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Celebrate National Poetry Month at ICPL
https://www.icpl.org/press-releases/celebrate-national-poetry-month-icpl-0April is National Poetry Month and the Iowa City Public Library is ready to celebrate. The Library will host its Totally Tweens: Poetry Workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, in Meeting Room A. Tweens in third through sixth grades are...
A Snicker of Magic
https://www.icpl.org/articles/snicker-magicFelicity Pickle is a poem catcher, a word collector, and a wanderer longing for a place to call home. When her mother decides to try moving the family to Midnight Gulch, Tennessee, Felicity is hopeful that this might finally be the place where they...
Little Poems for Tiny Ears by Lin Oliver
https://www.icpl.org/articles/little-poems-tiny-ears-lin-oliverI wrote a Press Citizen article about new poetry books for children earlier this month in honor of National Poetry Month, but there is another title I want readers to know about on our New Book shelves in the Children's Room. Little Poems for...
Teens! Register Today for Poetry Pro-Am
https://www.icpl.org/articles/teens-register-today-poetry-pro-amCome close out National Poetry Month at the 2 nd annual Poetry Pro-Am. This four-hour event created specifically for teens features a performance master class, refreshments, and a blowout live show to cap the day. Start the day at 3:00 p.m. by...
Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems
https://www.icpl.org/articles/water-sings-blue-ocean-poemsCelebrate National Poetry Month by reading lots of verse for children. A new book of poems all by Kate Coombs entitled Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems will appeal to children who love the beach. The author grew up near the Pacific Ocean in...
Outside Your Window; A First Book of Nature
https://www.icpl.org/articles/outside-your-window-first-book-natureNicola Davies is a zoologist and an award-winning author who's written many books for children. Of writing Outside Your Window, she says, "I cast off my grown-up self and found the me I was at five or six. From inside that younger self I could...
Book of Animal Poetry
https://www.icpl.org/articles/book-animal-poetryEdited by J. Patrick Lewis, U.S. Children's Poet Laureate, this new volume of children's poetry about the animal world is a stand-out. 200 poems with beautiful color photographs of each animal comprise this collection produced by the National...
Join us for these special children’s events this spring!
https://www.icpl.org/articles/join-us-these-special-children’s-events-springThe Iowa City Public Library is pleased to announce the following upcoming spring programs for school-age children. Registration is now open for our Poetry Workshop for students in grades 3-6. On Saturday, April 14, Children's Librarian Katherine...
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
https://www.icpl.org/articles/frank-ocean-channel-orangeI first discovered Frank Ocean through his 2011 free online mixtape “ Nostalgia, Ultra ” which had some original R&B tracks and others that were sampled music put to original lyrics. If you follow music news then you might remember the...