| Fun with Children's Books - July 22-Aug. 2 |
 Join us at 10:30 am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, July 22 to Aug 2, for Monarch Club and Reader Riot at the 30/31 Branch Library! You'll find fun activities and books your children will absolutely love to read. Monarch Club is for grades K-2, and focuses on award-winning picture books. Reader Riot is for grades 1-3, and includes fun beginning reader books. Both are free, and offered at the same time.
Build your child's love of reading with your library!
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| Learn how to use your tablet! |
 If you have a new Android Tablet, and want to learn more about how to use it, join us on Monday, July 22 for Using Your Tablet, 6:30 pm. at the Main Library. You'll gain great tips for new things you can do with it. This session is for users of Android tablets only. Bring your device - it's a hands-on class! |
| Teen Gaming Night and Teen Craft Night |
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Teen Gaming Night - 6:00 pm, Tuesday, July 23, Main Library. Snacks and free play with Xbox 360 with Kinect, Wii, board games. Ages 12 to 18.
Teen Craft Night, Try all sorts of different crafting projects with the materials we have on hand. 4:00 to 5:30 pm, Thursday, July 25, Main Library.
And there's more!
Teen Feature Movie: Tuesday, July 30, 1:00 to 3:30 pm, Main Library. Free movie and popcorn.
Teen Reading Wrap up Party: 6:00 to 7:30 pm,Tuesday, August 6, Main Library. Hear who won Beneath the Surface Summer Reading prizes, enjoy games and snacks, and celebrate one more time! Teen events are for ages 12 to 18. Bring your bingo card summer reading form and complete a square for attending these programs! |
| Last Free Family Performance: Thursday, July 25 |
 Join us on Thursday, July 25 for the action-packed, high-energy musical antics of Babaloo Music and Fun. Two free shows: 10:00 am, Main Library, 401 19th Street 1:30 pm, Southwest Branch, 9010 Ridgewood Road. Best described as a one-man musical comedy act for children of all ages, Babaloo has been wowing children with a raucous, zany brand of entertainment for nearly 20 years. The interactive shows get kids smiling, laughing and up their feet, featuring singing, stomping, dancing, bucket-beating and bubble-busting fun. And with award-winning songs like "My Toothbrush Fell in the Toilet" and "The Wee Wee Dance," what kid could resist? |
| Cool off with Friday Children's Movie |
| Join us for a great children's movie and popcorn at 1:00 pm on Friday, July 26 in the Main Library Community Room. This fun Disney movie about a grumpy old man, a huge bunch of balloons and his flying house, offers fun for the whole family. Our favorite line? "Squirrel!" |
| Return your summer reading logs & contest entries |
 The clock is ticking on our summer reading journey - make sure you return your children's Have Book Will Travel reading logs, and your adult summer reading entries by Friday, July 26! Kids who get at least half-way through the form earn extra tickets to win fun prize baskets. Adult prizes include a Kindle and Kindle Fire HD, and gift cards. Teens get a little longer to earn rewards - until Aug. 2. Remember, you can't win if you don't bring back your forms, so get reading! |
| Check out a pass for free summer fun |
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You can now check out a free family pass for:
The Figge Art Museum - Pass admits four
Niabi Zoo - Admits two adults /up to 4 children,
The Quad City Botanical Center - Admits 4
Sorry, passes can't be reserved for a specific day. Each pass checks out for seven days, and must be picked up and returned in person at the issuing library branch. |
| More Ways to Stay in Touch! |
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With reading programs for children, teens and adults, the family that reads together this summer may just win together. Have Book Will Travel and Beneath the Surface reading contests for children, adults and teens start June 3 and run through July 26 at the Rock Island Main Library, 30/31 Branch and Southwest Branches.
Pick up your free travel notepad on June 3 (while supplies last) and make a note to attend these free programs: 
Discussion: 
Film & Discussion: 
Morning Storytimes for Birth to Five - 10:30 am these dates: 
Drop by two locations of the Rock Island Public Library on Thursday, April 4 for Kids' Read In Events. Bring a book you like or pick one from our shelves, and enjoy light refreshments while you read amongst our books.
Start your family's Saturday off right with tales from around the world for the whole family! Each of the short storytimes start at 10:00 am, and include a fun activity:
Teen Gaming Nights: Play Xbox 360 with Kinect, Wii games, or board games. Two opportunities to get your game on this month:
Players from the Quad City Mallards will be joining us for the regular Lego Club programs this month at our 30/31 and Southwest Branch. Join us and make something creative:
Bake what you love by entering an edible book creation into our "Book Lovers Edible Book Contest."
2:00 to 3:00 pm, 
