East Moline Public Library

06/02/2026

Kids can ride the bus for free this summer! Metro has partnered with the local libraries to allow children ages 4-12 to ride the city bus for free to the library. Just show your library card to the bus driver! This is a great opportunity to explore downtown East Moline and all the beautiful new renovations!

Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/u8p8zxxn

06/02/2026

4 days left until... Summer Reading Kickoff!

This year's theme is Plant a Seed, Read! Library staff look so awesome in their shirts!

Summer Reading Kickoff at Empire Park on June 6th from 12-2pm. This is for all ages and you don't have to live in East Moline or have a library card to attend.

Pre-register today for the reading challenge on the Beanstack app or website, https://eastmolinelib.beanstack.org/reader365

06/01/2026

Teen Library Council is for anyone in high school and is a great way to make friends and earn volunteer hours. The next meeting is on Wednesday, June 3rd from 3:00-6:30pm. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

Sign up on our website: https://tinyurl.com/4h3623hx

06/01/2026

Storytimes at the parks start this Wednesday! We hope to see you this summer for fun stories and activities.

📖 We are so excited to bring back Storytimes at the Parks this Summer! Explore a variety of parks across East Moline and Hampton and enjoy stories, playgrounds, and more.

View our full summer calendar online: https://tinyurl.com/4j65pned

06/01/2026

5 days left until... Summer Reading Kickoff!

We are so excited to have Don Monicos Concessions join us this year for summer reading kickoff. They will be serving free hot dogs to the first 250 people, one per person. The Teen Library Council will also serve snow cones!

Summer Reading Kickoff at Empire Park will be on June 6th from 12-2pm. This is for all ages and you don't have to live in East Moline or have a library card to attend.

Pre-register today for the reading challenge on the Beanstack app or website: https://eastmolinelib.beanstack.org/reader365

05/31/2026

6 days left until... Summer Reading Kickoff!

At our kickoff party, everyone that attends will get a cool prize!

Adults will get a seed bomb, teens and tweens will get sunglasses, and children will get a fruit keychain.

Summer Reading Kickoff at Empire Park will be on June 6th from 12-2pm. This is for all ages and you don't have to live in East Moline or have a library card to attend.

Pre-register today for the reading challenge on the Beanstack app or website: https://eastmolinelib.beanstack.org/reader365

05/31/2026

🌱 Happy June!

This Saturday we will kick off Summer Reading at Empire Park from 12-2pm. We hope to see a lot of you at our kickoff party.

Learn more about upcoming events on our website: https://tinyurl.com/4xs57a4y

05/30/2026

7 days left until... Summer Reading Kickoff!

At the kickoff party, we will have a French Bilingual storytime of The Bad Seed at 12:30pm.

Summer Reading Kickoff at Empire Park will be on June 6th from 12-2pm. This is for all ages and you don't have to live in East Moline or have a library card to attend.

Pre-register today for the reading challenge on the Beanstack app or website: https://eastmolinelib.beanstack.org/reader365

05/29/2026

🎨We've been getting crafty! Check out the birdhouses, chaos embroidery, and suncatchers our patrons have made over the past few weeks! We LOVE seeing all the wonderful things you create!

Please see our calendar for more fun craft programs this summer! https://eastmoline.librarycalendar.com/events/month/2026/06