Rock Island Public Library

10/21/2026

It's a beautiful day for the walk-in Mobile Pet Vaccination and Wellness Clinic from Quad City Animal Welfare Center. Stop by until 4 pm, Wednesday, October 21, at Rock Island Public Library Downtown. You'll see them at the corner of our parking lot. Discounted fees are payable to QCAWC, see price list on our Web site or theirs. 😻🐕🐾

10/20/2026

Lots going on this week! Get to Know Valueline and Midtown Readers Book Club on Tuesday, Oct. 20; Avoiding Common Scams, a Mobile Pet Wellness Clinic from Quad City Animal Welfare Center, and a talk on Surviving the Parallel Holocaust on Wednesday, Oct. 21; Frieze Lecture Series on America @ 250 on Thursday, Oct. 22, and Library Book Sales on both Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and Oct. 24. See our website for details:https://www.rockislandlibrary.org/events/week

10/20/2026

Fun times at our Winnie the Pooh party on Saturday, October 17. Did you know that Winnie is 100 years old???🎉

10/17/2026

10/16/2026

Do you love Oreos? Then join us in ranking them this Friday, October 16 at the Watts-Midtown Branch. From 4-5pm, join us for an Oreo tasting where we'll ask attendees to rank each flavor: how many S tier varieties will you discover?

(This event is aimed at teens ages 12-18, but tweens are welcome too; we do ask that parents of younger kids attend with them, so we won't have issues with food allergies.)

10/16/2026

Join us Saturday, October 17 for a very special bear's 100th birthday! Drop in any time between 10 am and 12 pm (noon) in our Downtown Library Children's Room for Winnie-The-Pooh's 100th birthday party! crafts, activities, and more. Dress as your favorite character if you like!

10/15/2026

Did you know for most card types there's no limit to the amount of books you can have checked out at a time? What's the most amount of books you've checked out from the library at once? 📚

10/15/2026

Big news yesterday! Local library directors on the Illinois side, including Rock Island, have banded together to launch fundraising for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in Rock Island County. The initial fundraising goal is $36,200, with $10,000 in pledges already received. This unique county-wide collaboration of libraries is making it work.

The news conference was packed with local educators, early childhood advocates, local government officials, foundations, and library folks, and others excited about this opportunity to make sure every child has access to books in their homes. Speakers included Angela Campbell, Rock Island Library director, Audra Cottrell, Community Engagement Coordinator, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Illinois, Teonna Dowell, Early Head Start Program Director, Early Head Start Child Care Partnership, SAL Community Services, Julie Larson, President & CEO, YWCA Quad Cities, Senator Mike Halpin, and Bianca Sierra, East Moline Public Library Director

Imagination Library requires a 501c3 fiscal agent partner for local fundraising, and we're pleased to say that our Rock Island Public Library Foundation board and their director, Kathy Lelonek, stepped forward to make this announcement possible! RIPLF is holding Imagination Library donations in a separate account, with area library directors and local volunteers on fundraising legwork.

The Rock Island County collaboration raises the $15.60 local portion of the annual cost for each child, with those local donations leveraged by the State of Illinois 50 percent match. It costs $which covers the other portion of the $31.20 annual cost per child to deliver a carefully selected age-appropriate book per month for enrolled children ages birth to five. Once the fundraising goal is reached, sign up availability will be announced.

The faster we reach our goal, the better! Continuing fundraising will be necessary as more children sign up for the program. How to donate: By check to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Rock Island County, P.O. Box 4723, Rock Island, IL 61201 or online via https://donate.imaginationlibrary.com/. Check “I would like to designate to a local program partner” and choose “IL-Rock Island County.”

Our thanks to the Quad City Botanical Center for their gracious assistance in providing a neutral location for more than 50 members of our community to gather for this exciting announcement!

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10/13/2026

The market is open! Come in to the Downtown Library Children's Department for a Farmer's Market shopping spree.
While you enjoy the market don't forget to check out some of our great farmer books.