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Celebrate Banned Books Week 2019
Banned Books Week (September 22-28, 2019) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, ...
National Library Card Sign Up Month
This September the Cedar Rapids Public Library is joining the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide for Library Card ...
5,000 Children Enrolled in Local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
The Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation announced that more than 5,000 children are actively enrolled in Dolly Parton’s Imagination ...
Summer Circus Party July 27
The Cedar Rapids Public Library invites you to celebrate the end of the Summer Dare with our Summer Dare Circus Party on Saturday, July 27, ...
LIBRARY LOCATION & HOURS
Downtown
450 Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 9am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Sun 1pm-5pm
Ladd Library
3750 Williams Blvd. SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 8am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Sun 1pm – 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 9am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Sun 1pm-5pm
Ladd Library
3750 Williams Blvd. SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 8am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Sun 1pm – 5pm
WHAT TO READ
Dystopian Days
Dystopian fiction has had a great deal of readership in the past few years and recently released titles such as Margaret Atwood’s ...
Picture Book Biographies
Picture book biographies are a growing trend in publishing. They are narrative nonfiction books which are written like a story making them ...
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer is the latest release by best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates (The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, Between ...
Personal Stories
Personal stories. We all have them. Some might be better than others, but that also depends on how you tell them. Reading each other’s ...
Batman and Hoopla
I’m trying to be less reliant on my phone for everything. Between work, playing games, and those time sucking social media apps whose ...
Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha
I’m fascinated with epic stories tied to different religions. Although I was familiar with some of principles of Buddhism and knew some ...
WIFI PASS
Wireless Name:
CRPL-Public
Password:
MyLibrary
WHAT TO READ
Dystopian Days
Dystopian fiction has had a great deal of readership in the past few years and recently released titles such as Margaret Atwood’s ...
Picture Book Biographies
Picture book biographies are a growing trend in publishing. They are narrative nonfiction books which are written like a story making them ...
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer is the latest release by best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates (The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, Between ...
Personal Stories
Personal stories. We all have them. Some might be better than others, but that also depends on how you tell them. Reading each other’s ...
Batman and Hoopla
I’m trying to be less reliant on my phone for everything. Between work, playing games, and those time sucking social media apps whose ...
Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha
I’m fascinated with epic stories tied to different religions. Although I was familiar with some of principles of Buddhism and knew some ...