Children’s Programs

This FRIDAY! All about BATS! October 7th at 6 pm in the meeting room. Open to the public
Join Jenn Rader, Director of the Southeast Kansas Nature Center, at the Iola Public Library for an interactive program.
All about bats! We’ll learn more about bats, the ways they help people, and how we can help them.

Awards for Excellence Nomination
The library is nominated for Thrive’s Award for Excellence in Recreation.

Summer Reading Wrap-up party is TODAY! 5:30 – 6:30
Today from 5:30 to 6:30 on the east lawn of the Iola Public Library. Come and enjoy games, water play, food, sweets and prizes for all your hard work for the Summer Reading Program this year. Great job all! Pick up your BINGO card at the Gazebo. Make your way around...
T-shirt art day in the sun!
On Tuesday, it was a nice, warm day and nearly 50 gathered outside, bringing with them their shirts to create their own paint art. We provided the paint, brushes, and an assortment of "odd" items to apply with and they did the artful creating. Some of the "odd" things...
Fun and busy week with the youth of Iola
It has been a busy and FUN week here at the library! Storytime was a great on Wednesday morning. Then, in the afternoon, kiddos made their own sand dollars and starfish. They took them home to dry. Today was Library Littles Playdate. We had a BLAST! They played in...
Teen Programs
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Adult Programs

40 years In The Flint Hills, 7 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 10
Photographer Mark Feiden, sixth-generation Kansan, presents his anthology of plains folk and prairie landscapes in pictures and recorded oral histories.

The Bible as Literature 7 p.m. Mon. Oct. 17
Betty Boler Hawley outlines a course of study considering 10 genres, ranging from autobiography to history, parables, letters and romance for an ongoing series of lecture and discussion.

Iola Reads 2022 YA Selection
Iola Reads announces the 2022 Young Adult Selection of The Girl in the Locked Room by Mary Downing Hahn.

Friends Fall Book Sale Oct 13-16
Friends used book sale Oct 13-16.

2 O’clock Book Talk. 2 p.m. Wed. Oct. 5
Come hear what’s new and what’s coming up. Find out what others like now. Bring your own latest choice and let us know what you think about it.
Iola Public Library
218 E. Madison
Iola, Kansas 66749
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Fri & Sat: 9:00 - 5:00
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