Join ICPL staff and members of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers for a special ICPL Astronomy Night event at the Eastern Iowa Observatory & Learning Center at the Palisades-Dows Preserve. Members of the CAA will give tours of the facility beginning...
Summer Reading Program
ICPL Reads
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.
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 - 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 be...
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
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...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 2:00pm
Storytime Room
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 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.
Saturday, June 15, 2024 - 8:30pm
Other
Join ICPL staff and members of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers for a special ICPL Astronomy Night event at the Eastern Iowa Observatory & Learning Center at the Palisades-Dows Preserve.
Members of the CAA will give tours of the facility...
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
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...
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 2:00pm
Storytime Room
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
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.
There are no upcoming events.
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Wednesday, June 26, 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 26, 2024 - 1:00pm
Teen Center
Explore something new each Wednesday in June.
Trained EMT'S will teach CPR and Basic First Aid skills which will be useful for those looking to babysit, have younger siblings, or want to be prepared in an emergency situation.
...
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 - 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 27, 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 workshop offers a unique blend of...
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...
Friday, June 28, 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...
Friday, June 28, 2024 - 1:00pm
Teen Center
Every Friday throughout Summer, we'll explore food, create a recipe and watch a movie.
Food: Everything pink! We'll make a movie snack pack of pink pretzels, cookies and fruit Barbie herself would be proud of.
Movie:...
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,...
Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 4:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
You've just been recruited as a backup dancer for Taylor Swift's new tour! Professional dance instructor Miss Liz from Life's Your Stage Dance Company will teach you new choreography for one of Taylor's most popular songs to...
Friday, June 28, 2024 - 9:30am
Bookmobile, Mercer 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...
Friday, June 28, 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...
Friday, June 28, 2024 - 1:00pm
Storytime Room
Take a break from the summer sun and join us every Friday for a matinee movie showing!
The animated film tells the story of a family of ducks dreaming of the perfect getaway vacation. Mack, the overprotective father, cannot take the risk...
Sunday, June 30, 2024 - 2:00pm
Storytime Room
Make a fun and festive headband to wear during upcoming 4th of July celebrations! We'll have pipe cleaners and stars to construct a headband that looks like a sparkly firework!
Sunday Fun Days are suitable for all-ages, but younger...
Monday, July 1, 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, July 1, 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, July 1, 2024 - 2:00pm
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Join us every Monday from 2-3 pm for a program featuring items we make!
This Monday we will be making tiny canvases. Once you're done, you will leave your art here at the library to display for a tiny art show!
Tuesday, July 2, 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, July 2, 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!
Learn a few easy...