Grand Junction IA Public Library - GJPL

08/27/2026

GJPL Director Alan enjoying some R & R in Cedar Rapids area and enjoying a visit to HQ of Cedar Rapids PL with his sister Lill from Blue Earth, Minn. Lill is president of the Blue Earth Friends of the Library. Lill is holding a brochure touting the opening of the new Busse Branch in SW Cedar Rapids.

08/27/2026

Margaret Hamilton (left) and Jeff Christensen (right) with their first book. Photo by Coltrane Carlson-Raccoon Valley RadioA special project is underway for one Greene County resident that picks up where she left off. Margaret Hamilton, who co-authored

08/24/2026

Library will open today at 1 p.m. See you then!

08/19/2026

Strong communication skills with both adults and peers help students succeed as they head back to school.

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08/17/2026

Terrific author!

📚 Welcome back to “If You Haven’t Read This Yet…”, our weekly series where we pull a book off the shelf that we think deserves a spot on your TBR list!

This week’s pick: “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help.

Set in Oxford, Mississippi, during the Great Depression, “The Calamity Club” brings together three unforgettable characters whose lives collide in unexpected ways: Meg, an eleven-year-old girl growing up in an orphanage; Birdie, an outspoken woman determined to help the family her sister left behind; and Charlie, a woman with little left to lose.

What follows is a story about unlikely friendship, fierce women, resilience, and what can happen when people who have been pushed to the margins decide they’re done playing by everyone else’s rules.

It’s funny. It’s heartbreaking. It’s full of grit.

And after more than 15 years since The Help, Kathryn Stockett has finally given readers another novel.

If you’ve been wondering what everyone is reading right now, this is definitely one to add to the list. 📖

Already read it? Tell us what you thought. Please no spoilers!

Haven’t read it yet? Maybe this is the week!

Find “The Calamity Club” in our catalog. The link is in the comments.

08/17/2026

Come on in and check out these new books!

08/17/2026

Good take on this book that we have in our GJPL collection.

From the Editor: ‘Theo of Golden’ is a reminder of what it means to truly see one another

FULL STORY ⬇️

08/17/2026

Library will open today Monday, August 17
at 1 p.m.

08/03/2026

We have the Scranton Journal at GJPL. We also subscribe to the Jefferson Herald. We have considerable reading material in our Reading Nook at the front of the Library. Take a break from the summer heat and humidity and peruse our magazines in air-conditioned comfort. We have Time, Smithsonian, AARP, several quilting magazines, and many other magazines plus numerous pamphlets and maps of Iowa and our local area. We also have a complete collection of East Greene (1960-2012) and Grand Junction (1915-1959) high school yearbooks plus several from Dana and Rippey high schools.

08/03/2026

Good info from Greene Co. Public Health. Please read.

Be on the lookout in this week's Scranton Journal for a story with Greene County Public Health on the ongoing outbreak of Cyclospora!