Tweens

Upcoming events

Sunday, January 26, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Construct a lair filled with a sweet sleeping bear! 星期天手工坊: 冬眠小熊

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

Tuesday, January 28, 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

Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Join us to make custom wands, slime potions, buttons, and magnets celebrating the wizarding world of Harry Potter! 和我们一起庆祝哈利·波特的魔法世界,制作特别的魔杖、纽扣,磁铁等手工。

Tweens Arts & Crafting Book Discussion Gaming & Pop Culture

Sunday, February 2, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Reggie Laurent is a contemporary artist from Chicago, whose canvases are filled from corner to corner with bright color and detailed designs that seem to move and dance right in front of your eyes. For Black History Month, we are honoring the unique...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting
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, February 3, 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
Girls Who Code. Register here (QR code pictured). Iowa City Public Library.

Tuesday, February 4, 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

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Lego Club is an informal hour of Lego building from 4-5pm on the first Tuesday of the month. We will have both Legos and Duplos, so all ages are welcome to attend, but this is a semi-unsupervised library activity. If your child is too young to play...

Tweens Kids

Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Did you know Iowa was the first state in the nation to legally desegregate its public schools? It was all because of Susie Clark, a 13-year-old Black student in Muscatine, Iowa. When she was denied entry to the school closest to her home, her family...

Tweens Arts & Crafting Book Discussion

Saturday, February 8, 2025 - 1:00pm

Storytime Room

Join us this afternoon for a free kids' yoga class for elementary age kids (K-6)! Certified Youth Yoga instructor Caroline Woods from the Preventive Health Center of Iowa City will be here to lead us in a 30-minute yoga practice catered for...

Tweens Kids Families Classes & Workshops

Sunday, February 9, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

To celebrate Valentine's Day and Black History Month, we will create collage heart mosaics based on the art style of black artist Alma Thomas. She is known around the world for her vibrant colored abstractions made after she turned 60 years old...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting