Summer Reading 2023:

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Read and Win Big Prizes!

Beanstack: Opportunities to win Summer Reading Prizes are waiting for you in the Beanstack app! Our user-friendly Beanstack app makes it easy to sign up, track activities and reading, and earn badges for chances to win great prizes this summer!

Kick-Off Event: Find Your Voice!

Thursday, June 1  • Aalfs Downtown Library • 2 to 4 pm

Kickoff a summer of fun at this special Library event! Show off you singing skills in the Karaoke Lounge, create wearable art by making your own button, and place your handprint on the Library window mural. Plus, pick up your Summer Reading Starter Pack!

Drop-In Events:

Library Storytimes
Every Tuesday (Year-Round) • 11 to 11:30 am • Perry Creek Branch Library
Every Wednesday (Year-Round) • 10:30 to 11 am • Morningside Branch Library
For: Ages 0-5 and their caregiver

Curious young minds experience the magic that stories offer while developing social skills, building vocabulary, and developing early literacy skills for future reading success. Storytime will be outside, weather permitting. Participants may want to bring blankets or chairs.

Read-to-Me Dogs
Tuesdays, June 6, 13, 20, & 27 • 2 to 3 pm
Aalfs Downtown Library • Grades K-5

Practice reading to gentle canine listeners at this drop-in event featuring specially trained therapy dogs.

LEGOS at the Library
Thursday, June 15 and Monday, July 3 • 2 to 4 pm
Aalfs Downtown Library • Grades K-5

Use the Library’s LEGO collection while taking part in fun LEGO building challenges.

Special Events

Interactive Movie – Rated G
Saturday, June 17 • 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Aalfs Downtown Library • All Ages

Families are invited to the Library for this music-filled adventure complete with audience participation, movie-inspired activities, refreshments, and prizes! In the featured animated film, a young mermaid falls in love with a human prince and has to make a magical deal in order to become human. Plus, you’ll have the chance to get your photo taken with the star of the film! Pre-registration required.

Zoomobile: Animal Defenses (Registration FULL)
Thursday, June 29 • Two Sessions – 1:30 pm and 3 pm
Morningside Branch Library • All Ages

Meet animal friends with cool defense mechanisms. Zookeepers from the Great Plans Zoo will bring the zoo to YOU at the Library.

Zoomobile Session One at 1:30 pm

Zoomobile Session Two at 3 pm

Tots & Tunes! (click to register)
Friday, July 7 • 10 to 10:45 am
Aalfs Downtown Library • Ages 2 and younger and their caregiver

Calling all babies and toddlers! Come join in the fun as we sing and dance, read rhythmic stories, play parachute games, and rock out with out percussion instruments during this lively hour of musical entertainment! Click here to register or call 712-255-2933 ext. 2231.

Illusionist Keith West (Registration Required)
Thursday, July 13 • Two Sessions – 10:30 am and 2 pm
Morningside Branch Library • All Ages

Magic, fun, and mind-boggling illusions with Keith West! Click here to register or call 712-255-2933 ext. 2231.

Keith West on Thursday, July 13 – 10:30 am (click to register)

Keith West on Thursday, July 13 – 2 pm (click to register)

Library Puppet Show (Registration Required)
Tuesday, July 25 and Thursday, July 27 • Two Sessions Each Day – 1:30 pm and 3 pm
Aalfs Downtown Library • All Ages

Let us entertain you! Join us for a puppet show featuring some of our favorite furry and feathered friends! Click here to register or call 712-255-2933 ext. 2231.

Tuesday, July 25

1:30 pm Puppet Show (click to register)

3 pm Puppet Show (click to register)

Thursday, July 27

1:30 pm Puppet Show (click to register)

3 pm Puppet Show (click to register)

Events for Teens

A Rock & Roll Mystery
Friday, June 23 • 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Aalfs Downtown Library • Teen After-Hours Event for Grades 6-12

Rock & Roll is here to stay. Or is it? The coveted autographed guitar if Sioux City’s rock legend goes missing. Teens explore the Library for clues, solve puzzles, and take part in interactive challenges to unravel the mystery. Pre-registration is required.

Mindfulness for Teens
Monday, June 26 • 2 to 3 pm
Aalfs Downtown Library • Grades 6-12

Find more ease and joy in your life with some tools to manage stress, anxiety, and bring more compassion and understanding into your day-to-day life. Focusing on breath, movement, and stillness, we will try out some mindful activities including yoga and meditation during this hour-long session. Bring a yoga mat or beach towel. Pre-registration is required.

Sioux City Has Talent…
And Also Snacks and Board Games (click to register)
Friday, July 21 • 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Aalfs Downtown Library • Teen After-Hours Event for Grades 6-12

It’s open mic night at the Library! Poetry slam? Improv comedy? Karaoke? Face-melting guitar? Yes, please! Show off your talents or bring your squad and enjoy the show as an audience member. We’ll have board games and snacks too, for a fun after-hours experience. Pre-registration is required.

Hands-On Fun

Innovation Studio (Registration Required)
Thursdays, June 8 & 22 and July 6 & 20 • 2 – 3:30 pm
Aalfs Downtown Library • Grades 4 to 6

This summer, participants will experience hands-on exploratory learning featuring science, technology, engineering and math. Register for one, a couple, or all sessions! Pre-registration is required. Click the links below to register for each week’s event! Limited to 30 participants.

June 8: Squishy Circuits

June 22: Snap Circuits Light

July 6: Coding with Ozobots (click to register)

July 20: Ricochet Leadership Fun and Games with Woodbury 4-H (click to register)

Imagination Builders (Registration Required)
Mondays, June 12 – July 24 (no session July 3) • 11 to 12 noon
Morningside Branch Library • Grades 1-3

Experience stories beyond the pages of the books through this hands-on, STEAM-based storytime featuring fun experiments and activities with themes like ‘Rock Out’ (rocks and geodes) and Cool Candy Science. Pre-registration is required. Click the links below to register for each week’s event! Limited to 30 participants.

June 12: Egg-Stravaganza

June 19: Libraries Rocks!

June 26: Colorful Candy Science

July 10: Cubetto with Woodbury 4-H (click to register)

July 17: The Science of Music (click to register)

July 24: Hot and Cold Science (click to register)

There are even MORE fun events at the Library throughout the summer! Be sure to pick up a Summer Reading Calendar at any Sioux City Public Location or Click here to download a printable PDF of the full calendar.

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