Rock Island Library Teens

06/22/2026

Check out this month's Manga Monday video! In "Tales of the Hundred Monsters Next Door," Katagiri Jinpachi finally gets closer to his crush...but only because he's become irresistible to supernatural creatures.

06/22/2026

Drop in at the Watts-Midtown Branch starting at 10am TODAY, June 22, to celebrate Garfield's birthday! Make art with perler and pony beads, and watch a tutorial on how to make a kandi Garfield. (Sadly, we will not be serving lasagna.)

06/21/2026

Drop in at the Watts-Midtown Branch starting at 10am on Monday, June 22 to celebrate Garfield's birthday! Make art with perler and pony beads, and watch a tutorial on how to make a kandi Garfield. (Sadly, we will not be serving lasagna.)

06/20/2026

Our Summer Reading Challenge is here, and it is, in our humble opinion, "eggcellent." (You cannot escape the egg puns.)

We're already over 100,000 minutes read this summer: help us reach our community goal by logging your reading through July 31! Visit us in person to grab a paper reading log, or use the Beanstack app: learn more by visiting rockislandlibrary.org

06/19/2026

Celebrate Juneteenth with great titles like these!

06/18/2026

Older teens and fans of dark humor should check out these titles:

From the author of Bury Your G**s

06/17/2026

Check out our blog every week for new reading suggestions: https://www.tumblr.com/ripl-teen-book-reviews

06/16/2026

There's still time to sign up for our Shark Dissection Event TODAY, Tuesday, June 16, from 4-5pm at the Downtown Library: https://www.rockislandlibrary.org/event/dissection-event-27801

06/15/2026

There's still time to sign up for our Dissection Event TOMORROW (June 16) from 4 to 5pm in the Downtown Library Rotunda. Visit our calendar to register by going to rockislandlibrary.org

06/14/2026

Coming soon to a library near you:

This June head back to the Grishaverse, hang out in Eternia, investigate with Moriarty's daughter, and more…