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Play Space 2025 Here’s what is happening in Youth Services in the month of APRIL!
SPRING IS HERE!
April is Child Abuse Prevention month – CAP.
Show your support by wearing blue on April 4th.
Join us on April 9th for a CAP event. After Storytime, children can plant their own flowers that they will take home and grow. After that, we will go outdoors and “plant” blue pinwheels to show our support of CAP.
Flowers, greenhouses, Spring fun and a Bear Hunt!
I hope to see you and your littles!
~Lesa
BTW, if you are seeing this post, please come see me on April 1st for a prize between 11:30 am to 8pm.

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National Child Abuse Prevention Month recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect.

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March has come in like a lamb. Yay!
Here are the things that are going on in the month of March in the Youth Services department.
We hope you will bring your kiddos to join in.

Come and have some silly fun with us!

Welcome to the new Youth Services page – one spot for news, pictures, events, and more from Miss Lesa.FEBRUARY 2025 YOUTH events.STORYTIMES in February -5th at 10:30 am7th at 10:30 am [First Friday ]19th at 10:30 am11th at 6pm – FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT IN THE LIBRARY. We will be showing the movie IF FEBRUARY 18th -PICKLE AUTOPSY – 10 years old or over “coroners” needed for sign up. Join us for this silly and fun event.February 25th at 6pm. – LEGO Play! Open LEGO play in the library! Come and create whatever you like. We have LEGO, DUPLO and more.Coming in JANUARY 2025.I have some fun things planned for January in the YOUTH DEPARTMENT.Here are some that are happening in the beginning of the month.Be sure to sign up for those that require it.~Lesa

DECEMBER events coming!

 

In December, we will have several fun events. It’s holiday time, so it’s holiday events!

Storytimes will be on the 6th, 11th and 18th. There will be no storytime on December 4th due to a staff get together for the holidays.The 6th is the First Friday Storytime at 10:30 am. Following this storytime will be a parent cafe where parents and I can chat about programs. Let me know what you would like to see offered here at the library. Share your thoughts and ideas. Refreshments will be provided.On the 21st is our monthly Stay Play – LET’S PLAY! day at 1pm in the meeting room. This is geared toward children, birth to age 5 and their grownups.At 2pm on the 21st, we are having a KIDS IN THE KITCHEN event. Let’s make cookies! Sign up is required for this event by December, 14th.On the 23rd, we will have a movie in the afternoon since it’s a no school day. We hope you can come and enjoy the events.

New activities are always on the horizon at Iola Public Library. We are excited to announce a special art workshop for kids in March where they can unleash their creativity and make their own masterpieces. Stay tuned for more details and be sure to check back often for updates on all our youth programs. We love to see our young patrons engaged and having fun while learning. Remember to bring your friends along for even more fun!

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Family Movie Night and light dinner

November 21st at 6pm Iola Public Library presents: Family Movie Night The Nightmare Before Christmas Also included is a light dinner Lock & Shock Chili, Oogie Boogi Cornbread and some Holly Jolly Swamp Water to drink followed by a sweet surprise. Sign-up is...

Solar Eclipse Event 11 a.m. Sat. Oct 14

Solar Eclipse Event 11 a.m. Sat. Oct 14

Skywatch with Stan Grigsby and the new SEKLS sunscope. Stan will give an overview and play-by-play and guide safe viewing of the eclipse. The eclipse begins at 10:20 a.m, and will reach magnitude at 11:45 when the sun will be approximately 73 percent blocked. Free...

Youth Services events coming in October.

Youth Services events coming in October.

Storytimes: 10:30 am. Oct. 4th Oct. 11th Oct. 18th   Friday the 13th: Stem @ 10 am. Construct a pinhole viewer for the September 14th ECLIPSE 2:00 pm paint an Eclipse shirt. Sign-up is required by October, 10th. Paints supplied but must supply own shirt. October...

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Felix will be leading some Teen programs this summer. We hope you are able to attend the events. Come for the fun and the food!
Sign up is required for the Pizza & game night as well as the Tie-Dye event.
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Felix will be leading some Teen programs this summer. We hope you are able to attend the events. Come for the fun and the food! 
Sign up is required for the Pizza & game night as well as the Tie-Dye event.

CALENDAR JUNE 2-7
MON. Summer Reading Program Begins. Library Board Meeting @ 5:30 pm. Chess Club @ 6 pm. In Stitches @ 6 pm.
TUE. No scheduled programs.
WED. Storytime @ 10:30 am. Book Talk @ 2 pm. Teen Game Night @ 6 pm (pre-registered).
THUR. Puzzle Piece Collage @ 6 pm (pre-registered).
FRI. First Friday Storytime @ 10:30 am
SAT. Play the Day Away @ 9-4:30 pm. Dylan Thyer Meet & Greet and Book Signing @ 12-2pm
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CALENDAR JUNE 2-7
MON.  Summer Reading Program Begins.  Library Board Meeting @ 5:30 pm.  Chess Club @ 6 pm.  In Stitches @ 6 pm.
TUE. No scheduled programs.
WED. Storytime @ 10:30 am. Book Talk @ 2 pm.  Teen Game Night @ 6 pm (pre-registered).
THUR. Puzzle Piece Collage @ 6 pm (pre-registered).
FRI. First Friday Storytime @ 10:30 am
SAT. Play the Day Away @ 9-4:30 pm.  Dylan Thyer Meet & Greet and Book Signing @ 12-2pm

Next Saturday Dylan Thyer will be here for a book signing from 11 am to 12:30 pm. His book is called "Silver". Here is an overview of his book...A brutal murder rocks the quiet town of Mattfield, Kansas. This doesn't happen here. On the cusp of retirement, Sheriff Carl Mills investigates an animalistic crime as he comes to terms with overstaying his welcome. Meanwhile, Brett Adams, an aggrieved high school senior in a new town, finds himself increasingly entangled in the web of events, alongside his fragmented family. Brett's younger brother, Dalton, stumbles upon a legend buried in the town's past, and disparate outsiders turn their attention to the rural community as a pattern emerges. Death casts its shadow, uniting those willing to stand together and fight. Experience a 150-year-old mystery as it unfolds through their eyes. Monsters are real. Some of them are human. ... See MoreSee Less

Next Saturday Dylan Thyer will be here for a book signing from 11 am to 12:30 pm.  His book is called Silver.  Here is an overview of his book...A brutal murder rocks the quiet town of Mattfield, Kansas. This doesnt happen here.  On the cusp of retirement, Sheriff Carl Mills investigates an animalistic crime as he comes to terms with overstaying his welcome. Meanwhile, Brett Adams, an aggrieved high school senior in a new town, finds himself increasingly entangled in the web of events, alongside his fragmented family. Bretts younger brother, Dalton, stumbles upon a legend buried in the towns past, and disparate outsiders turn their attention to the rural community as a pattern emerges. Death casts its shadow, uniting those willing to stand together and fight.  Experience a 150-year-old mystery as it unfolds through their eyes.  Monsters are real. Some of them are human.

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Join us for First Friday Storytime at 10:30 am.

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