Happy (almost) 100th Birthday to beloved author of Ramona, Beezus, Henry, the Mouse and more! Born April 12, 1916, Beverly Cleary, has become one of the most beloved and successful children’s author, whose work has affected generations of readers...
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Wednesday, Mar 30, 2016
The Big Idea this week was learning how to be spies by solving coded messages, cracking codes to find treasure, and ending by coding their own phone number! So what math did we use tonight as we were training to be spies? Number recognition,...
Thursday, Mar 3, 2016
Yesterday afternoon the ICPL hosted it's first Crazy 8's Math Club for K-2 grades. The concept for the day was Glow-In-The-Dark Geometry! After the program the kids knew more than I ever did about geometry and had a blast doing it. What's glow-in...
Tuesday, Feb 2, 2016
The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten initiative is set to launch in Iowa City this Friday, February 5 th ! The program is based on an idea that other libraries across the nation are doing, with great success. The program encourages parents of...
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2016
On Monday, January 11, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the 2016 Newbery and Caldecott award winners. These books have won the most prestigious prizes in children’s literature. The 2016 John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding...
Monday, Dec 21, 2015
I am always looking for a good book to read and a great movie to watch. Hollywood has a pretty good line into all the hot novels, since they're always in the process of adapting so many books for the big screen. And yes, most of the time the book...
Monday, Nov 30, 2015
There was no SHHHHHHing in the Library Saturday! Family Storytime was full of CLAPs, STOMPs, SNAPs and of course LAUGHING! It was time to wake everyone up from their food comas from all the holiday meals they may have had over the last couple of...
Tuesday, Nov 10, 2015
This Saturday, November 14th at 10am the ICPL will be having its first Retro Saturday Morning Cartoon showing in the Storytime Room. When planning this event, I had to ask what makes something "retro?” I discovered retro is defined as "
Monday, Nov 9, 2015
The Iowa City Public Library is pleased to welcome The Rita Benton Music Library’s exhibit, "We Give Thanks for Music: an A-Z list" to the library this November. The fantastic display with all of the 26 musical concepts is located in the large...
Saturday, Jul 18, 2015
Today at Family Storytime we celebrated the 1969 Moon landing that took place 46 years ago on July-16-24. The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on July , 20 1969. Books about astronauts, the moon, rockets,...
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About Angie
Angie is the Children's Services Coordinator at the Iowa City Public Library. You can find her in the Ellen Buchanan Children's Room or occasionally on the Bookmobile.