Families

Upcoming events

Monday, May 12, 2025 - 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 Families Storytimes

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Join us every Tuesday for a fun Spanish Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Miriam! 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...

Kids Babies Families Storytimes

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 10:30am

Book End Bookstore

This April at The Book End paperback books of any genre are buy one get one free! Adult books start at $1 and children's books are always priced at $.25. The Book End is located on the second floor of the library, and open seven days a week....

Adults Families

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Join us on the second Tuesday of every month for a new Books to Cooks Club, where read a picture book and make a delicious after school snack from the story! This program is for preschool-6th grade. For our last Books to Cooks Club of the school...

Kids Families

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 10:30am

Meeting Room A, 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. Singing is a projectile activity, please be...

Kids Babies Families Music Storytimes

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 10:30am

Book End Bookstore

This April at The Book End paperback books of any genre are buy one get one free! Adult books start at $1 and children's books are always priced at $.25. The Book End is located on the second floor of the library, and open seven days a week....

Adults Families

Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 10:30am

Book End Bookstore

This April at The Book End paperback books of any genre are buy one get one free! Adult books start at $1 and children's books are always priced at $.25. The Book End is located on the second floor of the library, and open seven days a week....

Adults Families

Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 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, May 15, 2025 - 11:00am

Other

Are you a brand new ICPL Card holder? Has it been a while since you’ve been to the library? Are you a regular user, but would like to know more? Join the Iowa City Public Library Development Staff on a “Get to know the Library Tour.” Receive a...

Adults Teens Families

Friday, May 16, 2025 - 10:30am

Book End Bookstore

This April at The Book End paperback books of any genre are buy one get one free! Adult books start at $1 and children's books are always priced at $.25. The Book End is located on the second floor of the library, and open seven days a week....

Adults Families