Book Discussion

Upcoming events

Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 10:30am

Storytime Room

Former ICPL staffer, current English Language Learner (ELL) teacher, and now author Raquel MacKay joins us this morning to share her debut picture book "I Hear a Buho"! "I Hear a Buho" is a rhyming story with text in both English...

Kids Babies Families Arts & Crafting Author Visit Book Discussion Storytimes

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
Babel cover

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 7:00pm

Zoom

Join us for ICPL's Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club! We will meet via Zoom to discuss Babel" by R. F. Kuang. Feel free to join us, whether or not you've finished the book! Borrow a copy of the book from ICPL or place a hold at search.icpl.org...

Adults Book Discussion

Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Tweens are invited to a monthly book club to listen to a graphic novel read-aloud. We'll enjoy a 30-minute excerpt of a different book each month, and then do an activity based on the book. Plus, cookies will be served! For our January meeting...

Tweens Book Discussion

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 7:00pm

Zoom

Time Travel is the concept of moving forward or backward in time, either intentionally or unintentionally. In Fiction, authors focus on the changes that traveling to the past creates in the current time, or the way traveling to the future without...

Adults Book Discussion

Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 12:00pm

Meeting Room A

Join us on The International Day of CO2 Emission Reduction for the first of two events around the book, Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities by Veronica O. Davis. In her book, Davis shines a light on the...

Adults Book Discussion

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!

Tweens Arts & Crafting Book Discussion Gaming & Pop Culture

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

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 7:00pm

Zoom

Find some titles that you've liked and join us as we share our favorite old or new holiday reads. Let's Talk Books is not a traditional book group. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month on Zoom to talk about our favorite books...

Adults Book Discussion
"Wintering" book discussion. wintering together.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 - 6:00pm

Zoom

  Led by ICPL staff Candice and Stacey Please register to receive the Zoom login details. This event is part of our Wintering Together series for adults. Join us in-person and on Zoom for a variety of opportunities for engagement and connection this...

Adults Book Discussion