Winter Reading Program

Cute fox with a white mug prize; Pounce on a good book! Dec 21 - Feb 15 for the 2025 Winter Reading Program

Pounce on a good book!

December 21, 2024 - February 15, 2025

Curl up with a good book this winter!

Available to all readers age 3 to adults. Register and log your reading online, pick up a gamecard from the Library, or print your own.

Finish the challenge to receive a fun prize (while supplies last):

  • For children: a SpareMe prize and a hot cocoa mug
  • For adults and teens: a hot cocoa mug and chance to win a $50 Downtown District Gift Card

Track your reading online

Printables

Resources

Upcoming events

DIY wellness planners

Thursday, January 9, 2025 - 6:30pm

Digital Media Lab

There are many wellness planners and journals for sale out there, designed to help individuals reflect on how they want to live their lives and track their behaviors to get there. You could spend hours browsing for something that fits your exact...

Adults Arts & Crafting Classes & Workshops

Sunday, January 12, 2025 - 2:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C, Livestream

Johnson County Extension Master Gardener John Weeg has been gardening for most of his life. His current focus is on ways to improve soil quality through Hügelkulturl. Hügelkultur is a centuries-old Eastern European gardening technique that involves...

Adults Nature & Gardening
cozy reading in the library

Monday, January 13, 2025 - 10:00am

Other

Adults are invited to come and grab a comfy chair and a mug of hot cocoa or tea on Monday mornings in January. Enjoy some quiet reading time in our light-filled magazine area! This event is part of our Wintering Together series for adults. Join us...

Adults

Tuesday, January 14, 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. Today is Miss Mari's birthday, so the theme...

Kids

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 7:00pm

Zoom

A cozy mystery is a lighthearted, often fast paced mystery and is usually part of a series. They are fun or humorous without graphic violence, profanity or sex. Most often set in small towns where everyone knows everyone and their business. The...

Adults Book Discussion

Thursday, January 16, 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...

Kids Families Storytimes

Saturday, January 18, 2025 - 1:00pm

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

Are you a dissectologist? Do you love jigsaw puzzles? Join ICPL's Winter Puzzle Palooza - a Team Jigsaw Competition. Teams of up to 4 players will have 120 minutes to assemble the same 500-piece puzzle. The first team to finish wins. If at the end...

Adults Gaming & Pop Culture

Sunday, January 19, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Let's make a fun colorful craft to keep the cold away! We'll use white crayons to create patterns on paper hats before adding watercolor! And don't forget a pom on top! Sunday Fun Days are suitable for all-ages, but younger children...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting
cozy reading in the library

Monday, January 20, 2025 - 10:00am

Other

Adults are invited to come and grab a comfy chair and a mug of hot cocoa or tea on Monday mornings in January. Enjoy some quiet reading time in our light-filled magazine area! This event is part of our Wintering Together series for adults. Join us...

Adults

Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Family Storytime is recommended for all ages and includes both shorter and longer stories combined with action games and activities. 家庭故事会包括较长或较短的故事,并结合动作游戏和相关活动,适于各年龄段共同参与。 如您因为身体原因需要特别安排,请联系图书馆。 --------- Family Storytime es para todas las edades...

Kids Families Storytimes