Metropolis Public Library

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For Storytime this week we had a ROARing good time! We read “How Leo Learned to Be King” by Marcus Pfister and made our ...
08/26/2026

For Storytime this week we had a ROARing good time! We read “How Leo Learned to Be King” by Marcus Pfister and made our own lion manes.
Join us next Tuesday at 10:30!

For Storytime this week we read “Llama Llama Back to School” by Anna Dewdney and made our own back to school llamas! Joi...
08/13/2026

For Storytime this week we read “Llama Llama Back to School” by Anna Dewdney and made our own back to school llamas! Join us next Tuesday at 10:30!

Join us Mondays at 3:30 for kids club and Tuesdays at 10:30 for story time!
08/07/2026

Join us Mondays at 3:30 for kids club and Tuesdays at 10:30 for story time!

Our summer reading wrap up party was Dino-mite!We had sno cones, popcorn, face painting, prizes and a big dig for fossil...
08/05/2026

Our summer reading wrap up party was Dino-mite!
We had sno cones, popcorn, face painting, prizes and a big dig for fossils, candy, toys and more!
Thank you to El Tequila Mexican Restaurant & Steakhouse Siu Credit Union L&W Tire & Exhaust Super City Antiques & Collectibles Creations The Florist, Inc La Pizza di Shane Metropolis Big John Metropolis Police Department O'Reilly Auto Parts Metropolis Super Bowl Legence Bank Banterra Bank Gower Insurance Agency & Abell Law Firm, Stephen Miller, and Beautifully Odd Coffees & More anonymous donors and patrons for your donations and support!

07/31/2026

Nifty Needles is Canceled for Friday, July 31st. We will see you next Friday, August 7th!

Reminder!!! If you haven’t turned in your summer reading logs I need them ASAP please! Thanks!!!
07/29/2026

Reminder!!! If you haven’t turned in your summer reading logs I need them ASAP please! Thanks!!!

Today for summer reading we read “When Dinosaurs Go to School” by Linda Martin and then we hatched our own Dino eggs!Reg...
07/28/2026

Today for summer reading we read “When Dinosaurs Go to School” by Linda Martin and then we hatched our own Dino eggs!
Regular Storytime resumes August 11 @ 10:30, join us!

Happy (Location Edition) Everyone! Looks like the Exca-Gator has been hard at work outside of the Library! We have a w...
07/24/2026

Happy (Location Edition) Everyone!

Looks like the Exca-Gator has been hard at work outside of the Library! We have a whole display of construction books to check out. Can you see if you can spy any of your favorites outside working?

This week we made slime for kids club! Join us Mondays at 3:30
07/21/2026

This week we made slime for kids club! Join us Mondays at 3:30

This week for Summer Reading we read “If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur” by Linda Bailey & Colin Jack and “Have You Seen ...
07/15/2026

This week for Summer Reading we read “If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur” by Linda Bailey & Colin Jack and “Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur?” by Helen Yoon. We made puzzles and terrariums and dinosaur trivia.
Reading is Dino-Mite!

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317 Metropolis Street
Metropolis, IL
62960

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Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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