Kids

Upcoming events

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 - 10:30am

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

Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Music Together® is an active, music-making learning program for children ages newborn to five years old and the grownups who love them! Join Preucil School of Music's Music Together® teacher Leah as your little ones experience and grow...

Kids Families Storytimes

Saturday, May 3, 2025 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Family Storytime is recommended for all ages and includes both shorter and longer stories combined with action games and activities. 家庭故事会包括较长或较短的故事,并结合动作游戏和相关活动,适于各年龄段共同参与。 如您因为身体原因需要特别安排,请联系图书馆。 Family Storytime es para todas las edades e incluye...

Kids Babies Families Storytimes

Saturday, May 3, 2025 - 1:00pm

Storytime Room

Join us for a special storytime about Palestine. We will read picture books about Palestine, learn about the culture, and make crafts inspired by the stories.

Kids Families Guest Speaker

Sunday, May 4, 2025 - 12:15pm

Storytime Room

Chess Butterflies is a non-profit all girls chess club for girls and non binary youth in grades K-6, who’s mission is to empower young female chess players. Our goal is to foster not only a healthy learning environment but friendships and a sense of...

Kids Gaming & Pop Culture

Sunday, May 4, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Today is Star Wars day! Come in and make a Star Wars inspired craft! Sunday Fundays are suitable for all-ages, but younger children should make the crafts together with their caregiver(s). One craft per child please.

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting

Monday, May 5, 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
Grades K-6. Chess Club. First and third Monday of the month. 4 to 5 p.m. Storytime Room. Learn how to play chess or practice and improve your chess skills with Mark Capron, who was recently inducted into the Iowa Chess Hall of Fame! Iowa City Public Library.

Monday, May 5, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Are you interested in learning how to play chess or to practice and improve your chess skills? Grades K-6th are welcome to join us for Chess Club twice a month on the first and third Monday of the month, from 4:00-5:00. Mark Capron, who was...

Tweens Kids Gaming & Pop Culture

Tuesday, May 6, 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 6, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Lego Club is an informal hour of Lego building from 4-5pm on the first Tuesday of the month. We will have both Legos and Duplos, so all ages are welcome to attend, but this is a semi-unsupervised library activity. If your child is too young to play...

Tweens Kids