Story Time

Come in for our Story Time!  We'll read stories, make a craft and have lots activities for children from birth to preschool age.  Don't miss out on the fun, story hour happens twice a week at CPL on Wednesday nights at 5:30 and again on Thursday morning at 10:00 am....More

Come in for our Story Time!  We'll read stories, make a craft and have lots activities for children from birth to preschool age.  Don't miss out on the fun, story hour happens twice a week at CPL on Wednesday nights at 5:30 and again on Thursday morning at 10:00 am.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Libby Class

Learn how to use the Libby App to download and read books for free on any device using your library card.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Tech Friday and - IOS and Android Education

Do you have questions about your android or iOS device? Come to the library and have the experts from WESTERN IOWA NETWORKS/US Cellular help you. They're up for a challenge, so come on in and ask away.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Morning-Read, Play, Grow

Join Kersten at Read, Play, Grow for early literacy activities for children from birth to preschool age. Both fine and gross motor activities will be included with free play to get the little minds to work on needed developmental skills. Don't miss out on the fun, the R......More

Join Kersten at Read, Play, Grow for early literacy activities for children from birth to preschool age. Both fine and gross motor activities will be included with free play to get the little minds to work on needed developmental skills. Don't miss out on the fun, the Read, Play, Grow happens at 10am and 5pm.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Read, Play, Grow

Join Kersten at Read, Play, Grow for early literacy activities for children from birth to preschool age. Both fine and gross motor activities will be included with free play to get the little minds to work on needed developmental skills. Don't miss out on the fun, the R......More

Join Kersten at Read, Play, Grow for early literacy activities for children from birth to preschool age. Both fine and gross motor activities will be included with free play to get the little minds to work on needed developmental skills. Don't miss out on the fun, the Read, Play, Grow happens at 10am.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Family Puzzle Night

Does your family like to put puzzles together, but you're not ready for a large puzzle or the pressure of the competition? We'll have three hundred piece puzzles with larger pieces perfect for families to practice their puzzling skills. This program is open for all ages......More

Does your family like to put puzzles together, but you're not ready for a large puzzle or the pressure of the competition? We'll have three hundred piece puzzles with larger pieces perfect for families to practice their puzzling skills. This program is open for all ages.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Evening-Read, Play, Grow

Join Kersten at Read, Play, Grow for early literacy activities for children from birth to preschool age. Both fine and gross motor activities will be included with free play to get the little minds to work on needed developmental skills. Don't miss out on the fun, the R......More

Join Kersten at Read, Play, Grow for early literacy activities for children from birth to preschool age. Both fine and gross motor activities will be included with free play to get the little minds to work on needed developmental skills. Don't miss out on the fun, the Read, Play, Grow happens at 10am and 5pm.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Maker Day: Sensational Seeds with ISU Extension and Outreach

Join Miss Anjanette from ISU Extension and Outreach to learn about the parts of a seed, the lifecycle of a plant, and what they need to grow.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Crafty Library Ladies

The Crafty Library ladies meet each Tuesday morning, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., at the library. Bring in your handmade projects you're working on including quilting, knitting, crochet, and embroidery. Annually the group works on charity projects that go to community organizat......More

The Crafty Library ladies meet each Tuesday morning, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., at the library. Bring in your handmade projects you're working on including quilting, knitting, crochet, and embroidery. Annually the group works on charity projects that go to community organizations.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Read-a-Loud Stories

This weekly program is geared toward homeschoolers, special needs and those who enjoy having short stories read to them.  

Carroll Public Library

Story Time

Come in for our Story Time!  We'll read stories, make a craft and have lots activities for children from birth to preschool age.  Don't miss out on the fun, story hour happens twice a week at CPL on Wednesday nights at 5:30 and again on Thursday morning at 10:00 am....More

Come in for our Story Time!  We'll read stories, make a craft and have lots activities for children from birth to preschool age.  Don't miss out on the fun, story hour happens twice a week at CPL on Wednesday nights at 5:30 and again on Thursday morning at 10:00 am.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Story Time

Come in for our Story Time!  We'll read stories, make a craft and have lots activities for children from birth to preschool age.  Don't miss out on the fun, story hour happens twice a week at CPL on Wednesday nights at 5:30 and again on Thursday morning at 10:00 am....More

Come in for our Story Time!  We'll read stories, make a craft and have lots activities for children from birth to preschool age.  Don't miss out on the fun, story hour happens twice a week at CPL on Wednesday nights at 5:30 and again on Thursday morning at 10:00 am.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Brown Bag Book Discussion

This group meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 12:10 inside the libraries large meeting room.  Bring your lunch with you and enjoy the discussion! Searching for Sylvie Lee, Jean Kwok ......More

This group meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 12:10 inside the libraries large meeting room.  Bring your lunch with you and enjoy the discussion! Searching for Sylvie Lee, Jean Kwok Discussion Questions A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women—two sisters and their mother—in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Translation It begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with her dying grandmother—and then vanishes. Amy, the sheltered baby of the Lee family, is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. Seven years older, Sylvie was raised by a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place, and didn’t rejoin her family in America until age nine. Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister, the fierce and fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love. But what happened to Sylvie? Amy and her parents are distraught and desperate for answers. Sylvie has always looked out for them. Now, it’s Amy’s turn to help. Terrified yet determined, Amy retraces her sister’s movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen. But instead of simple answers, she discovers something much more valuable: the truth. Sylvie, the golden girl, kept painful secrets . . . secrets that will reveal more about Amy’s complicated family—and herself—than she ever could have imagined. A deeply moving story of family, secrets, identity, and longing, Searching for Sylvie Lee is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive portrait of an immigrant family. It is a profound exploration of the many ways culture and language can divide us and the impossibility of ever truly knowing someone—especially those we love.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

Brown Bag Book Discussion

This group meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 12:10 inside the libraries large meeting room.  Bring your lunch with you and enjoy the discussion! A Million Reasons Why, Jessica Stawser ......More

This group meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 12:10 inside the libraries large meeting room.  Bring your lunch with you and enjoy the discussion! A Million Reasons Why, Jessica Stawser Discussion Questions When two strangers are linked by a mail-in DNA test, it’s an answered prayer―that is, for one half-sister. For the other, it will dismantle everything she knows to be true. But as they step into the unfamiliar realm of sisterhood, the roles will reverse in ways no one could have foreseen. Caroline lives a full, happy life―thriving career, three feisty children, enviable marriage, and a close-knit extended family. She couldn’t have scripted it better. Except for one thing: She’s about to discover her fundamental beliefs about them all are wrong. Sela lives a life in shades of gray, suffering from irreversible kidney failure. Her marriage crumbled in the wake of her illness. Her beloved mother and lifelong best friend passed away. She refuses to be defined by her grief, but still, she worries about what will happen to her two-year-old son if she doesn’t find a donor match in time. She’s the only one who knows Caroline is her half-sister. That Caroline may be her best hope for a future. But Sela’s world isn’t as clear-cut as it appears―and one misstep could destroy it all. After all, would you risk everything to save the life of the person who turned yours upside down? From the moment Caroline meets Sela, both must reexamine what it really means to be family, the depths of a mother’s love, and the limits and the power of forgiveness.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

MS - Coffee & Coloring

Did you enjoy coloring as a kid? Why does coloring have to be just for kids?  Coffee & Coloring is open to all ages.  We are providing everything - the coffee, paper, coloring supplies, sharpeners, and (best of all) the library atmosphere.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA

May the Forth Be With You!

It's Star Wars Day! Celebrate by making Yoda ears and a Chewbacca puppet in the Makerspace and going on a character scavenger hunt in the Children's Room.

Carroll Public Library, 118 E 5th St, Carroll, IA 51401, USA