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Hey! We still have storytime! With great books like this one: "Hello, Arnie!" by Laurie Keller (read with permission from Henry Holt, an imprint of MacMillan Publishers). Plus, we have plenty of clapping and stomping and shaker-shaking in our storytimes!
You can find full storytime videos by joining our IPL Storytime Group on Facebook. Or, email us at [email protected] for the link to our Storytime playlist on YouTube.
The Library will be fully closed Thursday, Nov. 26 & Friday, Nov. 27 for Thanksgiving. We will return to partial close-down with appointments and curbside 10am-5pm on Saturday, Nov. 28, & curbside only on Sunday, Nov. 29 1pm-5pm.
Wish you could browse books for the kiddos? Tell us what kinds of books you want, and we'll get them ready for you! Submit this request form, and a librarian will choose a selection based on your preferences. You can use this same form to request books for multiple reading levels, from picture books to juvenile novels. https://forms.gle/AW12aMy8ZFPxfj9K9
Looking for something fun to do with the family for the holidays? The library has interactive movie kits! Choose from 4 of your favorite holiday films. Kits come with the DVD, script, and supplies you might need. All kits are quarantined before they go to the next person, just like all of our items. There are a limited number of kits in circulation, so put your favorite on hold today! https://indianola.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?ln=en_US&q=movie+kit
We're rolling out some cool new services for our patrons while the building is closed. Introducing Staff Picks! Tell us a little about the books you like, and a librarian will choose a selection for you. You will be notified when your books are ready for pickup. Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/yX38hJmRjLhqh8a17
Similar to our UNBOXED for teens, we are introducing Loot Box for grades 4-5! Sign up for a monthly box with books in your favorite genre + some goodies to go with them. Sign up before Dec. 7th to get your box on Dec. 15th! You can find the sign up forms for both Loot Box & UNBOXED on the library's homepage: indianolaiowa.gov/library
We will still offer many of our services while the building is closed. Give us a call or head over to our website for more! indianolaiowa.gov/library
Due to rising COVID rates for our area, beginning on Tuesday, November 17, the Library will be closed as part of the City's Public Safety Group decision.
The Library will continue to offer curbside book pick-up, as well as limited computer use by appointment only. A limited number of study tables will also be available by appointment only.
- The City Activity Center will be closed and all Parks & Recreation programs canceled.
- City Hall remains closed to the public.
- City staff at all locations are available via the published phone numbers on website to assist you.
Thank you for your patience & understanding. The City’s Public Safety Group continues to monitor and develop appropriate plans in response to the increasing rates. Information will be provided on City communication outlets as updates occur.
We would like to thank all of our veterans for their service this Veterans Day, especially our very own Jody Ross. Jody is the heart of the library. Her compassion and dedication to the library and our patrons is infectious and the standard we all strive for. Thank you Jody! -IPL Staff
While Janis is away on a road trip, she asked a couple of her friends to read some of their favorite books for Storytime! This week, Chief Greg Chia, from the Indianola Fire Department, is excited to share a little unknown dinosaur history with you all. Join our IPL Storytime Group to watch Chief Chia and Janis in a whole lotta Storytime fun!
To all of our Trunk or Treat fans: Unfortunately, we are unable to hold Trunk or Treat due to current COVID guidelines. We apologize for any inconvience for not making the cancellation announcement sooner. Thank you all for your continued patience with the COVID changes and your continuing support of IPL!
Looking for something other than (or extra!) to do for Beggar's Night? The Library has Build-a-Monster games for your little monsters. While supplies last.
Janis is away on a road trip, so she has asked a couple of her friends to read some of their favorite books for Storytime! This week, Chief Dave Button, from the Indianola Police Department, is excited to share a funny twist on an old classic. Join our IPL Storytime Group to watch Chief Button and Janis in a whole lotta Storytime fun!
Janis is away on a road trip, so she has asked a couple of her friends to read some of their favorite books for Storytime! This week, Indianola City Manager, Ryan Waller , is excited to share a story about teamwork during a surprise adventure. Join our IPL Storytime Group to watch Ryan and Janis in a whole lotta Storytime fun!
We're hiring! Apply today at https://indianolaiowa.applicantpro.com/jobs/1554311.html
The UNBOXED boxes are ready for pickup! If you didn't get a chance to sign up for this month's box, you have until Nov. 7th to sign up for Nov.'s box. Each has 2 library books (to borrow) + goodies (to keep). For teens grades 6-12. www.indianolaiowa.gov/950/UNBOXED
NEW! Interactive Movie Kits have arrived just in time for Halloween. Kits include 1 DVD, supplies, and a script. Return the DVD + bag, keep the supplies + script! Our first kits are Hocus Pocus and Hotel Transylvania. Search "movie kit" in the library catalog to put one on hold before they're gone. Easy, free, family fun! indianolaiowa.gov/library
Starting this week! New hours will allow us to be open later on Thursday evenings, AND we're adding CURBSIDE PICKUP ONLY hours on Sundays 1-5pm.
10/05/2020:
Play-dough is awesome, and play-dough that SMELLS GOOD is even awesome-er. Try out this super-easy version that Janis found!
Kool-Aid Play-dough
Supplies
• 1 cup of flour
• ½ cup salt
• 1 packet of Kool-aid mixture
• ½ cup water
• 1 tsp of oil (vegetable, coconut, or the like)
Add your flour and salt into a bowl; Mix and set aside.
Grab a second bowl, and add your water, oil and kool aid packet; Mix.
Combine both wet and dry ingredients together; Mix.
Once thoroughly mixed, take the dough out and knead it until you form one big ball of playdough.
The City is proud to join many of our Metro peers and countless other organizations throughout Central Iowa in supporting the 21-Day #EquityChallenge! This initiative is meant to foster a deeper understanding of how inequity and racism affect our lives and community. It runs from Oct 5th through Nov 2nd. Additional info may be found at www.EquityChallenge.org.
Just in case you were wondering, "RAWR!" means "Go to the Library" in dinosaur. Our Library dinos had a great time in the Log Cabin Days parade on Saturday. We hope you enjoyed seeing them!
RAWR!
NOW AVAILABLE to sign up for October's box! Get your personalized library book picks (to borrow) + themed goodies (to keep). Sign up before the 7th of each month to get your new box. For teens grades 6-12 only. https://forms.gle/nfB6WWHBgK7TGe7SA
9/21/2020: It's Janis's favorite kind of craft day: SNACK craft day! Today, she's making individual monkeybread, and it is super-easy and super-tasty. With a few ingredients, a grown-up's help with the oven, and about 15 minutes, you can make your own ooey, gooey, cinnamon-y snack.
What you'll need:
Canned biscuits
Cinnamon and sugar mix
Sweetened condensed milk
Baking cups or non cooking spray
Muffin tin
Knife or scissors
Oven preheated to 375 degrees
Saturday, Sept. 19th's Outdoor Storytime has been POSTPONED out of an abundance of caution due to possible COVID-19 exposure. Our patrons' health and safety are of the utmost importance to us, and we are doing everything we can to continue to offer our community our essential services. Janis will miss seeing all of her Storytime friends, old and new. Keep a look out for a new date in the future.
Don't forget to put our Outdoor Storytime on your calendar! Janis is missing her storytime people SO MUCH that we've decided to give everyone a chance to have an in-person storytime! Join us on Saturday, September 19th, at 10:30 a.m. for songs and stories on the Library lawn. Bring a blanket or something to sit on, and we will space out so everyone can stay safe while we're clapping and shaking and reading some great books.
Are you missing crafts on the "off" weeks from Janis's videos? Stop in to the library! We have small Crafts to Go kits available when you check out.
This week's craft is a pocket-sized firefly! (Inspired by the storywalk that is up this week.)
Craft kits will be available beginning at 10am on the 2nd and 4th Mondays, while supplies last.
Sept 9, 2020:
This week I have a group of sci-fi books. Now, don’t get scared off by my calling them “sci-fi”. These are not dry, old, dusty science fiction; these books have everything from sports and spies to aliens and unicorns (unicorns? In sci-fi?) They are funny, exciting, and sometimes pretty silly.
Midnight on Strange Street by K.E. Ormsbee https://tinyurl.com/Midnight-On-Strange-Street
Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox by Michael Buckley https://tinyurl.com/Intergalactic-Lunchbox
Out of This World (bk 1) by Chris Wooding https://tinyurl.com/Out-of-This-World-Wooding
The Chaos Loop (Throwback, bk 2) by Peter Lerangis https://tinyurl.com/Chaos-Loop
Is it feeling like fall? Do you want to make it smell like fall? Try these home-made SCENTED paints! They're easy to make, with stuff you probably already have at home. Raid your spice cabinet to find things that smell great. Janis used cinnamon, nutmeg, thyme, and some peppermint flavoring that was tucked way back in a corner. You might also try: cloves, rosemary, pumpkin pie spice, apple flavoring, or something else!
You'll just need:
1 c. cold water
1/4 c. flour (maybe up to 1/3 cup, if you need it a little bit thicker)
1-2 T. cornstarch
Food coloring
Your spices and flavorings
Timeline Photos
Janis is missing her storytime people SO MUCH that we've decided to give everyone a chance to have an in-person storytime! Join us on Saturday, September 19th, at 10:30 a.m. for songs and stories on the Library lawn. Bring a blanket or something to sit on, and we will space out so everyone can stay safe while we're clapping and shaking and reading some great books.
Sept 2, 2020
This week we’re going back to school – middle school. These books are all about kids who find out that middle school can be a pretty wild ride. These books are great for upper-elementary and middle-school readers who want some laughs, some mystery, and some evidence that maybe they’re not the only ones dealing with middle-school weirdness.
Elvin Link, Please Report to the Principal’s Office! by Drew Dernavich – https://tinyurl.com/Elvin-Link
My Life As a Potato by Arianne Costner – https://tinyurl.com/My-Life-As-a-Potato
Not Your All-American Girl by Madelyn Rosenberg – https://tinyurl.com/Not-Your-All-American-Girl
Connect the Dots by Keith Calabrese – https://tinyurl.com/Connect-the-Dot
Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone – https://tinyurl.com/Dress-Coded-IPL
One more "re-run" of crafts before we get into new ones in September. Watch for a craft video on the first Monday of each month, and then a SNACK video on the third Monday of each month. (Snack crafts are Janis's favorites.) In the meantime, give these crescent roll snacks from June another try. They're worth the repeat.
Janis was hungry, so we're making crescent roll pizza rolls and crescent roll pie! So tasty.
We're hiring! Apply online: https://indianolaiowa.applicantpro.com/jobs/
8/26/2020: This week we’re talking about graphic novels. Um, side-note to grown-ups: these are *real* books, not “just” comic books – though there’s nothing wrong with a quick comic-book read, either. Graphic novels have stories that will satisfy almost any reader, whether you’re looking for adventure, mystery, or just some ridiculous fun.
Secret of the Switchboard (City of Secrets, bk 1) by Victoria Ying
https://tinyurl.com/Secret-of-the-Switchboard
Kerry and the Knight of the Forest by Andi Watson
https://tinyurl.com/Kerry-and-the-Knight
Donut the Destroyer by Sarah Graley
https://tinyurl.com/Donut-the-Destroyer
Big Nate: The Gerbil Ate My Homework by Lincoln Peirce
https://tinyurl.com/Gerbil-Ate-My-Homework
Logan Likes Mary Anne! (The Baby-sitters Club, Bk 8) by Ann M. Martin
https://tinyurl.com/Logan-Likes-Mary-Anne
Dog Man 9: Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey
https://tinyurl.com/Grime-and-Punishment
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Hey! We still have storytime! With great books like this one: "Hello, Arnie!" by Laurie Keller (read with permission from Henry Holt, an imprint of MacMillan Publishers). Plus, we have plenty of clapping and stomping and shaker-shaking in our storytimes! You can find full storytime videos by joining our IPL Storytime Group on Facebook. Or, email us at [email protected] for the link to our Storytime playlist on YouTube.
10/05/2020: Play-dough is awesome, and play-dough that SMELLS GOOD is even awesome-er. Try out this super-easy version that Janis found! Kool-Aid Play-dough Supplies • 1 cup of flour • ½ cup salt • 1 packet of Kool-aid mixture • ½ cup water • 1 tsp of oil (vegetable, coconut, or the like) Add your flour and salt into a bowl; Mix and set aside. Grab a second bowl, and add your water, oil and kool aid packet; Mix. Combine both wet and dry ingredients together; Mix. Once thoroughly mixed, take the dough out and knead it until you form one big ball of playdough.
9/21/2020: It's Janis's favorite kind of craft day: SNACK craft day! Today, she's making individual monkeybread, and it is super-easy and super-tasty. With a few ingredients, a grown-up's help with the oven, and about 15 minutes, you can make your own ooey, gooey, cinnamon-y snack. What you'll need: Canned biscuits Cinnamon and sugar mix Sweetened condensed milk Baking cups or non cooking spray Muffin tin Knife or scissors Oven preheated to 375 degrees
Sept 9, 2020: This week I have a group of sci-fi books. Now, don’t get scared off by my calling them “sci-fi”. These are not dry, old, dusty science fiction; these books have everything from sports and spies to aliens and unicorns (unicorns? In sci-fi?) They are funny, exciting, and sometimes pretty silly. Midnight on Strange Street by K.E. Ormsbee https://tinyurl.com/Midnight-On-Strange-Street Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox by Michael Buckley https://tinyurl.com/Intergalactic-Lunchbox Out of This World (bk 1) by Chris Wooding https://tinyurl.com/Out-of-This-World-Wooding The Chaos Loop (Throwback, bk 2) by Peter Lerangis https://tinyurl.com/Chaos-Loop
Is it feeling like fall? Do you want to make it smell like fall? Try these home-made SCENTED paints! They're easy to make, with stuff you probably already have at home. Raid your spice cabinet to find things that smell great. Janis used cinnamon, nutmeg, thyme, and some peppermint flavoring that was tucked way back in a corner. You might also try: cloves, rosemary, pumpkin pie spice, apple flavoring, or something else! You'll just need: 1 c. cold water 1/4 c. flour (maybe up to 1/3 cup, if you need it a little bit thicker) 1-2 T. cornstarch Food coloring Your spices and flavorings
Sept 2, 2020 This week we’re going back to school – middle school. These books are all about kids who find out that middle school can be a pretty wild ride. These books are great for upper-elementary and middle-school readers who want some laughs, some mystery, and some evidence that maybe they’re not the only ones dealing with middle-school weirdness. Elvin Link, Please Report to the Principal’s Office! by Drew Dernavich – https://tinyurl.com/Elvin-Link My Life As a Potato by Arianne Costner – https://tinyurl.com/My-Life-As-a-Potato Not Your All-American Girl by Madelyn Rosenberg – https://tinyurl.com/Not-Your-All-American-Girl Connect the Dots by Keith Calabrese – https://tinyurl.com/Connect-the-Dot Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone – https://tinyurl.com/Dress-Coded-IPL
8/26/2020: This week we’re talking about graphic novels. Um, side-note to grown-ups: these are *real* books, not “just” comic books – though there’s nothing wrong with a quick comic-book read, either. Graphic novels have stories that will satisfy almost any reader, whether you’re looking for adventure, mystery, or just some ridiculous fun. Secret of the Switchboard (City of Secrets, bk 1) by Victoria Ying https://tinyurl.com/Secret-of-the-Switchboard Kerry and the Knight of the Forest by Andi Watson https://tinyurl.com/Kerry-and-the-Knight Donut the Destroyer by Sarah Graley https://tinyurl.com/Donut-the-Destroyer Big Nate: The Gerbil Ate My Homework by Lincoln Peirce https://tinyurl.com/Gerbil-Ate-My-Homework Logan Likes Mary Anne! (The Baby-sitters Club, Bk 8) by Ann M. Martin https://tinyurl.com/Logan-Likes-Mary-Anne Dog Man 9: Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey https://tinyurl.com/Grime-and-Punishment
One more "re-run" of crafts before we get into new ones in September. Watch for a craft video on the first Monday of each month, and then a SNACK video on the third Monday of each month. (Snack crafts are Janis's favorites.) In the meantime, give these crescent roll snacks from June another try. They're worth the repeat. Janis was hungry, so we're making crescent roll pizza rolls and crescent roll pie! So tasty.
Our dinos are still enjoying the storywalk around the Library, and we hope that you are, too! Stories change every week on Wednesday (weather willing), and will continue through the end of September.
August 19, 2020: You'll find all kinds of treasures in these books! A Dog-Friendly Town By Josephine Cameron https://tinyurl.com/Dog-Friendly-Town Gargantis (Bk 2 – Legends of Eerie-on-Sea) by Thomas Taylor https://tinyurl.com/Gargantis The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson https://tinyurl.com/Super-Miraculous-Journey The Truth According to Blue by Eve Yohalem https://tinyurl.com/Truth-According-To-Blue The Map of Stars (Bk 3 – final – in York series) By Laura Ruby https://tinyurl.com/Map-of-Stars
Go on a road trip with some of these great books! The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane by Kate O’Shaughnessy https://tinyurl.com/Lonely-Heart-of-Maybelle-Lane The Colossus of Roads by Christina Uss https://tinyurl.com/Colossus-of-Roads Wrong Way Summer by Heidi Lang https://tinyurl.com/Wrong-Way-Summer The Star Dunes (Explorer Academy, Book 4) by Trudi Trueit https://tinyurl.com/Star-Dunes City of Gold by Will Hobbs https://tinyurl.com/City-of-Gold
It's our last new craft video for the summer, and Janis decided to go out with something AWESOME. It's a chocolate-chip cookie in a mug, made in the microwave! It's delicious on its own, OR add some ice cream for a really ridiculous treat. Ingredients: • 1 1/2 tablespoons butter (softened) • 2 tablespoons brown sugar • 1 large egg yolk (discard the egg white) • 1 drop (or 1/8 teaspoon) vanilla extract • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour • pinch of salt (optional) • 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips Mix the butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla together in your mug. Add the flour and salt, and mix well. Mix in the chocolate chips. Microwave for 60-90 seconds. SO TASTY! Recipe from: https://www.justsotasty.com/chocolate-chip-cookie-in-a-mug/
If you're looking for chapter books, check out some of these additions to our JR section at the library! Pet Rescue Adventures series by Holly Webb https://tinyurl.com/Pet-Rescue-Adventures Dragon Masters series by Tracey West https://tinyurl.com/Dragon-Masters Who Is / Who Was series https://tinyurl.com/Who-Is-Who-Was The Unbelievable Oliver series by Pseudonymous Bosch https://tinyurl.com/Unbelievable-Oliver The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner https://tinyurl.com/Boxcar-Children The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne https://tinyurl.com/Magic-Treehouse Geronimo Stilton books https://tinyurl.com/Geronimo-Stilton Thea Stilton books https://tinyurl.com/Thea-Stilton
If you love animal stories, you'll love the books in this week's group! The Great Pet Heist by Emily Ecton https://tinyurl.com/Great-Pet-Heist Lila and Hadley by Kody Keplinger https://tinyurl.com/Lila-Hadley The Elephant’s Girl by Celesta Rimington https://tinyurl.com/Elephants-Girl The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate https://tinyurl.com/One-Only-Bob Zeus, Dog of Chaos by Kristin O’Donnell Tubb https://tinyurl.com/Zeus-Dog-of-Chaos Pony on the Twelfth Floor by Polly Faber https://tinyurl.com/Pony-12th-Floor Awesome Dog 5000 vs. Mayor Bossypants (Awesome Dog 5000, book 2) by Justin Dean https://tinyurl.com/Awesome-Dog-Bk2
Learn about some exciting (and sometimes gross) survival stories available at the Library! 96 Miles by J.L. Esplin https://tinyurl.com/96-Miles-Esplin Dog Driven by Terry Lynn Johnson https://tinyurl.com/Dog-Driven Beast: Face-to-Face with the Florida Bigfoot by Watt Key https://tinyurl.com/Beast-Bigfoot Nazi Prison Camp Escape by Michael Burgan https://tinyurl.com/Nazi-Escape Winter in Wartime by Jan Terlouw https://tinyurl.com/Winter-In-Wartime Thrifty Guide to Time Travel series by Jonathan W. Stokes https://tinyurl.com/Time-Travel
Join Janis for another tasty food craft!
Janis loves a silly hat, so join her to make some silly newspaper hats!
Janis is back, this time with a batch of new mysteries for you to check out! Nessie Quest, by Melissa Savage https://tinyurl.com/Nessie-Quest Archimancy (Shadow School, Book 1), by J.A. White https://tinyurl.com/Archimancy-Shadow-School Notorious, by Gordon Korman https://tinyurl.com/Notorious-Korman Tyrannosaurus Wrecks (FunJungle, Book 6), by Stuart Gibbs https://tinyurl.com/Tyrannosaurus-Wrecks
Take a look at these new Tales of Adventure, available at the Library! Tristan Strong Punches a Hole In the Sky, by Kwame Mbalia https://tinyurl.com/Tristan-Strong The Oddyssey (Odd Gods, Book 2), by David Slavin https://tinyurl.com/Odd-Gods-Oddyssey When You Trap a Tiger, by Tae Keller https://tinyurl.com/Trap-a-Tiger Before the Sword (Mulan), by Grace Lin https://tinyurl.com/Before-the-Sword-Mulan
Okay, these are awesome. Janis had WAY too much fun playing with these stomp rockets!
Here's another really easy one, with really fun results! Janis would love to see the epic bubble snakes you make!
Janis was hungry, so we're making crescent roll pizza rolls and crescent roll pie! So tasty.
Janis has a great version of this craft - easy-peasy, but they look really complicated, so you can impress your friends and family with how amazing you are! Make them dainty or make them sturdy; either way, they look great!
Make some fun (and funny) fortune tellers!
And the library dinos are excited!
Our summer reading challenge has moved online! We've made a quick slideshow to demonstrate the basics. Using Beanstack, you can track your reading this summer, earning badges along the way. Complete the challenge to earn prizes!
Learn how to make super-simple, but really cool, sidewalk paint! (Plus, there's a surprise twist to what this paint can do.)
Make balloon poppers with Janis!
Janis has another fun craft for you today...Volcano Slime! It's all kinds of awesome. Recipe from: https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/fizzing-slime-volcano/
The library will be closed Dec. 24 & 25. Happy Holidays from IPL!
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