Kids

Upcoming events

Sunday, April 6, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Turn pasta into stylish accessories! Join us to create fun and colorful necklaces or bracelets using pasta and your imagination. ¡Convierte pasta en accesorios con estilo! Únete a nosotros para crear collares o pulseras divertidos y coloridos usando...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting

Monday, April 7, 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, April 7, 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, April 8, 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, April 8, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Join us on the second Tuesday of every month for a new Books to Cooks Club, where read a picture book and make a delicious after school snack from the story! This program is for preschool-6th grade. April 12th is National Grilled Cheese Day, so we...

Kids Families
Girls Who Code. Register here (QR code pictured). Iowa City Public Library.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - 4:00pm

Digital Media Lab

Girls Who Code Club is for girls and non-binary youth in grades 3-5 who are interested in learning how to code. No previous experience necessary! The goal of this club is to create a safe and supportive environment of peers and role models where...

Tweens Kids Science & Technology

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - 10:30am

Meeting Room A, 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, April 10, 2025 - 10:30am

Meeting Room A

Today a special guest from Tippi Toes will offer a unique program of dance and creative movement. Tippi Toes provides children with a fun, positive and nurturing environment so they are able to experience the joys of dance, self-expression and...

Kids Families Storytimes

Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Family Storytime is a fun experience for all ages, featuring a mix of shorter and longer stories along with interactive games and activities. This Saturday, join us for a special Family Storytime focused on sleep! We'll read stories and sing...

Kids Babies Families Storytimes

Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 4:30pm

Storytime Room

Eid al-Fitr is a holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world, marking the end of the month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from sunup to sundown. Join City High student leaders Miamen and Anbar to learn about the meaning and customs of Eid, and...

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