🎨🌈 Get ready to GET MESSY! 🌈🎨 Join us at the Towanda District Library on June 12th at 5:00 PM for Mess Fest — an unforgettable afternoon of creative chaos! We'll have dirt, water, sand, and TONS of paint for kids to explore, splash, smear, and squish their way through a world of colorful fun. Dress for mess and bring your imagination — we’ll take care of the rest! 📍 Towanda District Library 🗓️ Wednesday, June 12th 🕔 5:00 PM Let the creativity (and the paint!) fly! 🎉👣💦 #MessFest #TowandaLibrary #LevelUpAtYourLibrary #SummerReading2025

WOW! Sign up for our Incredible Bats Show is now FULL! If you would like to be added to our wait/cancellation list, please call or message us on Facebook.

There are only 10 SPOTS LEFT for our Incredible Bats event on June 20th! Sign up on our website today under the events tab!

Flyer for Towanda District Library's Summer Reading Opening Party, featuring colorful dragons, clouds, and text inviting families to enjoy activities like face painting, balloon animals, and free pizza on June 6th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.

It’s Library Crawl Time!

Participate in our 4th Annual Library Crawl. Visit all the libraries, get your sheet stamped/stickered, and return to the Towanda District Library for your chance at a prize! Maps can be picked up at the Towanda District Library or any of the participating libraries above!

Library hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-4; Tuesday and Thursday 1-7; and Saturday 10-2. Closed on Sunday

Did you know that the Towanda District Library offers more than books? We also have:

Public computers
Copying/Faxing
Programming for kids and adults
Cricut machines free for use
Toys
DVDs
Online databases
eBooks
Technology assistance
And much. much more!

Text urging Congress to protect library funding, with logos of 'Show Up for Our Libraries' and 'Towanda District Library,' and a QR code. URL: ala.org/showup.

Do you wonder what funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) provides to the State of Illinois? Check out this website that lists just some of benefits the State of Illinois gets from this funding: https://www.imls.gov/find-funding/funding-opportunities/grants-state/state-profiles/illinois.

Check out our Summer Reading 2025 PUZZLE!

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Upcoming events.

Welcome to the Towanda District Library! Our mission is to provide access to materials and programs - both informational and recreational - to ignite a love of reading and inspire lifelong learning, as well as to be a vital part of the communities it serves.

We hope you visit and attend our programs to help us fulfill our mission!

MATERIALS ADDED THIS WEEK

Illustrated book cover featuring cartoon dogs in a garden with text "Bluey and Bingo’s Book of Bugs" and "A Push-and-Pull Book."

Book cover of 'The Devils' by Joe Abercrombie featuring a red skull with two lit candles on top, set against a dark background with red accents.

Book cover titled "Class Clown" by Dave Barry, featuring a smiling child wearing a yellow party hat with red lettering. Bright yellow background with illustrations of paper airplanes, stars, and lightning bolts, and text highlighting it as a memoir a

Book cover featuring an elderly man with white hair and a mustache in a beige military uniform, looking off to the side against a black background. The title reads "Mark Twain" by Ron Chernow, indicating it is a biography of Mark Twain.

Book cover titled "Speak to Me of Home" by Jeanine Cummins, with red flowers on a yellow background.

Cover of a children's book titled 'Pokémon Big Book of Facts' featuring cartoon Pikachu, Rowlet, Litten, Grookey, Sobble, and Scorbunny.

Book cover titled 'Papa Doesn't Do Anything! Jimmy Fallon' with cartoon illustration of two dogs sitting on a bench in a park, playground equipment including a swing and a slide, green grass, and a small yellow flower with a red center.

Book cover for 'All Ears' by Stuart Gibbs, featuring a cartoon elephant with large ears on an orange background.

Book cover for 'Fever Beach' by Carl Hiaasen, featuring large black text, a pair of sunglasses with rainbow-colored lenses melting into a beach scene, with a pink to orange to yellow gradient background.

Book cover titled 'Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder' by Rachel McCarthy James with a red background, large white and black text, and a graphic of an axe embedded in the letter 'O' in the word 'Job'

A fantasy novel cover titled 'A Curse Carved in Bone,' featuring a female warrior with white hair, holding a sword, with a background of intricate designs and symbols.

Colorful book cover of "No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding" by Catherine Mack featuring a wedding scene with a bride and groom, and guests reacting with surprise, set against a sunset sky with palm trees.

Book cover for "Where the Rivers Merge" by Mary Alice Monroe, featuring a landscape with a grassy wetland, a single tree, and a partly cloudy blue sky with cloud patterns.

A book cover with a black background featuring large, red, blurred text that reads "Alex North The Man Made of Smoke." A white, torn-paper-like spiral runs from the top to the bottom of the cover. At the bottom, there is a silhouette of a person stan

Colorful illustrated book cover of 'Maine Characters' by Hannah Orenstein, featuring a lakeside scene with trees, a yellow house, a pink and orange sunset, and ducks in the water.

Book cover of 'The Wish Switch' by Lynn Painter. Features a girl holding a dandelion and a boy in a hoodie gesturing with hands, surrounded by colorful, sparkly background.

Book cover for "The Emperor of Gladness" by OCEAN VUONG, featuring a silhouette of a person with an orange and black background.

Book cover of 'Run for the Hills' by Kevin Wilson, featuring an illustration of a red car with four passengers driving through a grassy landscape with hills in the background. The sky is blue.

Cover of a novel titled "My Friends" by Freak Rakman, featuring an artistic illustration of three children holding hands and swimming underwater, with reflections and ripples on the water's surface.

The cover of the novel "The Last Ferry Out" by Andrea Bartz features a nighttime scene of a boat's wake on the ocean leading to a distant island with mountains, under a starry sky.

Book cover titled 'The Love Haters' by Katherine Center, featuring a woman in a pink swimsuit and a man in red shorts and sunglasses relaxing under palm leaves with a sunset in the background.

Book cover of 'Nightshade' by Michael Connelly featuring a silhouette of a man standing on a beach at sunset with waves and palm trees in the background

Book cover of "Taking Midway" by Martin Dugard, featuring a WWII aircraft and a sinking battleship with explosions and smoke over the ocean.

Book cover of "The Knight and the Moth" by Rachel Gillig, featuring a woman with long, flowing hair lying amidst flowers, butterflies, and a starry background, with a quote about obsession.

An aerial view of a small town with a church and houses, overlaid with text that reads, '#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Dean Koontz Going Home in the Dark.'

A colorful book cover titled "Heart of the Sun" by Mia Sheridan, with pink, purple, and yellow hues, and a background of stars and cosmic elements.

Front cover of the book titled "Line of Demarcation" by Tom Clancy. The cover features a helicopter flying in front of an explosion with bright orange and yellow flames and sparks against a dark background.

Book cover of "Papa's Coming Home" by Chasten Buttigieg, illustrated by Dan Taylor, depicting a cheerful family greeting a man, likely a father, at the airport with a suitcase, children, a dog, and a woman carrying a cake, all smiling.

Children's book cover titled 'Everything's Wrong! A Bear, a Hare, and Trouble Everywhere' by Jory John and Erin Kraan, illustrated with a sad-looking bear and a worried hare in a forest with trees, puddles, and bees.

Book cover for "A Deadly Draw" by Robert Dugoni. The cover features a Victorian-style house with a turret under a starry night sky, with silhouettes of trees and clouds.

Book cover for "Not They Who Soar: A Mystery in the First Days of Flight" by Amanda Flower, featuring a silhouette of a woman with pink hair, an old-fashioned airplane, Victorian-style architecture, and steampunk-inspired machinery and gears.

Book cover for Ali Hazelwood's novel, featuring an illustrated woman with pink hair and a pink skirt reading outside, with a scenic view of water and hills, and a man with crossed legs in a casual setting. A torn notebook with checkmarks and the word

Book cover titled 'The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club' by Martha Hall Kelly, featuring four girls in vintage swimsuits reading books on a sandy beach under a blue and white striped umbrella with the ocean in the background.

Book cover for 'Never Finsh' by Stephen King, featuring a white statue of Lady Justice with a red blindfold and a sword, with the title in large black distressed letters.

Book cover of 'It's a Love Story' by Annabel Monaghan, showing an illustration of a woman with curly hair in a blue dress, a smaller man reading a book on a beach with a sunset in the background.

Book cover titled 'Hello, Cruel World! Science-Based Strategies for Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times' by Melinda Wenner Moyer, featuring a vintage robot toy on a white background.

Book cover for 'Hidden in Nature' by Nora Roberts, featuring a spider web with dew drops over purple and green foliage.

Cover of the book titled 'The Busy Body Book Club' by Freya Sampson. The background is red with illustrations of books and eyes on shelves. The subtitle mentions it's a novel and a quote about the book at the top.

Book cover for 'The Cardinal' by Alison Weir, showing a gothic cathedral corridor with a woman in a red cloak and wide-brimmed hat walking away and another woman standing in the distance. Gold decorative accents and text are also present.

CATALOGS AND LINKS

Blue abstract letter 'B' design on a dark blue background.

Stylized white barcode icon on blue square background

Illustration of a black octopus with bubbles, "Inkie.org" text in purple on green background.