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New Items Added to the Collection
Did you know that the Library is constantly adding new items to our collection? There is a regular influx of new and newly added items ...
HelpNow Offers On Demand Student Supports
Students now have access to HelpNow by Brainfuse – on demand personalized homework help in core subjects (math, reading, writing, science and ...
Celebrate Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week (September 27 – October 3, 2020) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last ...
CRCSD Student IDs Now Act as Library Cards
All students in the Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) now have a library card at their fingertips in the form of their Student ID. ...
LIBRARY LOCATION & HOURS
Downtown
450 Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 9am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Ladd Library
3750 Williams Blvd. SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 9am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
WIFI PASS
Wireless Name
CRPL-Public
Password
MyLibrary
LIBRARY LOCATION & HOURS
Downtown
450 Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 10am-7pm
Fri-Sat 10am-4pm
Ladd Library
3750 Williams Blvd. SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 9am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
WHAT TO READ
That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
This alternative history for young adults stars Victoria-Margaret, crown princess of the British Empire. She is to spend an incognito summer of ...
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Bree Matthews is a lot of things in this fantasy young adult work from Tracy Deonn. She’s Black. She’s young (and graduated early ...
Black American Children’s/YA Authors to Celebrate
Historian and author Ibram X. Kendi has published five books and countless articles on the construction of an anti-racist movement including ...
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Humans are incredibly complex and incredibly simple and poet Dean Atta displays this poignantly in his debut novel The Black Flamingo. This ...
Asian and Asian American Children’s/YA Authors to Celebrate
Beloved actor, author, and activist George Takei is many things to many people; Sulu, helmsman of the U.S.S. Enterprise on Star Trek, Broadway ...
Time to Laugh Out Loud!
Stephen Colbert said, “you can’t laugh and be afraid at the same.” In that case, as long as you’re reading this book, ...
WIFI PASS
Wireless Name:
CRPL-Public
Password:
MyLibrary
WHAT TO READ
That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
This alternative history for young adults stars Victoria-Margaret, crown princess of the British Empire. She is to spend an incognito summer of ...
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Bree Matthews is a lot of things in this fantasy young adult work from Tracy Deonn. She’s Black. She’s young (and graduated early ...
Black American Children’s/YA Authors to Celebrate
Historian and author Ibram X. Kendi has published five books and countless articles on the construction of an anti-racist movement including ...
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Humans are incredibly complex and incredibly simple and poet Dean Atta displays this poignantly in his debut novel The Black Flamingo. This ...
Asian and Asian American Children’s/YA Authors to Celebrate
Beloved actor, author, and activist George Takei is many things to many people; Sulu, helmsman of the U.S.S. Enterprise on Star Trek, Broadway ...
Time to Laugh Out Loud!
Stephen Colbert said, “you can’t laugh and be afraid at the same.” In that case, as long as you’re reading this book, ...