Ottumwa Public Library

Cuentos Y Cantos
2025-01-07 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-04 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
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 años, pero los niños mayores o más pequeños son bienvenidos. Join us for spanish storytime where we’ll be reading stories, singing, rhyming, and doing a craft. This storytime is aimed at children aged 1-5 but older or younger children are welcome.

Songs and Stories
2025-01-08 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-29 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-05 10:00 - 11:00
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.

Reader's Ink Book Club
2025-01-08 17:00 - 18:00
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 selection or call 641-682-7563.

Preschool Storytime
2025-01-10 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-01-17 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-01-31 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-02-07 09:00 - 10:00
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.

Library Board Meeting
2025-01-13 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Meeting Room
The monthly meeting of the Ottumwa Public Library’s board.

Snacks in the Stacks
2025-01-14 17:15 - 18:00
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, limit one book per family, books available while supplies last.

Adult Take & Make Craft Giveaway
2025-01-15, 2025-01-29
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 Grab and Go Craft Bags
2025-01-15, 2025-01-29
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 supplies last.

Online Author Talk: T.J. Klune
2025-01-15 18:00 - 19:00
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 Beyond the Sea on Wednesday, January 15 6 PM CT via digital live-stream in partnership with the Ottumwa Public Library!
Log in to join at: https://libraryc.org/ottumwapubliclibrary/upcoming

Teen craft club
2025-01-17 15:00 - 17:00
Teens and tweens! Join us in the meeting room on the third Friday of each month for crafts! No registration required.

Writer's Group
2025-01-18 14:00 - 16:00

Library Closed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2025-01-20

Online Author Talk: Amanda Montell
2025-01-23 13:00 - 14:00
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 a while, or even hear a melody in it. Join us for a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative on Thursday, January 23 at 1 PM CT via digital live-stream in partnership with the Ottumwa Public Library!
Register and ask questions of the author here: https://libraryc.org/ottumwapubliclibrary/upcoming

Library $1 Bag Sale
2025-01-27 - 2025-02-01

Reminisce Society: Dan Henderson
2025-01-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Knights of Columbus, 123 3rd St W, Ottumwa, IA, United States
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 for questions or to be added to the Zoom list call us at641-682-7563 or email Director Sonja Ferrell atsferrell@ottumwapubliclibrary.org.

Online Author Talk: Seth Fishman
2025-01-28 12:00 - 13:00
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 process with Seth Fishman, Vice President and Literary Agent at the Gernert Company, on Tuesday, January 28 at 12 PM CT via digital live-stream in partnership with the Ottumwa Public Library!
Register and ask questions of the author here: https://libraryc.org/ottumwapubliclibrary/upcoming

Science Club
2025-01-29 16:00 - 17:00
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!

Nonfiction Book Club
2025-01-30 17:30 - 18:30
A book club focusing discussion of non-fiction works.

Take Your Child to the Library Day!
2025-02-01
The first Saturday in February is Take Your Child to the Library Day. Kids who stop by for a special scavenger hunt get to take home a prize!

Online Author Talk: Sabrina Sholts
2025-02-04 13:00 - 14:00
Join us for this enlightening presentation with Smithsonian curator Sabrina Sholts as she talks about how the very fact of being human increases our pandemic risks—and gives us the power to save ourselves. Log in to our Online Author Speakers Consortium to register!
https://libraryc.org/ottumwapubliclibrary/66382
