Tweens

Upcoming events

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 - 10:30am

Book End Bookstore

This holiday season find a gift for a perfect young reader in your life, or treat yourself with coming of age stories, dystopias, romances and so much more! This December, Young Adult Fiction (YA) is Buy One Get One! Adult books start at $1 and...

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Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 1:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Learn the basics of LEGO robotics through our Junior Bots mini camp! Design and build attachments to lead your robot to victory in a head to head sumo challenge. Discover more about the engineering process through designing, prototyping, and...

Tweens Kids Science & Technology

Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two threads or yarn made of fiber onto a warp and weft of a loom and turning them into cloth. Today we will be exploring the simple art of weaving using yarn and homemade llama looms...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting
digital creativity challenge

Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 7:00pm

Zoom

Join Stacey for a kick-off of the 2025 Digital Creativity Challenge! We'll talk about the challenges, look at samples, and share ideas for how to approach them. You'll have January and February to make your art, which will go on display in the...

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Sunday, January 5, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Today we're making colorful, sparkly snowflakes from popsicle sticks and some fun decorations like sequins and buttons! Display your festive flake on the fridge with a magnet! Sunday Fun Days are suitable for all-ages, but younger children...

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, January 6, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Note new time: 4-5pm. 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...

Tweens Kids Gaming & Pop Culture

Thursday, January 9, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Join other tweens for some friendly Mario Kart competition on the big screen! For those who prefer low-tech gaming, we'll have some rousing rounds of UNO and other simple card games as well. 与其他青少年一起在大屏幕上玩友谊马里奥赛车比赛!

Tweens Gaming & Pop Culture

Sunday, January 12, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Winter is in full swing with a beautiful snowy scene. Create your own winter wonderland in this adorable paper plate snow globe. Take it home and share a terrific winter story! Sunday Fun Days are suitable for all-ages, but younger children should...

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

Tuesday, January 14, 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 16, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Don't just learn science - DO science with the UI Science Booster Club! This event is for 3rd-6th graders. 与UI科学促进会一起动手进行科学实践, 面向3-6年级同学。

Tweens Science & Technology