Kids

Upcoming events

Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

We are celebrating Intellectual Freedom at the library this month! Enjoy several animated shorts of frequently banned or challenged picture books such as Where the Wild Things Are, Strega Nona, The Snowy Day Little Red Riding Hood, and more. Note...

Kids

Friday, September 27, 2024 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Join us every Friday 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 Babies Families Storytimes

Saturday, September 28, 2024 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Join local author Jill Cronbaugh for a read-aloud of her 2024 picture book "Connor's A Unicorn." Then enjoy songs, rhymes, and fingerplays to go along with the story! In this book, Connor looks like a horse, but she knows that she...

Kids Families Storytimes

Saturday, September 28, 2024 - 11:30am

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C, Other

Join us for our Drag Family Storytime for all ages with local drag performers. Fun costumes are encouraged as we read LGBTQ+ stories and sing and dance! ICPL is celebrating intellectual freedom this week and advocating for the rights of library...

Adults Teens Tweens Kids Families Storytimes

Saturday, September 28, 2024 - 3:00pm

Storytime Room

Join us for a weekly club meeting to learn about and practice robotics using LEGOs, all leading up to a competition as a team at the end of the season. Participants will work together to learn how to research, problem-solve, code, and engineer, in...

Tweens Kids Science & Technology

Sunday, September 29, 2024 - 12:15pm

Storytime Room

Chess Butterflies is a non-profit all girls chess club for girls and non binary youth in grades K-6, who’s mission is to empower young female chess players. Our goal is to foster not only a healthy learning environment but friendships and a sense of...

Kids Gaming & Pop Culture
Apple with worm pepping out

Sunday, September 29, 2024 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room, Children's Room

It's fall and that means apples, lots of apples! As much as we love to eat apples, worms love them too! So to keep any worms that might be nearby away from your apple, come and attach one to a paper apple of your own making! 秋天来了,苹果丰收了!我们都爱吃苹果,...

Kids Families Arts & Crafting

Monday, September 30, 2024 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Join us every Monday 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

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 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
Girls Who Code. Register here (QR code pictured). Iowa City Public Library.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 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