Create a colorful rainbow using cereal and cotton balls! Let your creativity run wild as you mix colors and add fluffy clouds to finish your masterpiece. ¡Crea un arcoíris colorido usando cereal y bolitas de algodón! Deja que tu creatividad vuele...
Kids
Upcoming events
Tuesday, May 27, 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...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - 4:00pm
Storytime Room
Book to Art Club is the fourth Tuesday of every month for school age children. Each month we will read a picture book and create custom art inspired by the story! For our last Book to Art Club of the school year, we are getting ready for summertime...
Wednesday, May 28, 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...
Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 10:30am
Storytime Room
Preschool Stories & More is the Thursday Storytime program at the library and will often be a guest presenter, storyteller or performer! All ages are welcome to attend Preschool Stories and More every week, but some programs may be better suited...
Saturday, May 31, 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...
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 1:00pm
Storytime Room
In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month this May, join us as we honor the empowerment and courage of the beloved Mulan! Come to the Storytime Room today for a fun-filled, family-friendly singalong party inspired by Disney’s Mulan! Meet our very own...
Wednesday, June 4, 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...
Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 11:00am
Pedmall, Other
The Arts, Books & Children (ABC) Day is a feast for kids and kids-at-heart! All ages will enjoy the kids activities located on the Pedmall as part of the Iowa Arts Festival! Produced by Iowa City Public Library, this is the official kickoff for...
Monday, June 9, 2025 - 9:30am
Bookmobile, Willow Creek Park
Join us for Stories in the Park all summer long! Note the early Stories in the Park time at 9:30 to beat the midmorning heat! We will offer the same Storytime over the course of the week, so please choose one park location a week to attend! We will...