Come to the Main Library at 11 am to Make a Bag!

We will be making a small multi purpose bag that can be used for a cell phone, MP3 player, glasses, pens & pencils etc...

For children in 3 - 6th grade. 

Mighty Math@Main

     Join Mrs. Russell for more fun and amazing math activities.

             Dates: October 6

                         October 13

             Time: 3:00-4:00

             Grades: 3rd-6th

             Location: Rock Island Main Library- Children's Room

Call 732-7362 to register

Come check out what the book club is all about!  Open to teens ages 11-18, we'll be choosing books to talk about and enjoy some great snacks.

This first meeting will be a chance to decide what the group will read for the next month, and talk about some of your favorites from the summer!

Meets at the Southwest Branch.

The Rock Island Public Library Foundation invites you to a special fundraising benefit and silent auction for your Rock Island Library. Missing it would be a crime! 

Where: Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street, Rock Island.

How:  Admission with donation - $25 for singles/$45 per couple. (Children under 18 admitted free with a parent or guardian.) The Main Library will be open for Food for Thought "suspects" only for one night only. Pay at door with cash or check. Call 732-7302 to RSVP.

Why: Proceeds benefit library programs and projects. Click here for more details!

SCRATCH allows children to create stories, games and custom animations with age appropriate and user friendly programming software. 

For children in 3 - 6th grade.

Limit 8.  You must register!

Call 732-7360 today!

Hoots and Howls, Coyotes and Owls

     Art program with Ms. Gloria

Discover more about our native animals with artist/teacher Gloria Burlingame.

      October 9- create coyote puppets and draw a still life.

      October 16- draw a real (stuffed) owl and create an abstract  owl sculpture.

            Time: 10:30- noon

             Grades: 3rd-8th

             Location: Rock Island Public Library- Community Room

TechTools@your library

     Your library offers many tools to help you in school, communicating with friends and for fun.  We will cover managing your library account, searching and placing holds, exploring Grolier on-line resources, Novelist K-8 and social networking. 

      The Program is repeated 3 times.

    Dates: October 5, 12 & 14

    Time:  11:00-noon

     Grades: 4th-6th

     Location: Rock Island Main Library- Children's Room

Call 732-7362 to register

Bring your library card if you have one

RHYME TIME

For ages birth - 5 at the Southwest Branch Library.

We will be reading stories, singing songs and doing crafts about pirates. 

Come to the 30/31 Branch Library at 11 am to make a bag!

We will be making a small multi purpose bag that can be used for a cell phone, MP3 player, glasses, pens & pencils etc...  

 For children in 3 - 6th grades.

Mighty Math@Main

     Join Mrs. Russell for fun and amazing math activities.

          Dates: October 6

                      October 13

           Time:  3:00-4:00

           Grades: 3rd-6th

           Location: Rock Island Public Library- Children's Room

Call 732-7362 to register

TechTools@your library

     Your library offers many tools to help you in school, communicating with friends and for fun.  We will cover managing your library account, searching and placing holds, exploring Grolier on-line resources, Novelist K-8 and social networking. 

      The Program is repeated 3 times.

    Dates: October 5, 12 & 14

    Time:  11:00-noon

     Grades: 4th-6th

     Location: Rock Island Main Library- Children's Room

Call 732-7362 to register

Bring your library card if you have one

COMING ATTRACTIONS!

For ages K - 3rd at the Main Library

Where the Wild Things Are

Book discussion and activity. 

Each child will get a copy of the book to keep. 

Register by calling 732-7360

RHYME TIME

For ages birth - 5 at the Main Library.

We will be reading stories, singing songs and doing crafts about pirates. 

Hoots and Howls, Coyotes and Owls

     Art Program with Ms. Gloria

Discover more about our native animals with artist/teacher Gloria Burlingame.

     October 9- create coyote puppets and draw a still life.

     October 16- draw a real (stuffed) owl and create an abstract owl scupture.

                Times: 10:30 - noon

                Grades: 3rd-8th

                Location: Rock Island Main Library- Community Room

Call 732-7360 to register.

Wordle is a computer program for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

Come check it out at the library!!

 For children in 3rd - 6th grade.

Favorite Toy Overnight

     Drop off your favorite action toy or fashion doll by 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 16th.  Your toy will have a wonderful sleepover at the library with lots of activities and fun. 

     Come back at 9:00 Saturday, October 17th to see what they did while you were asleep!

               Date/Time: October 16th (toy/doll drop off) by 5:00 p.m.

                         October 17th pick up and light breakfast at 9:00 a.m.

               Location:  Rock Island Main Library- children's room

Favorite Toy Overnight

     Drop off your favorite action toy or fashion doll by 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 16th.  Your toy will have a wonderful sleepover at the library with lots of activities and fun. 

     Come back at 9:00 Saturday, October 17th to see what they did while you were asleep!

               Date/Time: October 16th (toy/doll drop off) by 5:00 p.m.

                         October 17th pick up and light breakfast at 9:00 a.m.

               Location:  Rock Island Main Library- children's room

RHYME TIME

For ages birth - 5 at the 30/31 Branch Library.

We will be reading stories, singing songs and doing crafts about pirates. 

READ with a Dog!

     Reading to a dog is fun, 'cause dogs are great listeners!  Brought to you by the therapy-dogs-in-training of PAW'd.  Great for grades 1st-6th! 

               Next dates/times:  3:30-5:30 p.m.

 Monday, October 19th- Rock Island Public Library- Children's Room

Tuesday, October 20th- 30/31 Branch- Children's Area

 Monday, October 26th- SW Branch- Children's Area

Come get messy at the Southwest Library!

We will be reading stories and making mini pumpkins.

For ages K - 3rd.

Come enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays

at the 30/31 branch library at 10:30.

The Library Board of Trustees meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. in the Library Director's office. The public may address the board at the beginning of each meeting.

READ with a Dog!

     Reading to a dog is fun, 'cause dogs are great listeners!  Brought to you by the therapy-dogs-in-training of PAW'd.  Great for grades 1st-6th! 

               Next dates/times:  3:30-5:30 p.m.

 Monday, October 19th- Rock Island Public Library- Children's Room

Tuesday, October 20th- 30/31 Branch- Children's Area

 Monday, October 26th- SW Branch- Children's Area

Come create an ice cream creation during Teen Read Week and meet the new Young Adult Librarian, Natalie.

Drop in anytime between 4:30 and 6:30

Open to anyone ages 11-18!

Come enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays

at the Southwest branch library at 10:30.

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin aren’t the only notable birth anniversaries of 2009. The Rock Island Public Library and Augustana College will mark “anniversaries you might have overlooked” on four Thursdays this fall at the Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. Free! Coffee and cookies served after each lecture.

Mary Wollstonecraft is now sometimes confused with her daughter, M. W. Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. But her achievements are more various and important than her famous daughter’s. Come and hear how, and why at “The Real Mary Wollstonecraft,” with Dr. Don Erickson, professor of English at Augustana College.

Come enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays

at the 30/31 branch library at 10:30.

READ with a Dog!

     Reading to a dog is fun, 'cause dogs are great listeners!  Brought to you by the therapy-dogs-in-training of PAW'd.  Great for grades 1st-6th! 

               Next dates/times:  3:30-5:30 p.m.

 Monday, October 19th- Rock Island Public Library- Children's Room

Tuesday, October 20th- 30/31 Branch- Children's Area

 Monday, October 26th- SW Branch- Children's Area

MONARCH MONDAY

For ages K - 3 at the Main Library.

We will be reading Max's Words by Kate Banks and doing a craft  related to the book.

The Monarch Award is an Illinois Children's Choice award for children in grades K - 3rd.  The award is designed to encourage children to read as well as expose them to outstanding children's books, authors and illustrators. 

*Next Monarch Monday is November 2nd. 

Come enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays

at the 30/31 branch library at 10:30.

Come enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays

at the Southwest branch library at 10:30.

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin aren’t the only notable birth anniversaries of 2009. The Rock Island Public Library and Augustana College will mark “anniversaries you might have overlooked” on four Thursdays this fall at the Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. Free! Coffee and cookies served after each lecture.

Felix Mendelssohn’s skills as a composer, conductor, writer and producer had far reaching effects on the musical world still felt today. But his posthumous reputation is also fascinating for what it reveals about the changing times during the two centuries that followed his brief life of 38 years. Come celebrate the composer’s 200^th birthday and hear some music as well with Dr. Deborah Dakin, adjunct instructor of viola and music appreciation at Augustana.

Come enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays

at the 30/31 branch library at 10:30.

 MONARCH MONDAY

For ages K - 3 at the Main Library.

We will be reading The Cheese by Margie Palatini and doing a craft  related to the book.

The Monarch Award is an Illinois Children's Choice award for children in grades K - 3rd.  The award is designed to encourage children to read as well as expose them to outstanding children's books, authors and illustrators. 

*Next Monarch Monday is November 30th. 

Come enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays

at the 30/31 branch library at 10:30.

Come enjoy stories, songs and fingerplays

at the Southwest branch library at 10:30.

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin aren’t the only notable birth anniversaries of 2009. The Rock Island Public Library and Augustana College will mark “anniversaries you might have overlooked” on four Thursdays this fall at the Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th Street. Free! Coffee and cookies served after each lecture.

Nov. 5: “The Wisdom of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Reconsidered.”  The elder Holmes is regarded by many as one of this nation’s leading intellectuals of the mid-19th century, and his wisdom is as relevant today as ever.  Holmes’ writings – including his still widely quoted “Breakfast-Table” series of essays – have been favorites of Augustana College President Steve Bahls for many years.  Come celebrate Holmes 200^th anniversary and consider Holmes’ famous words of wisdom with President Bahls.

Enjoy a good movie at the Main Rock Island Public Library. Each month a significant Independent Film will be shown in the Community Room of the Main Library–401 19th Street–in downtown Rock Island. All showings will begin at 6:00 p.m. They are free and open to the public. This month’s feature is “The Country Teacher (Czech Rep., 115 min).” A gifted and well-qualified young teacher takes a job teaching natural sciences at a grammar school in the country. Here he makes the acquaintance of a woman and her troubled 170-year-old son. The teacher has no romantic interest in the woman but they quickly form a strong friendship, each recognizing the other’s uncertainties, hopes and longing for love. When the teacher’s ex-boyfriend comes to visit from the city, he quickly realizes that nobody in the village knows that the teacher is gay and harbors a secret affection for the teenage boy. His jealous actions set in motion a series of events that will test the inner strength and compassion of the teacher, the woman, and her son to a breaking point.  A beautifully shot, powerfully acted, profoundly moving story of desire, responsibility, forgiveness and the need to belong. PLEASE be advised that none of these films are rated and some may not be suitable for children.

Join the Teen Advisory Board and let your voice be heard!  The Teen Advisory Board helps the Young Adult Librarian plan programs, purchase materials for the Library, and enjoys good food and fun whenever possible.  Contact Natalie, the Young Adult Librarian, to join today!  struecker.natalie@rigov.org