🎨⚡ Gotta Paint 'Em All! ⚡🎨 Join us for a colorful afternoon of painting and creating your favorite Pokémon at Towanda District Library! ✨ Whether you love Pikachu, Squirtle, or another Pokémon buddy, you’ll get to bring them t
🎨⚡ Gotta Paint 'Em All! ⚡🎨 Join us for a colorful afternoon of painting and creating your favorite Pokémon at Towanda District Library! ✨ Whether you love Pikachu, Squirtle, or another Pokémon buddy, you’ll get to bring them to life with your own unique colors and creativity. 📅 Tuesday, July 8th 🕒 3:00–5:00 PM 📍 Towanda District Library All supplies will be provided, and all ages are welcome! Come ready to paint, create, and have fun with fellow Pokémon fans. 🖌️✨ ⭐ Tag a friend who would love this event! #TowandaLibrary #PaintAPokemon #SummerFun #PokemonArt #LibraryPrograms
Sign ups are open for Unseen Forces with Professor Steve! Link in the comments! Visit our website or message us on Facebook for more information.
Sign ups are open for Unseen Forces with Professor Steve! Link in the comments! Visit our website or message us on Facebook for more information.
🎨⚡ Gotta Paint 'Em All! ⚡🎨 Join us for a colorful afternoon of painting and creating your favorite Pokémon at Towanda District Library! ✨ Whether you love Pikachu, Squirtle, or another Pokémon buddy, you’ll get to bring them t Sign ups are open for Unseen Forces with Professor Steve! Link in the comments! Visit our website or message us on Facebook for more information.
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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.

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Find new ways to play with the iREAD Summer Reading program, Level Up At Your Library! Suitable for kids and teens, discover a variety of content based around puzzles and games on Hoopla. https://www.hoopladigital.com/collection/145016

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.
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.
A children's book cover titled "Frankie's Train Day!" featuring a girl and a blue puppet with glasses, standing on a train track with colorful toy trains and green mountains in the background. The girl is smiling and holding a toy train, while the pu
Book cover of "Abundance" by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, featuring an illustration of a floating landmass with sustainable cityscape, solar panels, lush greenery, water, animals, and trees.
Book cover of Jeremy Renner's memoir titled 'My Next Breath', features a black and white photo of Jeremy Renner looking to the right.
Book cover for 'The First Gentleman' by Bill Clinton and James Patterson, featuring a silhouette of a man walking through columns towards the Capitol building, with orange and white text on a dark background.
Book cover of The Sisterhood of Ravensbruck by Lynne Olson, featuring four women walking through a wire fence pathway at sunset with trees in the background.
Book cover for "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid, featuring a woman with curly hair wearing sunglasses reflecting the sky and a rocket, under a partly cloudy sky background.
Cover of the book "The Liars' Window" by Maggie and Stiefvater, featuring a spiral staircase viewed from above with a person walking down, in black and white with on-screen text in bright blue and white.
Book cover for 'The Rivers Daughter: A Memoir' shows a woman rowing a small yellow boat on dark blue water, viewed from above.
Illustration of anthropomorphized crayons with faces, arms, and legs, standing on a map, with a toy fire truck. The crayons are labeled 'Red,' 'Teal,' and 'Yellow,' and are named Drew, Oliver, and Jeffers. A smiling orange ball floats nearby. Above,
Book cover titled 'This Book is Dangerous! A Narwhal and Jelly Picture Book' by Ben Clanton, featuring a cartoon jellyfish with a worried expression against a dark background with shark teeth outline.
Children at a dragon school looking up at colorful dragons in the sky, with a large pink and red dragon with yellow horns in the center, surrounded by a yellow, purple, and green dragons.
Book cover for 'Finders Keepers' by Brett Battles with a briefcase full of US dollar bills and purple and red lighting effects.
Book cover for 'Presion & Child Bad Lands' by Nora Kelly, featuring a sunset landscape with a solitary figure walking through a cracked desert terrain.
Illustration of three young girls walking on a path with a sunset and orange trees in the background. The girl in the middle dressed as a witch is reading a diary. The girl on the left holds a yellow basket, and the girl on the right holds an ice cre
The book cover for 'The Summer That Changed Everything' by Brenda Novak features an illustration of a woman swimming in a turquoise sea, wearing a red swimsuit, with the background showing a sunset over distant mountains and clouds. The title is writ
Cover of a book titled 'A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons' by J. Penner, featuring colorful illustrations of books, a teacup, cupcakes, a teapot, plants, a moon, and magical elements on a purple background.
Book cover titled 'Flashlight' by Susan Choi featuring a sunset or sunrise over a body of water with textured lines and dark silhouettes.
Book cover with a sunset scene over a lake, a woman standing on the bank, and a house nearby. Title: 'Where Secrets Lie' by Colleen Coble, with author's name Rick Acker.
Silhouette of a man with a cowboy hat standing in a graveyard at sunset, with a large tree and gravestones, on a promotional poster for Yellowstone Season 5, Part 2.
Poster for the animated movie 'The Day the Earth Blew Up,' featuring cartoon characters Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, with a green house, city skyline, and bright night sky in the background.
DVD cover for the movie "Black Bag" featuring a group of people, some wearing sunglasses, with a woman in orange leather and a man in a suit holding a gun. Text includes "Collector's Edition," "It takes a spy to hunt a spy," and cast names Cate Blanc
Cover of the DVD 'The Woman in the Yard' featuring a woman dressed in a long black dress and black veil, sitting on a chair in a grassy field with a tree line in the background.
Cover of the novel 'King of Ashes' by S. A. Cosby, featuring a fiery explosion or sparks with fiery colors and a train track at the bottom.
Book cover for 'The Bachelorette Party' by Camilla Sten featuring a wooden pier by the water at dusk, with string lights overhead, a bouquet of flowers and scattered rose petals on the pier, and a cloudy sky with hints of sunset colors.
Book cover of 'With a Vengeance' by Riley Sager Featuring a night scene with a train crossing a stone arch bridge under a dark sky with red and yellow clouds.
Children’s book cover titled "The Worry-Worry Whale Made 32 Mistakes" by Deborah Diesen, illustrated by Dan Hanna. Features a sad gray whale holding a pencil and a notepad, a smiling blue fish with a flute, a flying unicorn fish, and small sea creatu
Cover art for Minecraft: The Manga featuring cartoon-style characters, a girl with red hair and goggles wielding a sword, a green Creeper, and a zombie in armor, set in a blocky Minecraft landscape with mountains and houses.
Book cover of "The Great Mouse Escape" showing a mouse and a rat climbing upward against a green background with yellow streaks and sparkles. The title is in large red letters, with author names James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein in blue, and the
Book cover for 'The Poppy Fields' by Nikki Erlick featuring dark purple poppies on a textured green background with gold and orange specks.
Book cover titled "The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau" by Kristin Harmel, featuring a pink background with an outline of the Eiffel Tower in the center, surrounded by gold floral patterns.
Book cover of 'Grumpy Monkey School Stinks!' by Suzanne Lang, illustrated by Max Lang, featuring a grumpy monkey with a furious expression surrounded by strawberries, with flies buzzing around.
Book cover of "Don't Open Your Eyes" by Liv Constantine. The cover features a torn paper design revealing a partial close-up image of a woman’s face with one eye open and one eye closed, set against a vibrant background with red, purple, and blue str
Book cover for "Off Menu" by Amy Rosen, featuring colorful illustrations of various foods like oysters, salads, lobster, flowers, lobster, cocktails, pizza, and desserts, set against a light blue background.
Book cover for "None of This Is True" by Lisa Jewell, featuring a blue door and gold wall sconces, with large white text stating "Don't Let Him In".
Book cover titled 'The Wild Robot on the Island' by Peter Brown, featuring a large rock formation with a robot standing on top, surrounded by trees, mountains, seagulls, and a pink sun in the sky.
Book cover for 'The President's Shadow' featuring a woman's face, a cityscape, and a man walking on a bridge with a sunset in the background. Red text indicates 'A Shadow Thriller' and '1st Time in Print,' with the authors' names James Patterson and
Book cover for 'A Mother's Love' by Danielle Steel, showing an aerial view of Paris with the Eiffel Tower at dusk, under a starry sky.
Book cover for 'The Death Mask' by Iris Johansen, featuring ancient ruins with tall stone columns, warm orange and yellow lighting, and a silhouette of a woman standing in front.
Book cover of 'It Happened on the Way to Heaven' by Lisa Jackson, featuring a blue sky with birds, tree branches, and water droplets.
Cover of the children's book titled 'Bluey' depicting Bluey, a blue heeler dog, and her sister Bingo, a red heeler dog, shopping for vegetables with two small garden gnomes wearing red hats and glasses. The background shows a garden with flowers. The
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Libby app logo with a maroon background, depicting an open book and a small bookmark above the text "Libby."
Hoopla logo with blue background
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.