Families

Upcoming events

Sunday, April 9, 2023 - 1:00pm

Storytime Room

Beep Beep? What's upcycled, shiny, and adorable? A mini-robot made from a paper toilet paper tube of course! Come to Sunday Fun Day this week to create your own tin-foiled machine that can help you calculate your creativity. Bleep, boop, bop...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting

Monday, April 10, 2023 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Join us every Monday for a special Chinese Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Fang! Together we will enjoy songs, rhymes, stories and fun crafts in Chinese and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us...

Kids Babies Families Storytimes

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Join us on Tuesdays during the school year for Spanish Bilingual Storytime! Every week, there will be a fun theme with plenty of repetition from previous weeks in order to enhance language learning. Get ready for a lot of movement with singing,...

Kids Babies Families Storytimes

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

StoryJAM is a music and movement program designed to model, encourage, and facilitate music-making as an early literacy skill. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate as much as possible. Masks are preferred and provided for all...

Kids Babies Families Music Storytimes

Thursday, April 13, 2023 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Preschool Stories & More is the Thursday Storytime program at the library and will often be a guest presenter, storyteller or performer! All ages are welcome to attend Preschool Stories and More every week, but some programs may be better suited...

Kids Families Storytimes

Thursday, April 13, 2023 - 7:00pm

Online

Join us for a fun evening featuring Esmé Weijun Wang, sponsored by Local Libraries LIT!Esmé Weijun Wang believes in creativity, resilience, and legacy. She is a novelist and essayist who was named by Granta as one of the “Best of Young American...

Adults Families Author Visit

Saturday, April 15, 2023 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Family Storytime is recommended for all ages and includes both shorter and longer stories combined with action games and activities. 家庭故事会包括较长或较短的故事,并结合动作游戏和相关活动,适于各年龄段共同参与。 本活动面向向公众开放。如您因为身体原因需要特别帮助,请联系图书馆。 --------- Family Storytime es para todas...

Kids Families Storytimes

Saturday, April 15, 2023 - 11:00am

Storytime Room

: The Iowa City Public Library is hosting representatives from the Iowa Reading Research Center to present a workshop on assistive technology (AT) that can support children with reading and writing. Come and learn more about what AT is and how you...

Adults Kids Families Guest Speaker

Sunday, April 16, 2023 - 1:00pm

Storytime Room

Save the Elephant Day is observed around the world on April 16 every year. Join us in making some cute heart elephant crafts today! We will provide some heart cutouts, toilet paper rolls, googly eyes and other supplies you need. And you just create...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting

Monday, April 17, 2023 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Join us every Monday for a special Chinese Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Fang! Together we will enjoy songs, rhymes, stories and fun crafts in Chinese and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us...

Kids Babies Families Storytimes