Sunday Fun Day: Crafts-to-go For Black History Month, we are featuring a new picture book each week that will be always available to borrow online via our Digital Library collection Overdrive for the entire month of February using the app Libby. A new craft kit related to each title will be offered every Monday and be available until Saturday or as supplies last, so check out the calendar for new crafts weekly! *Craft-to-go kits are no longer available by US Mail. We apologize for the inconvenience.
The City of Literature’s annual Children’s Literature Festival One Book Two Book will feature a number of virtual events and NEW for 2021, a Kids Book Box. The Kids Book Box supports the One Book Two Book festival and the City of Literature, as well as local bookstores. While the festival will be scaled back and held online in 2021, the core component of the One Book Two Book Children’s Literature Festival remains: to champion writing by children. Don't miss this year's festival, February 27 - 28th, 2021.
Snowed in? Try out some of the fun activities on our February BINGO sheet. Complete a BINGO to receive a button, a McDonald’s ice cream gift certificate and a bookmark. When completed, return the BINGO card any number of ways: at Lobby Grab & Go, library book returns, take a picture and email us, or mail it back.
Zoom Storytime, Thursday, February 11 Happy Valentine's Day from the Children's Staff! Join us for a live Storytime all about love and friendship with some fun books, songs and rhymes! Please register for this event to receive the Zoom login info and a reminder before the Storytime! Don't forget to reserve a free craft kit when registering for this event!
Book Babies, Fridays at 10:30 am Join Miss Karen this morning for a Live Book Babies on Zoom! Let's have fun together singing, reading, and rhyming! Please register for these weekly events to receive the Zoom login info and a reminder before the Storytime! Don't forget to reserve a free participant kit when registering for this event!
There is still time to cozy up with a good book and complete the ICPL Winter Reading Program. Finish the program to receive a hot cocoa mug and be entered into our grand prize drawings for a Iowa City Downtown District gift card! Sign up to redeem your mug after finishing.
Looking for another reading program to challenge and motivate the readers in your household? Try Read Woke, an ongoing reading program. Some great titles to get you started on your Read Woke journey can be found here.
