You may already know that this summer we’ve been unearthing all kinds of stories for Summer Reading 2026.

(If you somehow didn’t know Summer Reading has been happening, as perhaps you have been living under a rock and intentionally not unearthing anything whatsoever 🪨🙃, never fear! You have until August 2nd to finish your tracker to redeem a free mini planter and a chance to win big in our grand prize drawing. 📚📝🤓🆓🪴🎇🎁)

For many of us in #libraryland, we have been taking this year’s theme quite literally, focusing our decor and programming on what lies unseen beneath our feet. In particular, we have been focused on the fossil record and the awe-inspiring remnants of our world’s ancient past — like DINOSAURS!!! — although the geologic past holds tiny treasures, too, many of which you can find in the creeks, rivers and bluffs of Missouri’s own state parks system. Continue reading “Urban Fossils 🐚🌆”