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Move & Groove Storytime Join us in the storytime room for a morning of music, movement, rhythm, instruments, and fun!
Every Tuesday in February @10:00 AM
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My First Storytime (Ages 0-36 months & caregivers) Join us for songs, rhymes, bounces, and a story.
Every Wednesday in February @9:30 AM
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Preschool Storytime (Ages 3-6 years old) A topical themed story time consisting of books, music, movement, & crafts. Every Thursday in February
@10:00 AM
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Homeschool Meet-Up Join other local home-school families for community, connection, and resource-sharing in our community room. The library will provide activities for kids.
Monday, February 12th 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Dallas County Conservation Storytime (Ages 3+ and caregivers) Join a special guest from Dallas County Conservation for stories and activities to learn more about animals. Monday, February 12th @10:00 AM
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Valentines Storytime with Miss Paula (Ages 3-7 years old) Join our favorite retired librarian, Miss Paula James, for a Valentine's Day story time! Wednesday, February 14th @4:00 PM
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Yoga at the Library (Adult program) Free will donations are accepted for this program. A licensed yoga teacher leads a class to help you relax in the middle of the work week. All skill levels are welcome. @5:45 PM
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Teen: Cocoa and Bingo (6th-12th grade) Join us in the community room for Hot Cocoa, treats, and bingo. Treats and Prizes available while supplies last! Thursday, February 15th @4:00 PM
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Winter Playtime (Ages 2-5 years old) Our story time room will have special themed toys and activities for children to free-play. This come and go program is unsupervised by staff and requires caregivers to accompany child.
Friday, February 2nd & 16th 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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STEAM with ISU Extension: Take a Chance (K-5th grade) In Partnership with ISU Extension Staff, we are offering a monthly mid-morning program for elementary aged students.
Tuesday, February 20th @10:00 AM
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Elementary Book to Art: Collaborative Hearts (K-5th grade) Each month we will read a picture book or two and create custom art inspired by the story! This month we will read What is Love? by Max Barnett and Hey Wall, A Story of Art & Community by Susan Verde. We will then learn how to make paper chain hearts that will be used as part of a collaborative art project for the library! Tuesday, February 20th @4:00 PM
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Preschool Heart Explorers Join us in the story time room for hands on activities about our heart and all the ways we can keep our hearts healthy. This is a partnership program with the Iowa Heart Foundation.
Thursday, February 22nd @10:00 AM
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Iowa History: Portrait of Glen Miller In partnership with the State Historical Society of Iowa, we will learn about the life of famed musician Glenn Miller. Dennis Spragg, the authorized archivist and biographer for Glenn Miller, will provide an overview of Millers life discussing his childhood in Clarinda, Iowa, his important work as a conductor, composer and musician and concluding with Millers mysterious disappearance in 1944. Thursday, February 22nd @12:00 PM
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Teen: Heart Explorers (6th-12th grade) Come to the community room and participate in hands-on activities relating to heart-health. Learn about your heart, careers in Cardiology (including the Heart Corp), and receive training for Hands only CPR and AED devices. Snacks provided! This is a partnership program with Iowa Heart Foundation.
Thursday, February 22nd @4:00 PM
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Library D&D (Ages 7th-12th grade) Want to learn how to play dungeons and dragons? Join in on the action and adventure as we run a mini-campaign through the world of Dungeons and Dragons. No previous gaming experience required Friday, February 23rd 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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How far the light reaches : a life in ten sea creatures
by Sabrina Imbler
A writer and science and conservation journalist provides an essay on each of 10 sea creatures, including the octopus and the Chinese sturgeon, revealing radical models of family, community and care and exploring themes of adaptation, survival, sexuality and care.
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Bring your own book! Everyone is invited to bring a cookbook to share from their own collection, family, or community.
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The mostly true story of Tanner & Louise
by Colleen Oakley
Twenty-three-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it. One slip on the rug. That's all it took for Louise Wilt's daughter to demand that Louise have a full-time nanny living with her. Never mind that she can still walk fine, finish her daily crossword puzzle, and pour the two fingers of vodka she drinks every afternoon. Tanner wants nothing to do with the uptight old woman until she starts to notice things-weird things. Like, why does Louise keep her garden shed locked up tighter than a prison? And why is the local news fixated on an international jewelry thief that looks eerily like Louise? This is the (mostly) true story of a not-to-be-underestimated elderly woman who may have perpetuated one of the biggest jewelry heists in American history and an aimless young woman who-if they can outrun the mistakes of their past-might just have the greatest adventure of their lives.
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No valentines for Katie
by Fran Manushkin
When everyone received a special valentine except her, Katie felt terrible--could it be that nobody likes Katie Woo?
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A taste for love
by Jennifer Yen
Both high school senior Liza Yang and her mother share a love and talent for baking but disagree on the subject of dating, especially when Mrs. Yang turns her annual baking contest into a matchmaking scheme.
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Yours truly
by Abby Jimenez
When Dr. Jacob Maddox, whom she is prepared to hate, sends her a letter, which leads to sharing lunch dates in her “sob closet,” Dr. Briana Ortiz tries not to fall hard for this sexy new doctor, especially when he gives her the best gift imaginable? A kidney for her brother.
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