Wednesday, April 11, is National Bookmobile Day – but why celebrate for a day when a week is longer?

Join us as we celebrate National Bookmobile Week April 9 through April 13! Anyone who visits the Bookmobile that week will receive a sweet treat and other goodies. You can find our schedule here.

Additionally, our elementary school stops that week – Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Lemme, Tuesday from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. at Grant Wood, and Thursday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Mark Twain – will include a visit from the City of Iowa City Transit Department.

We'll see you on the road!

Held on the Wednesday of National Library Week since 2010, National Bookmobile Day recognizes and celebrates the role of bookmobiles and direct-delivery outreach services in fulfilling the mission of libraries. An integral and vital part of library service in the United States for more than 100 years, Bookmobiles have delivered information, technology, and resources for life-long learning to Americans of all walks of life.

National Bookmobile Day is sponsored by the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS), the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS), and the Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL).

The eighth annual National Bookmobile will be celebrated on Wednesday, April 11.

Stacey says you probably won't implement half of the ideas presented in Remodelista: The Organized Home by Julie Carlson, but the book's beautiful, spare pictures and organizational ideas will appeal to anyone who's been enchanted by minimalism, Shaker style, modern design, or the new trendy word "lagom," Swedish for "just the right amount."

"This book will have you clearing out your closets and drawers -- how lucky, then, that there's a Bookmobile stop right across from the Goodwill near Waterfront Hy-Vee," she says.

The Bookmobile visits the Hy-Vee Waterfront location from 5 to 6 p.m. on Monday.