or those she got to know around Greenwich Village. 😽

This morning at 10:02 AM we welcomed our 300,000TH VISITOR! 🥳

Today was Abigail's first time at The Rabbit hOle, and she gets to take home a t-shirt and exhibit book of her choosing. 🎉 Thanks to everyone who has helped us get to this incredible milestone in less than two and a half years!

And if you haven't visited yet, or recently, or today, there's still time to help us get to 400,000... 😏

Newbery Honor and Pura Belpré Award winner Pedro Martín will launch his new book, Mexikid Dreams, at The Rabbit hOle on Friday, August 28! 📗🚀

It's a poignant and hilarious companion to his acclaimed graphic memoir, Mexikid. Adults 18+ are invited to join us for an insightful conversation with Martín and fellow graphic novelist @danielmiyaresdoodles. Each purchase includes a copy of Mexikid Dreams and one drink ticket.

Rabbit hOle educator members and their plus ones are invited to a VIP reception with food provided by @yolitortilleria before the program to mingle with the creators themselves!

Tickets and more info on our website and via link in bio.

Our latest Reading is Reinvention print was created in collaboration with 2026 Caldecott Medal Winner, @catia_chien. It depicts books transforming into flamingos, soaring over a city.

This limited-edition letterpress prints are available for purchase both online at rabbitholekc.org/shop and in-person @luckyrabbitbookskc!

This afternoon our volunteers are preparing for our upcoming events with two-time Caldecott Medal winner @sophieblackall and acclaimed artist @phoebewahl! 🤗

We're hosting two events celebrate their new book, Story Rug! Join us for an adults only (18+) presentation on Friday, August 7 and our family program on Saturday, August 8.

Tickets and more info at rabbitholeckc.org

You should have seen the Tons of Fun Room after our Clay Play summer workshop! 🫟 👀 We had so much fun sharing recipes and whipping up some fun concoctions!

Our final summer workshop is Paper Mache for ages 7-12 next Tuesday and Thursday. There’s just one spot left! Learn more at rabbitholekc.org/workshops

Our newest exhibit celebrates Zen Shorts, written and illustrated by Jon J Muth! 🐼🌸

These images show some of the planning and fabrication that went into the exhibit, which was years in the making. Much like the meditative lessons the giant panda named Stillwater shares in the book, the creation of this exhibit was an exercise in patience and enlightenment for everyone involved.

Because of the intimate and quiet nature of the exhibit, it is ticketed (available at the front desk) and has several special requirements including wearing socks and a limit of 5 people for each 10 minute session.

Learn more about the making of our Zen Shorts exhibit in our latest blog entry on our website - link in bio.

📘: Zen Shorts written and illustrated by Jon J Muth (@scholastic)

“In a sense I have my mother’s hand in mine as I’m cutting,” Ashley Bryan said about creating the paper collage illustrations for Beautiful Blackbird.

Bryan, who was born on July 13, 1923, used his mother’s embroidery and dressmaking scissors to cut out the many colorful birds and shapes. ✂️

He included an image of the scissors in the book and by including the scissors in our exhibit we honor both his creative process and his mother. ❤️

When My Father's Dragon author Ruth Stiles Gannett was 10, she set sail with her mother on a ten-week freighter trip from New York to Malta, through the Mediterranean to Turkey; through the Dardanelles to Romania and back to Crete, Sicily, and Casablanca, Algeria.

Our special exhibition, My Mother’s Father’s Dragon: A Hero’s Journey and The Art of Living, brings together original illustrations from the book (on loan from @thekerlanumn), immersive environments, and a personal window into the extraordinary lives of Ruth Stiles Gannett and her stepmother Ruth Chrisman Gannett.

Included with regular museum admission and on display now through August 2026!

Story Rug, written by two-time Caldecott Medal winner @sophieblackall and illustrated by acclaimed artist @phoebewahl, braids together the joy of storytelling through the comfort of an age-old craft.

Celebrate this luminous new book with Sophie and Phoebe at our adults only (18+) presentation on Friday, August 7 and our family program on Saturday, August 8.

Tickets and more info at rabbitholeckc.org

The Zabajaba Jungle's flora and fauna are like nothing ever seen before. 🌿🌴 Would you be brave enough to explore a petrified monster from its mouth and gullet all the way through to its "great cloaca"?

Written and illustrated by long-time @newyorkercartoons artist William Steig, this book follows the first human who has ever entered the jungle: a boy named Leonard.

📗: The Zabajaba Jungle written and illustrated by William Steig (@mackidsbooks )

July’s adults-only events begin this Friday (7/10) with 21+ Night & Con-Fab, which gives you a chance to chat with some of our artists and fabricators about how our exhibits are made!

We hope to see you this month!
• Fri. July 10 at 5:30 PM - 21+ Night & Con-FAB
• Fri. July 24 at 5:30 PM - Let’s Take a Dive
• Fri. July 24 at 5:30 PM - 21+ Night

More info and tickets at rabbitholekc.org/programs

One year ago today, we opened our cover-to-cover immersive experience based on @tomiungerer's picture book classic, The Three Robbers! 💙

With this guided experience, you can follow the story of the notorious trio of highwaymen, who, with the help of a small orphan named Tiffany, find there’s more to life than thievery and hoarding treasure.

Tickets and more info at ThreeRobbers.org

This Fourth of July fireworks display is brought to you by 2026 Caldecott Medalist @catia_chien and everyone who joined us for our special events with her this week! 🎆

Thanks to Cátia for dazzling us with her presentations and creating alongside our workshop participants. ❤️

Jude is originally from West Texas and grew up visiting the @nccil, which instilled a lifelong love of story and creativity.

Now as a volunteer at The Rabbit hOle, they realize how a picture book can be an important part of social emotional development.

"People call us social animals, but we are story animals. We need to build a narrative to understand our experience."

Learn more about volunteer opportunities at rabbitholekc.org/volunteer

At our first Storybook Studio with Deb we learned her best tips and tricks for paper mache sculpture.

Join us for our next Storybook Studio on Thursday, July 9 at 2 PM when we’ll be making picture book dioramas!

For this adults only event, participants are encouraged to bring a few of their childhood favorites for inspiration.

Tickets and more info at rabbitholekc.org/programs

"Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk!" 🫐

Did you know July in National Blueberry Month?

📘: Blueberries for Sal Written and Illustrated by Robert McCloskey (@vikingbooks )

Spend the dog days of summer at these events in July at The Rabbit hOle and Lucky Rabbit Books! 🐾

🌟 AUTHOR EVENTS 🌟
• Thurs. July 2 at 5:30 PM - Adults 18+ evening with 2026 Caldecott Medal winner, Cátia Chien
• Fri. July 3 at 11 AM - Family event with 2026 Caldecott Medal winner, Cátia Chien

🎨 WORKSHOPS 🎨
• Tues. July 7 at 1 PM - Summer Workshop: I Want My Hat Back Textile Collage - Ages 7-12
• Thurs. July 9 at 2 PM - Story Book Studio with Deb: 21+ Picture Book Dioramas
• Tues. July 14 at 10 AM - Summer Workshop: Letterpress Poster Part 1 - Ages 12-14
• Thurs. July 16 at 10 AM - Summer Workshop: Letterpress Poster Part 2 - Ages 12-14
• Tues. July 21 at 10 AM - Summer Workshop: Paper Mache Animal Head Jars Part 1 - Ages 7-12
• Thurs. July 23 at 10 AM - Summer Workshop: Paper Mache Animal Head Jars Part 2 - Ages 7-12

🎟 ADULT PROGRAMS 🎟
• Fri. July 10 at 5:30 PM - 21+ Night & Con-FAB
• Fri. July 24 at 5:30 PM - Let’s Take a Dive
• Fri. July 24 at 5:30 PM - 21+ Night

📚 BOOKSTORE PROGRAMS 📚
• Wed. July 1 at 10 AM *different time* - Story Hour (The Fire Cat)
• Thurs. July 2 at 10:15 AM - Babies and Books
• Wed. July 8 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (May I Bring a Friend?)
• Thurs. July 9 at 10:15 AM - Babies and Books
• Fri. July 10 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (May I Bring a Friend?)
• Wed. July 15 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (Perez and Martina)
• Thurs. July 16 at 10:15 AM - Babies and Books
• Fri. July 17 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (Perez and Martina)
• Wed. July 22 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (Good Dog, Carl)
• Thurs. June 25 at 10:15 AM - Babies and Books
• Fri. July 24 at 10:30 AM - Story Hour (Good Dog, Carl)

Event tickets at rabbitholekc.org/programs

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