⏰ It’s the FINAL week of Summer Reading! Don’t miss your chance to turn in your reading logs and tokens for the grand prize drawing! 🎉 The deadline to submit tokens is Friday, August 2nd — so swing by this week and get them in whi
⏰ It’s the FINAL week of Summer Reading! Don’t miss your chance to turn in your reading logs and tokens for the grand prize drawing! 🎉 The deadline to submit tokens is Friday, August 2nd — so swing by this week and get them in while you can. 📚 Thank you to everyone who’s joined us for a summer full of stories, adventures, and fun! Let’s finish strong — we can’t wait to see you! #SummerReading #LastWeek #TowandaLibrary #GrandPrize #ReadingRocks
✨🖋️ Level Up Your Knowledge: The Art of Journaling 🖋️✨ Looking for a mindful way to unwind, reflect, and reconnect with yourself? Join us for "The Art of Journaling for Mindfulness & Self-Discovery"—an inspiring workshop where
✨🖋️ Level Up Your Knowledge: The Art of Journaling 🖋️✨ Looking for a mindful way to unwind, reflect, and reconnect with yourself? Join us for "The Art of Journaling for Mindfulness & Self-Discovery"—an inspiring workshop where we’ll explore how simple words on a page can spark big inner growth. 🌿 You’ll learn journaling techniques that promote mindfulness, reduce stress, and encourage creativity. No experience necessary—just bring a pen and an open mind! 📅 Date: Thursday, July 24th 🕕 Time: 5:30 pm 📍 Location: Towanda District Library 🎟️ Free and open to teens & adults! We’ll provide prompts, good vibes, and plenty of time to write. Come discover how a blank page can become your most powerful tool for reflection. #LevelUpYourKnowledge #MindfulJournaling #TowandaLibraryEvents
⏰ It’s the FINAL week of Summer Reading! Don’t miss your chance to turn in your reading logs and tokens for the grand prize drawing! 🎉 The deadline to submit tokens is Friday, August 2nd — so swing by this week and get them in whi ✨🖋️ Level Up Your Knowledge: The Art of Journaling 🖋️✨ Looking for a mindful way to unwind, reflect, and reconnect with yourself? Join us for "The Art of Journaling for Mindfulness & Self-Discovery"—an inspiring workshop where

Do you love the library? Do you enjoy helping people? Do you enjoy reading? Starting mid-August we will have an opening for a Circulation Assistant II here at the Towanda District Library! Candidates must be able to work a flexible schedule of 6-15 hours per week, including evenings and weekends.

Click this link to see the job description and access the application.
Library hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10-4; Tuesday and Thursday 1-7; and Saturday 10-2. Closed on Sunday

Thank you for participating in our Summer Reading Program! It was a fun filled couple of months!

We are always looking for ways to improve your experiences at the Towanda District Library. Because of this, we ask that you fill out this linked short survey about the 2025 Summer Reading Program: Level Up at Your Library!

We hope to see you soon!

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

  • Public computers

  • Copying/Faxing

  • Notarizing

  • Programming for kids and adults

  • Cricut machines free for use

  • Toys

  • DVDs

  • Online databases

  • eBooks

  • Technology assistance

  • And much. much more!

If you LOVE getting the Scholastic flyers from your school, you’ll LOVE this news!

New Scholastic book and comic arrivals now on Hoopla! Read a variety of series and titles including The Hunger Games, Wings of Fire, Dog Man and more:  https://www.hoopladigital.com/publisher/scholastic-inc

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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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

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
Book cover for 'MILLIE FLEUR SAVES THE NIGHT' by Christy Mandin featuring a girl holding a lightbulb with a dark, fluffy creature and moonlit background.
Book cover of "Sunny Figures It Out" by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, depicting three children ice skating on an ice rink, with a layered background of light blue and white snowflakes.
A book cover for 'Freida McFadden' with the title 'Do Not Disturb', featuring a teapot pouring yellow liquid onto a yellow sign with black text in a wooden setting.
Book cover featuring an American flag with bold, large text displaying the title 'Brad Thors Edge of Honor' and the author's name, A. T. Haller.
Cover of a children's book titled 'Diary of a Pug: Super Pug', featuring a cartoon pug dressed as a superhero with a red cape and firefighter helmet, and other cartoon animals including a cat, a hamster, and a dog in firefighter gear, with a rainbow
Book cover of "Owl Diaries: Eva and the New Teacher" by Rebecca Elliott, showing anthropomorphic owls painting on a tree branch, with the publisher's logo Scholastic and a note about streaming on Apple TV+.
Cover of a Halloween-themed book titled "Scary Shark: A Jaw-Some Halloween" by Mike Lowery. The illustration features a cartoon shark holding a bowl of Halloween treats, a smiling Jack-o'-lantern, a cute spider with pumpkin-like body and antennae, an
Book cover of "Snoop" by Gordon Korman, featuring a puppy looking up with a teal background and the word "Snoop" with the letter "O" replaced by cartoon eyes.
Book cover with a red background featuring bold white text that reads "I Want to Burn This Place Down" by Maris Kreizman. There is an image of matches with one match struck on a matchbook.
Cover of a children's book titled 'Norman and the Smell of Adventure' by Ryan T. Higgins. The illustration depicts a cheerful brown bear with a backpack and a walking stick, walking outdoors in a nature setting with trees and mountains in the backgro
A girl with glasses, dark hair in braids, wearing a camp t-shirt and pink pants, is holding a bow and pointing it at a tree stump with plant growing from it, on a grassy campground with a lake, trees, and mountains in the background. Choctaw camping
Book cover for 'Happy Wife', a novel by Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores, depicting a luxury house and water scene with palm trees and a boat, in vibrant pink, green, and dark blue colors.
Book cover titled 'A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic' by J. Penner, decorated with illustrations of baking and magical items, including a raspberry tart, cookies, honey jar, strawberry, books, and herbs, with a dark starry background and celestial eleme
Animated book cover titled "Bluey Bus" with illustrations of Bluey and her friends riding in a yellow bus, set against a bright, colorful background with clouds and confetti, featuring a circular label that says "A Bluey Chapter Book."
Cover of a children's book titled 'Bluey Trains' featuring the cartoon dog Bluey and two other dogs at a train station with a train in the background.
Cover art for Minecraft: Stories from the Overworld featuring two children hanging from a ledge over lava, with one pulling the other up, in a pixelated art style reminiscent of Minecraft
Book cover of "Spectacular Things" by Beck Dorey-Stein featuring an illustration of two girls in pink swimsuits playing in the ocean at the beach.
Cover art for Beyblade X volume 3 featuring animated characters holding Beyblade tops and weapons, with a red background and stylized title text.
Book cover for 'Rage' by Linda Castillo featuring a rural scene with a dirt road, dried corn stalks, a cloudy sky, and birds flying overhead.
Book cover of 'The View from Lake Como' by Adriana Trigiani, showing a woman with long, wavy hair sitting on a boat looking at Lake Como, with a hillside town and a hotel in the background.
Book cover for "The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant" by Liza Tully, featuring silhouettes of two women under magnifying glasses, in red, black, and white colors.
Book cover of "The Woman in the Window" by Ruth Ware, featuring a turquoise bathtub with water and bubbles, two water faucets, and large text titles.
Book cover for 'These Summer Storms' by Sarah Maclean featuring illustration of four people walking on a sandy beach near the ocean with waves and a distant lightning storm in the cloudy sky.
Book cover for 'The Bewitching' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia featuring a green background with black vine designs, a pale hand with a raised finger, and a yellow bird with pin-like pins around it.
Book cover of "The Unraveling of Julia" by Lisa Scottoline featuring a scenic, foggy landscape of rolling hills and a villa surrounded by tall cypress trees at dusk.
Book cover of 'The Girl I Was' by Geneva Rose featuring colorful illustrations of two girls' faces in profile, one with black hair and the other with blonde hair, facing each other
Cover of the book titled 'Coded Justice' by Stacey Abrams, depicting a silhouette of a woman walking through a tunnel of bright blue and white lights, with the author's name in large white letters and the title in yellow letters.
Book cover of 'Wayward Girls' by Susan Wiggs, featuring a door with sunlight streaming through a crack, with a textured blue and orange background.
Book cover for 'An Inside Job' by Daniel Silva, showing a spiral staircase illuminated with purple and blue lighting.
Cover of a Halloween-themed book titled 'Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat' by Julien Chung, featuring a stylized tree with a spider hanging from a web, a glowing yellow moon in the night sky, a carved pumpkin, and orange polka dots along the purple border.
Cover of a children's book titled "Tiny T. Rex and the First-Day Oopsies", featuring a cartoon T. Rex wearing a red bow tie, standing on school steps with scattered school supplies around.
Cover of a children's book titled 'The Day the Books Disappeared,' featuring a young boy reading a book about flight, with two children in the background experiencing surprise and shock, with speech bubbles saying 'Poof!'
Book cover titled "The Zom Bites" with a black background, large white distressed text, and small green cartoon bees flying around.
Book cover for 'Creepy Sheepy' showing a cartoon sheep with white fluffy wool, big eyes, and small horns, in a spooky Halloween setting with black leafless trees, flying bats, and a pumpkin filled with Halloween candy. Text on the cover includes titl
Book cover for 'The Hamptons Lawyer' by James Patterson and Mike Lupica. Features a woman walking away with a backpack, set against a sunset background with gradient sky colors.
Animated outdoor field with cartoon animals playing cricket, prominent brown dog holding a cricket bat in the center, with trees and clouds in the background, and the text 'Bluey Cricket' at the top.
Book cover for 'How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkling' by Cressida Cowell, featuring a large blue dragon and a small dragon rider flying in front of a yellow background.
Book cover of 'Not Quite Dead Yet' by Holly Jackson featuring a dark background with blue and red accents, and the title in large white and red letters.
Book cover of "That Last Carolina Summer" by Karen White, featuring a sunset over a marsh with two boats, one green and one red, on calm water.
Book cover of 'The Last Wizards' Ball' featuring a woman with her face covered, a snake wrapped around her neck, and jewelry on her chest, against a purple background.
Book cover for 'The List' by Steve Berry, with torn paper effect revealing red background and white title text, and a background filled with numbers.
Book cover for 'The Library at Hellebore' by Cassandra Khaw featuring dark blue flowers and a detailed, realistic heart on a black background, framed with intricate blue decorative borders.
DVD cover art for the video game Final Destination Bloodlines featuring a fiery skull with glowing eyes and sharp teeth, with a missile or rocket launching from the bottom center, amidst explosions and debris.
Book cover of 'A First Time for Everything' by K. L. Walther. The cover features a colorful landscape with a large pink sun or moon, green hills, trees, two people sitting on a pink bench, and two dogs walking nearby. The title is in large white and
Cover of a children's book titled 'The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby,' featuring a smiling baby in a diaper and cape, flying through a space scene with stars, aliens, a robot, and city skyline in the background. The cover includes yellow starbursts
Book cover for "Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers" featuring cartoon characters, a baby, a dog, and a monster, with colorful text and stars
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CATALOGS AND LINKS

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.