The Iowa City Public Library Bookmobile Team is thankful for the support we've received over the years. It has been gratifying to be able to create meaningful connections and a community with those who keep coming back to visit us.
We look forward to another year of bringing the Library to you throughout 2023. Thank you so much for your ongoing support--it has allowed us to help readers around Iowa City find their next great adventure!
Monday
9 - 9:30 a.m.
Dodge Street Coffeehouse
2790 N Dodge St
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Oaknoll East
2640 N Scott Blvd
10:30 - 11 a.m.
Two Rivers Bank & Trust
551 Westbury Dr
11:15 a.m. - Noon
North Dodge Hy-Vee
1125 N Dodge St
1:30 - 2 p.m.
Faith Academy
1030 Cross Park Ave
2:15 - 2:45 p.m.
Fareway Grocery,
2765 Commerce Dr
3 - 3:30 p.m.
Legacy Independent Living
1095 Silvercrest Circle
3:45 - 4:30 p.m.
Lemme Elementary
3100 E Washington St
Tuesday
9 - 9:30 a.m.
Sidekick Coffee & Books
1310 1/2 Melrose Ave
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Ronald McDonald House
730 Hawkins Dr
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Oaknoll Retirement Community
735 George Street
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
UI College of Medicine Courtyard
195 Newton Rd
1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Fin & Feather
125 Hwy 1 W
2:45 - 3:15 p.m.
Atrium Village
117 3rd St
3:30 - 4:15 p.m.
Hills Elementary
301 Main St
Wednesday
1:30 - 2 p.m.
Walmart
919 Hwy 1 W
2:30 - 3 p.m.
Melrose Meadows
350 Dublin Dr
3:15 - 3:45 p.m.
Weber Elementary
3850 Rohret Rd
4:10 - 4:30 p.m.
Lincoln Elementary
300 Teeters Ct
Thursday
9 - 9:30 a.m.
Prelude Behavioral Services
430 Southgate Ave
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Mercer Park
2701 Bradford Dr
10:30 - 11 a.m.
St Mark's United Methodist Church
2675 E Washington St
11:15 a.m. - Noon
First Avenue Hy-Vee
812 S 1st Ave
2:15 - 3 p.m.
Twain Elementary
1355 Deforest Ave
3:15 - 3:45 p.m.
Grant Wood Elementary
1930 Lakeside Dr
4 - 4:30 p.m.
Lake Ridge Estates
893 Spring Ridge Dr
5 - 5:30 p.m.
Fareway/GreenState Credit Union
825 Mormon Trek Blvd
Friday
2 - 2:45 p.m.
Waterfront Hy-Vee
1720 Waterfront Dr
3:15 - 3:45 p.m.
Hoover Elementary
1355 Barrington Rd
4 - 4:30 p.m.
Breckenridge Estates
4494 Taft Ave SE
The Iowa City Public Library and the Bookmobile will be observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, with special hours of operation to honor the legacy of the civil rights leader.
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., the Iowa City Public Library Bookmobile will not be in service on Monday, Jan.16.
The Downtown Library will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Jan. 16 for patrons to study, browse books, borrow items or have access to Library services. The Library also encourages visitors to take advantage of its wide selection of materials related to Dr. King’s life and work that can provide insight into his philosophy and contributions to American society.
During January and February, we’ll feature books in the Afrofuturism genre on the Bookmobile display. Afrofuturism differs from standard science fiction in that it centers African traditions and black identity. More broadly, Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic and philosophy of science and history exploring the intersection of the African diaspora culture with science and technology. If you haven’t read within this genre before, now’s the perfect time to check it out!
This year’s winter reading program, “Reading Makes Me Hoppy” runs December 18, 2022 - February 18, 2023 and is available to readers age 3 and up, kids through adults.
Register yourself and your family - log your reading online, pick up a gamecard from the Library, or print your own. Finish the program to receive a hot cocoa mug. Visit icpl.org/wrp for more information!
Each time you hop on the ICPL Bookmobile, you will find new items to check out! A few new items that Bookmobile staff would like to recommend to you include:
As Edith, her best friend of forty-two years who is dying of ovarian cancer spends her last days at a hospice near her, Ashley, stumbling around into heartbreak, helps Edith celebrate her life as they reminisce, hold on, and try to let go.
Be inspired by LEGO dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, from a fierce Tyrannosaurus to a winged Pteranodon. Learn essential building techniques to create claws and teeth, eggs, fossils, and more for [one's] own incredible creations.
Unlock your imagination with this colorful treasury of more than 200 new building ideas created by LEGO fan builders. Learn tips and tricks to become a better builder. Find out how professional LEGO designers get their ideas and meet the fan builders. Get inspired to make your own LEGO creations with ideas to build your dream home, create an alien sports center, design a time machine, grow your own brick-built rooftop garden, and much more. There is no limit when it comes to LEGO ideas. What will you build?
Humans and animals: are we similar? Different? Do we all have blood? Do we all smell and taste and think? How is it that birds can fly, fish can breathe underwater, but humans can't do either? Explore the amazing diversity of the animal kingdom and compare the body systems of over fifty animal species with those inside of you! Fourteen tall, page-length foldouts open to reveal animal inner workings and provide extra details about these fascinating curiosities of the animal kingdom.
