DIY Bookmarks
Kids and teens! Stop in the Children's Library where you'll find all sorts of supplies, ideas, and instructions on different bookmarks that you can make and take home!
Kids and teens! Stop in the Children's Library where you'll find all sorts of supplies, ideas, and instructions on different bookmarks that you can make and take home!
Design a paper quilt square to add to the community quilt that will be displayed in the children’s library!
Join us for storytime where we'll be reading stories, singing, rhyming, and doing a craft. This storytime is aimed at children aged 3-5 but older or younger children are welcome.
Kids! Join us for a chance to make your very own board game, with the assistance of a professional specializing in board game design! Participants will be taught the basics...
Únase a nosotros para la hora del cuento en español donde leeremos cuentos, cantaremos, rimaremos y haremos manualidades. Esta hora del cuento está dirigida a niños de 1 a 5...
Join us every Wednesday at 10:00AM for songs, rhymes, singing and dancing! This storytime is aimed at kids 0-4 with a caregiver, but all children are welcome.
We read a new book each month and discuss together on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Ottumwa Public Library. Ask at the Circulation desk for this month's...
Join us for storytime where we'll be reading stories, singing, rhyming, and doing a craft. This storytime is aimed at children aged 3-5 but older or younger children are welcome.
Join us in the meeting room for some snacks, then listen to the first chapter (or two) of a book and take a copy home to keep! Registration not required,...
Kids! Join us for another grab and go craft bag event. Stop by the children's desks to pick up a craft bag. No registration required, craft bags are available while...
Our next Adult Take and Make Craft give away is today! Drop by anytime today to pick up a craft bag kit, limit two per patron while supplies last.
Join us every Wednesday at 10:00AM for songs, rhymes, singing and dancing! This storytime is aimed at kids 0-4 with a caregiver, but all children are welcome.
Come have a magical moment with New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune as he chats about his Cerulean Chronicles, with special emphasis on his newest in the series, Somewhere...
Join us for storytime where we'll be reading stories, singing, rhyming, and doing a craft. This storytime is aimed at children aged 3-5 but older or younger children are welcome.
Teens and tweens! Join us in the meeting room on the third Friday of each month for crafts! No registration required.
Are you an adult that loves young adult fiction? This is the book club for you!
Amanda Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for...
Joinus for the first Reminisce Society meeting of the year. “ToughConversations About Our Racial Divide...And How We Can Heal”Presented by Dan Henderson. These programs are free and open to thepublic...
You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing...
Our next Adult Take and Make Craft give away is today! Drop by anytime today to pick up a craft bag kit, limit two per patron while supplies last.
Kids! Join us for another grab and go craft bag event. Stop by the children's desks to pick up a craft bag. No registration required, craft bags are available while...
Join us every Wednesday at 10:00AM for songs, rhymes, singing and dancing! This storytime is aimed at kids 0-4 with a caregiver, but all children are welcome.
Kids! Join us for science club at the library. We'll be doing a different STEAM activity or two every month during the school year!
Join us for storytime where we'll be reading stories, singing, rhyming, and doing a craft. This storytime is aimed at children aged 3-5 but older or younger children are welcome.
102 W 4th St.
Ottumwa, IA 52501
Monday – Thursday | 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Friday – Saturday | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday | Closed
Phone: 641-682-7563
Fax: 641-682-4970
info@ottumwapubliclibrary.org
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