Irving Public Library

08/25/2026

Congratulations are in order for our grand prize winners for the Children’s Summer Reading Challenge! Azebeth, MJ and Kebron completed all seven weeks reading and were the lucky winners of the completion drawing.

We’re so thankful for everyone who participated in the Summer Reading Challenge this year! Reading over the summer has shown to help beat the summer slide, so we know our library littles are in good shape heading into the new school year.

It’s a great day to celebrate and support reading!

08/20/2026

It’s almost September, which means Library 💜 Local is back! Samantha and Ana are here to tell you about how to participate using an Irving Public Library card to get awesome offers from local businesses and how to enter into our prize giveaways.

Our website has a full list of places participating this year, link below! From coffee shops, dessert places, new culinary discoveries and more, you’ll want to get connected with these local places more than ever.

https://irvingtx.gov/index.php?section=special-events-library&cas_cscid=103&casid=628

08/18/2026

✨Date Change✨

The Super Cool Book Club is moving back to its original date of Tuesday, August 25!

This is great news if you’re a last minute book club reader. 😂

See you next week!

08/16/2026

They say teamwork makes the dream work, and that's so true for the Irving Public Library!

In order to provide you better service, each location will be closed for one day during the last week of August. The closures will rotate, so you will always have access to a branch!

In-Services give our staff a time for important trainings so we can continue to improve our service to you, our patrons. 🫡

08/15/2026

Congrats! You made it through the first week of school! Back-to-school season opens a new chapter for learners, and Irving Public Library is here to support all the new discoveries and knowledge exploring! We offer so many helpful resources that are all free with an Irving Public Library card.

Check it out:
Brainfuse: FREE live, online tutoring for grades K-12
LearningExpress: Test prep, flash cards and practice tests
E-Read Texas for Kids: more than 600 titles from teacher created materials
Miss Humblebee's Academy: Introduces kids ages 3-6 to key math, science and literary skills

And those are just a few! irvingtx.gov/homework-help-kids will get you to all of these and more. We also invite you to stop by any location and visit with a children's librarian!

08/13/2026

While there's a programming break happening during the last two weeks of August at IPL, we're still offering our book clubs! There's plenty of time to read or listen and pop in to discuss at the following:

Super Cool Book Club (meeting a week earlier than usual this month)
7pm, Aug. 18, West Irving Library - "The God of the Wood" by Liz Moore

Heritage Book Club (must be a Senior Center Member to attend)
7pm, Aug. 20, Heritage Senior Center
"The To***co Wives" by Adele Myers

Novel Fiction Book Club
10am, Aug. 22, Valley Ranch Library
"The Butcher and the Wren" by Alaina Urquhart

We hope to see you there! 📚️ 💜

08/12/2026

Coming up this month!

📚 Library In-Service Closures
To allow staff to participate in annual in-service training, one Irving library location will be closed each day. The other two locations will remain open with regular hours from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 25
• South Irving Library closed

Wednesday, Aug. 26
• Valley Ranch Library closed

Thursday, Aug. 27
• West Irving Library closed

Thank you for your understanding as library staff complete training to better serve the Irving community.

https://irvingtx.gov/index.php?section=irving-news&prrid=620

08/12/2026

Calling all summer readers!

If your baby, child or teen participated in the Summer Reading Challenge, today is the LAST DAY to get those prizes! Take those logs to any location (prizes subject to availability) and staff will be happy to help.

Adults, your reading challenge is all year long, so take a keep on reading! Or listening. You do you!

08/11/2026

Howdy!

It seems that hoopla services are being tricky for some users, especially if you’re using an Apple device.

Hoopla is working to fix the problem, but in the meantime, if you encounter a problem please try uninstalling and re-installing the app. Fear not! It should not affect your downloads, account, saved titles or borrow history, though you may have to re-download any titles you’re currently using.

Keep calm and read on! 🫡

08/10/2026

Happy Book Lover’s Day! We hope you had a relaxing weekend with a good book or two, and if you need a new read that you stop by an Irving Public Library branch this week!

Our staff is always happy to help recommend a title, get you signed up for a new library card or tell you about the exciting events coming up in September.