Join us for Stories in the Park all summer long! Note the new Stories in the Park time at 9:30 to beat the midmorning heat! We will offer the same Storytime over the course of the week, so please choose one park location a week to attend! We will be...
Summer Reading Program
Adventure Begins at Iowa City Public Library
May 28 - August 10, 2024
Stay busy this summer reading and attending events!
Available to readers of all ages and abilities, babies through adults. Participants will receive a gamecard to track their summer reading goals.
Prizes available starting Monday, June 3, 2024.
If you have time for a quick question, let us know how did you hear about the summer reading program?
Downloads
Resources
- Watch past programs on The Library Channel
- Learn how to log books with Beanstack's mobile app
Sponsors
A big thank you to the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation for sponsoring the prizes!
Come read with us!
Upcoming Events
All library patrons, regardless of age or neurodiversity can participate in our Summer Reading Programs. We will be happy to customize reading programs and activities to meet the individual needs of our patrons. Please contact Angela Pilkington for more information.
Upcoming events
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us in the Storytime Room for Summertime Storytime on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:30am. The Storytime librarian will vary each week, and every day is open to all ages! Catch the all-ages Thrilling Thursday programs at a...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 11:00am
Teen Center
This summer, take a dip into the realms of math, biology, chemistry, and astronomy! Our weekly program, tailored for middle and early high school students (grades 6 to 9), invites young minds to get excited about STEM and make friends through...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 1:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Our friends from snapshots literary magazine will be here to help us design our very own magazine in this special three week workshop. The first week we will work on the writing for the magazine, the second will be the art, and finally the third...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 1:00pm
Teen Center
Each Monday in June, middle and high schoolers have to opportunity to make something new. All supplies are provided and no experience is necessary. Participants will explore the possibilities of ceramics as their canvas. Attendees will learn...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us in the Storytime Room for Summertime Storytime on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:30am. The Storytime librarian will vary each week, and every day is open to all ages! Catch the all-ages Thrilling Thursday programs at a...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 1:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Elementary-age kids are invited to join us each Tuesday at 1:00 to learn a little bit about a fun skill or hobby that maybe they haven’t tried before! We have experts from the community here to teach you the basics! Do you enjoy singing? Come sing...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 1:00pm
Teen Center
Tuesdays in June are for healthy competition, co-operation, strategy, and innovation through console, table top, and good old fashioned board games. Pick your favorite character and compete for the top spot and prizes.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 3:30pm
Other
Catch, hatch and trade Pokémon in the real world with other fans. We'll meet in the Teen Space in the library, but will venture out around the city to build up our Pokédex.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us in the Storytime Room for Summertime Storytime on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:30am. The Storytime librarian will vary each week, and every day is open to all ages! Catch the all-ages Thrilling Thursday programs at a...
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Monday, June 17, 2024 - 9:30am
Bookmobile, Willow Creek Park
Join us for Stories in the Park all summer long! Note the new Stories in the Park time at 9:30 to beat the midmorning heat! We will offer the same Storytime over the course of the week, so please choose one park location a week to attend! We will...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us in the Storytime Room for Summertime Storytime on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:30am. The Storytime librarian will vary each week, and every day is open to all ages! Catch the all-ages Thrilling Thursday programs at...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 11:00am
Teen Center
This summer, take a dip into the realms of math, biology, chemistry, and astronomy! Our weekly program, tailored for middle and early high school students (grades 6 to 9), invites young minds to get excited about STEM and make friends through...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 1:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Our friends from snapshots literary magazine will be here to help us design our very own magazine in this special three week workshop. The first week we will work on the writing for the magazine, the second will be the art, and finally the third...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 1:00pm
Teen Center
Each Monday in June, middle and high schoolers have to opportunity to make something new.
All supplies are provided and no experience is necessary.
Participants will explore the possibilities of ceramics as their canvas. Attendees...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us in the Storytime Room for Summertime Storytime on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:30am. The Storytime librarian will vary each week, and every day is open to all ages! Catch the all-ages Thrilling Thursday programs at...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 1:00pm
Teen Center
Tuesdays in June are for healthy competition, co-operation, strategy, and innovation through console, table top, and good old fashioned board games.
Pick your favorite character and compete for the top spot and prizes.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 1:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Elementary-age kids are invited to join us each Tuesday at 1:00 to learn a little bit about a fun skill or hobby that maybe they haven’t tried before! We have experts from the community here to teach you the basics!
Do you enjoy singing?...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 3:30pm
Other
Catch, hatch and trade Pokémon in the real world with other fans.
We'll meet in the Teen Space in the library, but will venture out around the city to build up our Pokédex.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us in the Storytime Room for Summertime Storytime on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:30am. The Storytime librarian will vary each week, and every day is open to all ages! Catch the all-ages Thrilling Thursday programs at...
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Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 6:30pm
Digital Media Lab
Bring in a couple of your paperback books with misleading or unpleasant cover designs, and we'll create custom book jackets!
After measuring your book, we'll use Canva to make a template you can fill with their clip art, background images...
Friday, June 21, 2024 - 10:30am
Digital Media Lab
If you haven't made the switch from books-on-CD to digital e-audiobooks, let us show you the way!
The Iowa City Public Library has two sources for free digital audiobooks: Libby and Hoopla. We'll take a look at both interfaces during this...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 7:00pm
Other
Suggested by the members of Let's Talk Books, today's topic is the best books we've read so far this year. Books we enjoyed so much that we have suggested them to others, purchased our own copy, or given them as gifts. Bring some...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 2:30pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Sparkles is an adaptive and inclusive cheer and dance team for students with and without disabilities. Join members of City High and UI Sparkles to watch a performance, learn some cheer terminology and movements, and learn a short cheer routine...
Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 6:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
This July, explore different ways to record your days and find meaning in the details!
We’ll discuss different methods of daily record keeping, journaling, and creative acts, with a focus on simple and unique ways to both document and...
Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 6:00pm
Digital Media Lab
Do you knit, crochet, spin, punch needle, embroider? Bring your current project and join us the last Thursday of the month for an evening of conversation and fiber arts of all kinds. Whether you're new the hobby or a seasoned veteran, all...
Saturday, June 29, 2024 - 11:00am
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
As part of the Adult Summer Reading Program, local Taiji instructor Heaiming Chen of Four Hands Taiji, will lead us through an introduction to Taiji.
Tai Chi (or Taiji) is a gentle, low-impact exercise that combines physical movement,...
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 - 6:00pm
Meeting Room A
Stop by to make the candle of your dreams! We’ll be melting and pouring soy wax into small glass containers, then personalizing with color, scent, shimmer, and sparkles! Cotton and wood wicks, wick anchors, scent, and glittery goodness will be...
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 - 2:30pm
Meeting Room A
Drop in for casual gaming using big, oversized versions of games like Connect 4, bowling, Jenga, UNO, and others.
This program is intended for people of all ages who are neurodivergent, or who experience intellectual or developmental...
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 7:00pm
Other
Can you think of a better way to take a break from all the summer heat? Join the Let's Talk Books folks for a discussion of some of our favorite Holiday Reads! Break out a few of your favorites and join us for the fun.
Let's Talk Books...
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Monday, June 17, 2024 - 11:00am
Teen Center
This summer, take a dip into the realms of math, biology, chemistry, and astronomy! Our weekly program, tailored for middle and early high school students (grades 6 to 9), invites young minds to get excited about STEM and make friends through...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 1:00pm
Teen Center
Each Monday in June, middle and high schoolers have to opportunity to make something new.
All supplies are provided and no experience is necessary.
Participants will explore the possibilities of ceramics as their canvas. Attendees...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 1:00pm
Teen Center
Tuesdays in June are for healthy competition, co-operation, strategy, and innovation through console, table top, and good old fashioned board games.
Pick your favorite character and compete for the top spot and prizes.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 3:30pm
Other
Catch, hatch and trade Pokémon in the real world with other fans.
We'll meet in the Teen Space in the library, but will venture out around the city to build up our Pokédex.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 11:00am
Teen Center
This summer, take a dip into the realms of math, biology, chemistry, and astronomy! Our weekly program, tailored for middle and early high school students (grades 6 to 9), invites young minds to get excited about STEM and make friends through...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 1:00pm
Teen Center
Explore something new each Wednesday in June.
In its earliest days, furoshiki was used by noble families and feudal lords to wrap their clothes when visiting the public baths. We'll explore this sustainable practice, try out a few...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 3:30pm
Teen Center
Learn about the history and significance of Juneteenth as you sip on hibiscus tea, nibble on red velvet cake and barbeque food. We'll also look at African American music in America since emancipation and play a few rounds of trivia for...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 11:00am
Teen Center
This summer, take a dip into the realms of math, biology, chemistry, and astronomy! Our weekly program, tailored for middle and early high school students (grades 6 to 9), invites young minds to get excited about STEM and make friends through...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 1:00pm
Teen Center
Each Thursday in June, middle and high schoolers are invited to explore creativity through art, tech, design, and more.
All supplies will be provided for this event and no experience is needed.
This week, Environmental Educator,...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 6:30pm
Digital Media Lab
Bring in a couple of your paperback books with misleading or unpleasant cover designs, and we'll create custom book jackets!
After measuring your book, we'll use Canva to make a template you can fill with their clip art, background images...
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Monday, June 17, 2024 - 9:30am
Bookmobile, Willow Creek Park
Join us for Stories in the Park all summer long! Note the new Stories in the Park time at 9:30 to beat the midmorning heat! We will offer the same Storytime over the course of the week, so please choose one park location a week to attend! We will...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us in the Storytime Room for Summertime Storytime on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:30am. The Storytime librarian will vary each week, and every day is open to all ages! Catch the all-ages Thrilling Thursday programs at...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 1:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Our friends from snapshots literary magazine will be here to help us design our very own magazine in this special three week workshop. The first week we will work on the writing for the magazine, the second will be the art, and finally the third...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us in the Storytime Room for Summertime Storytime on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:30am. The Storytime librarian will vary each week, and every day is open to all ages! Catch the all-ages Thrilling Thursday programs at...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 1:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Elementary-age kids are invited to join us each Tuesday at 1:00 to learn a little bit about a fun skill or hobby that maybe they haven’t tried before! We have experts from the community here to teach you the basics!
Do you enjoy singing?...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Join us in the Storytime Room for Summertime Storytime on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:30am. The Storytime librarian will vary each week, and every day is open to all ages! Catch the all-ages Thrilling Thursday programs at...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 1:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
On Wednesdays during our Summer Reading Program, elementary-age kids are invited to join us for a different event every week to understand and experience cultures around the world!
Embark on a journey into the mesmerizing world of stained...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 10:00am
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Dino O'Dell, children's musician and author of Zar and the Broken Spaceship, will be blasting off with a musical dance party. Whether he's counting monsters, fixing spaceships or swimming in peanut butter, Dino's interactive...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 1:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Dino O'Dell, children's musician and author of Zar and the Broken Spaceship, will be blasting off with a musical dance party. Whether he's counting monsters, fixing spaceships or swimming in peanut butter, Dino's interactive...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 4:00pm
Meeting Room A
Don't just learn science - DO science with the UI Science Booster Club!
This event is for 3rd-6th graders.
与UI科学促进会一起动手进行科学实践， 面向3-6年级同学。
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