Children

Name: Bilingual Storytime
Start: 2024-11-16T10:30:00-06:00
End: 2024-11-16T11:00:00-06:00
Location: Storytime Room

What's Happening?

Bilingual Storytime

November 16 @ 10:30 pm

Join us for a special bilingual storytime with author Raquel MacKay. MacKay will read her book, I Hear a Búho, and lead rhymes & songs in English and Spanish.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

for Coralville children up to age 5

Your child could receive a free book each month up to age 5!

November 2024

November 14 @ 5:00 PM CST

Early close 5:00pm

Coralville Public Library 1401 5th Street, Coralville, IA, United States

Free

November 16 @ 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CST Family Storytime

Bilingual Storytime

Storytime Room 1401 5th Street, Coralville, IA, United States

Free

Programs

Storytime Together (ages 3-5)

Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.

Parents and caregivers of preschoolers, come build your children’s literacy skills as we talk, sing, read, and play together. For children ages 3-5 and their caregivers. Approximately 30 minutes.

Wee Read (under age 3)

Thursdays, 10:30 am

How do you grow a reader? Begin with Wee Read – your special time to enjoy sharing songs, rhymes, and books with your babies and toddlers. For children under age 3 and their caregivers. Approximately 20 minutes.

Family Storytime

Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.

Picture books are for everybody and so is Family Storytime! Making reading and language fun is the best way to ensure children will be readers. Come enjoy! Approximately 30 minutes.

School's Out Specials

Find fun at the Library during no school days!

The next School's Out Special is:

November 2024

November 22 @ 1:00 PM CST

School’s Out Special: So Mush Fun!

Schwab Auditorium 1401 5th Street, Coralville, United States

Take & Make

3rd Wednesday of the Month

Pick up a free craft kit at the Children’s Desk on the 3rd Wednesday of the month while supplies last.

The next Take & Make will be available:

November 2024

November 20 Take & Make

Take & Make

Children's Desk 1401 5th Street, Coralville, IA, United States

Free

Summer Reading Challenge
(All ages)

June & July

Read. Do. Have fun. Earn a book and an entry into prize drawings.

Winter Reading Challenges

December & January

Busy Bears (Babies to Kindergarteners)

Read books and complete early literacy activities together for a chance to win a prize.

Chilly Challenge (Grades 1-6)

Chill out and read three “just right” books for a chance to win a prize.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a worldwide program that works with community partners to provide free books to children from birth to age five. Registered children receive a book every month in the mail – addressed specifically to them. DPIL aims to inspire a love of reading in children by increasing access to books at home and encouraging families to spend time enjoying books together.

The Coralville Public Library, Library Foundation, and Friends of the Library have partnered with The Dollywood Foundation to bring the Imagination Library to the children of Coralville. There is no cost or obligation for Coralville families.

Children under age 5 who are residents of Coralville can register.

Rural Johnson County residents under age 5 are eligible to enroll in person at the Coralville Public Library.

Eight to ten weeks after your registration form is received, books will begin arriving at your home through the U.S. Postal Service. Your child will continue to receive a book each month until they turn 5 or move away from Coralville. The first book they will receive is The Little Engine That Could.

Be a legal resident of Coralville.
Submit the online registration form below, completely filled out by a parent or guardian. (Or fill out a paper registration form at the Coralville Public Library.)
Notify the Coralville Public Library any time your address changes. Books are mailed to the address listed on the official registration form. If the child’s address changes (within the city of Coralville) you must contact the Coralville Public Library so your child will continue receiving books.
VERY IMPORTANT: Read with your child.

If you would like to help provide free books to Coralville children, give now!

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library for Coralville children is funded by the Coralville Public Library, Library Foundation, and Friends of the Library.

A permanent Book Walk has been installed in North Ridge Park! Follow the trail around the park to read the first book, Daniel Finds a Poem by Micha Archer. Enjoy reading and walking together!

The Book Walk is presented by Coralville Parks & Recreation, the Coralville Public Library, and the Iowa Children’s Museum through a grant from the Boston Children’s Museum and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.