The Monticello Public library, State Library of Iowa, and Bridges are excited to introduce magazine checkouts for Monticello and Jones County Residents. The feature will be available for a year on Bridges, while the State of Iowa Library staff gauges patron interest and usage to determine if it should become a permanent feature of the Bridges eLibrary. Magazines are currently available on Bridges as a special collection through both the OverDrive and Libby apps, and on library websites in the browser (via OverDrive Read).
No wait lists or holds *** Do not count towards checkout limits
Allow you to renew your magazine
Can be downloaded on the Libby App for offline use.
**This pilot was made possible through federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The collection budget was not affected by this program.**
Introduction to cursive
Registration Required- 3rd Grade to Adult- Workbook Provided
Nancy Drew
-Free & Open to the Public -
Refreshments Served
Vinyl signs make great gifts!
Teen Programs (click on the program to learn more)
Ongoing Programs
Toddler Story Time This story time is for children aged 2-4 as of Sept.15 of the current school year. We will meet Fridays from 10:00am-11:00am beginning on September 7. **There is no story time when there is no school in the Monticello School District.**Stop in, call or visit our website to register.
After School Brickbuilding
2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month
Library Meeting Room
3:30 - 4:30 pm
2nd Monday of the month
NASA Themed Activities
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Enrichment Activities for Homeschoolers . 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
10:30 am Activities are appropriate for
grades K-12 Contact the library for details
The Adventure Pass program is year round. Each Jones County Resident age 18 or older possessing a Monticello Public Library Card can check out each of the passes listed below once a year. Each of these passes is able to be used year round! Book a pass for non-school days and treat yourself to some fun and entertainment! Click hereto check availability!
Please note: The Adventure Pass is available to Jones county residents 18 and older. When using the Quad Cities Fun Bundle you must stop by the Library to pick up the Quad Cities Fun Bundle Membership Card.
The Figge, Grount Museum District, and Blank Park Zoo accept printed passes and do not require you to have the Library's membership card
A Few New(er) Reads in the Library
Christain Fiction Hester's Hunt for Home
In colonial America, a Native American orphan raised among the Amish explores her identity, torn between two cultures and unsure of where she belongs. When she's forced to leave everything behind and forge her own path, where—and with whom—will Hester choose to make her new home?
Children's Book
Grumpy Monkey Jim Panzee wakes up in a bad mood one beautiful day, but he keeps denying he is grumpy even as his friends give advice for feeling better.
Fantasy Fiction Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance *Patron Recommendation*
Orphaned, raised by wolves, Merlin, Weylyn Grey knew he wasn’t like other people. But when he single-handedly stopped that tornado on a stormy Christmas day in Oklahoma, he realized just how different he actually was.
That tornado was the first of many strange events that seem to follow Weylyn from town to town. As amazing as these powers may appear, they tend to manifest themselves at inopportune times and places. Weylyn’s unique abilities are a curiosity at best and at worst, a danger to himself and the woman he loves.
In late September 2015, Hurricane Joaquin swept past the Bahamas and swallowed a pair of cargo vessels in its destructive path: El Faro, a 790-foot American behemoth with a crew of thirty-three, and the Minouche, a 230-foot freighter with a dozen sailors aboard. Tristram Korten weaves a remarkable tale of two veteran sea captains from very different worlds, the harrowing ordeals of their desperate crews, and the Coast Guard's extraordinary battle against a storm that defied prediction.
A fearless eight-year-old runs his own ghost patrol, looking for ghosts, monsters, and mischief makers everywhere in this adventure-filled chapter book series that’s perfect for emerging readers.
Sixteen-year-old Josh falls in love with newcomer Chatham Claiborne, who has come to town to find her missing sister, but when Chatham suddenly disappears Josh unearths a web of lies and secrecy surrounding her life, and in doing so unwittingly discovers vital clues to the town's longest unsolved mystery
For 3rd - 6th graders - Registration required Learn More
October in Pictures
Danuta Hutchins(top) spoke about the Butterfly Effect. The 2nd annual memory garden program(bottom) was a big hit again this year.
Will it Waffle?Our teens had a great time figuring out what foods will work in a waffle iron. They tested: macaroni & cheese, stuffing, omelets, quesadillas, sugar cookies and brownies.
