Join us at Iowa City's Public Works Facility for a one-of-a-kind event featuring indoor family roller skating, a quilt show and auction, live music, food vendors, an outdoor movie screening, and more! The Library and other City departments will have booths and hands-on activities showcasing services and the ICPL Bookmobile will be open for visitors!
Don’t miss this event on Saturday, May 21, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Iowa City Public Works, 3810 Napoleon Lane. More information can be found here.
Stay busy this summer reading, earning prizes, and attending events!
The ICPL Summer Reading program is available to readers of all ages and abilities, babies through adults. Participants will receive a gamecard to track their summer reading goals. Summer Reading registration begins June 1, online, at the Bookmobile, and at the library building. Keep an eye on our webpage for more details!
Bookmobile staff are excited and delighted to hit the open road and connect you with Library materials. Stop and see ICPL staff Tom & Fran on the Bookmobile located outside Sidekick Coffee & Books, your friendly westside neighborhood café and bookstore. The Bookmobile visits this stop each Wednesday from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Grab an afternoon cuppa and your holds all in one go!
"The Awesome Human Project" is an accessible, super-practical book that teaches the emotional fitness skills so many of us need to struggle less, have more energy, and experience more meaning and joy in life and at work.
The award-winning, best-selling author of "Station Eleven" and "The Glass Hotel," returns with a novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon five hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space. “One of [Mandel’s] finest novels and one of her most satisfying forays into the arena of speculative fiction yet.” —The New York Times
Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower. Best friends through thick and thin, they've always got each other's backs. Celebrate the terrific twosome with these three high-speed, high-flying tales full of action and adrenaline. First, Dr. Eggman is missing, but his rogue robots are still running amok, and only Sonic can stop them. But he can't do it without Tails!
"The new Pokémon are here, and kids gotta catch 'em all! This updated guidebook features the unique and mysterious new Galar region Pokémon from the hit new games for Nintendo Switch, Sword & Shield. Discover the origins of the most fascinating and unusual Pokémon! You'll get the scoop on Legendary and Mythical Pokémon from Kanto all the way through Galar. It's the insider's guide to the rarest and most powerful known Pokémon. This expanded edition of the 2019 deluxe guidebook includes the latest information about the new Legendary and Mythical Pokémon from the Galar region."
For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero's identity is revealed, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk. When he enlists Doctor Strange's help to restore his secret, the spell tears a hole in their world, releasing the most powerful villains who have ever fought a Spider-Man in any universe.
The Bookmobile will be hitting the road to bring you Summer Reading fun! Find us around the community and pop inside to pick up your holds, register for an Iowa City Public Library card, or browse the shelves. The new Bookmobile schedule starts May 31 and runs through August 19.
Services will be unavailable on June 20 (Juneteenth) and July 4 (Independence Day).
