STEM Cart Play 
Monday, Mar. 17th&18th @9am-5pm
Reserve a 1-hour time slot for free play with our STEM Cart. Our STEM cart is stocked full of stem-related items like marble runs, Legos, circuit kits, microscope, coding robot, and more! Please only register the name of 1 person from your party.
Click here to register for a time slot on Mar. 17th
Click here to register for a time slot on Mar. 18th
St. Patrick's Day Storytime with Miss Paula
Monday, Mar. 17th @10am
This is a registered event for children ages 3-8 years old.
Join our favorite retired librarian, Miss Paula, for a special St. Patrick's Day story time. This story time will include games, books, and crafts!
Click here to register!
50's Plus Senior Club
Tuesday, Mar. 18th @10am
This all-inclusive senior's group will be meeting in the Adel Public Library Community Room for cards, coffee, and connection. Meet new people or spend time with old friends, the goal is to enjoy some social time!
Seniors & Over The Counter Drugs
Tuesday, Mar. 18th pm
Join us in the community room as we hear from former pharmacist and Drake University Professor, June Johnson, on over the counter drugs and how they can help seniors.
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Rock Painting
Tuesday, Mar. 18th @3pm
This program is for children in K-5th grades. Children under 8 must be accompanied by a caregiver.
Join us for rock painting! First come, first served. 
The Wild Robot Day!
Wednesday, Mar. 19th @9-6pm!
We are celebrating the book Wild Robot by Peter Brown all day! Stop by the front desk to complete a robot scavenger hunt, grab a team and sign up for a wild robot escape room, and visit our craft room (fireplace) for DIY robots. At 2:00 p.m. we will be previewing the movie wild robots as well!
The Wild Robot Day! Escape Room
Wednesday, Mar. 19th @10am-5pm
This program is geared for patron in 2nd grade - adults. 
See if you can escape our wild robot themed escape room! Come as a family or as a group of friends (maximum number of seats per timeslot is 6 participants). 
Click here to register for a time slot!
The Wild Robot Day! Movie Screening
Wednesday, Mar 19th @2pm
Join us in the community room to watch the Wild Robot and eat nuts and bolts trail mix. Feel free to wear comfy clothes and bring a blanket. Snacks available while supplies last. 
Blank Park Zoo
Thursday, Mar 20th @1pm
The Blank Park Zoo and some of their animals are coming to the Adel Public Library! Join us in the community room for a wild afternoon of learning.
Teen Spring Fling Party
Thursday, Mar. 20th @3-4:30pm
This event is for patrons in 6th - 12th grades. 
Join us in the community room for crafts, activities, and snacks as we celebrate the first day of spring! Some of the activities include making edible dirt cups, water-color bookmarks, a scavenger hunt and more! 
Yoga
Every Wednesday @ 5:45pm
A licensed yoga teacher leads a class to help you relax in the middle of the work week. All skill levels are welcome. Free-will donations are accepted for this program.
 
This is a registered program for adults.
Click here to register for Mar. 19th
Click here to register for Mar. 26th
Click here to register for Apr. 2nd
Brown Bag Book Club 
March 13th @12:00 PM
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Currently reading:
Maeve in America : essays by a girl from somewhere else
by Maeve Higgins

"An essay collection about life, love, and becoming an American from comedian and podcaster Maeve Higgins"
Evening Book Club 
March 27th @5:30 PM
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Currently reading:
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin

"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"
Austen years : a memoir in five novels
by Rachel Cohen

With unusual depth and fresh insight in Jane Austen's life and literature, the author examines her own life through the works of Austen, in this volume that weaves tighter memoir, criticism and biographical and historical material about Austen herself. Bibliography. Appendix.
My daddy is a cowboy
by Stephanie Seales

While taking an early morning horseback ride with her father around their city, a young girl is regaled with cowboy stories filled with fun, community, friendship, discovery and pride and, feeling seen in a new way, discovers that she, too, is a cowboy. Illustrations.
Addison Cooke and the treasure of the Incas
by Jonathan W. Stokes

After twelve-year-old Addison Cooke's uncle unearths ancient Incan secrets in Peru, he is kidnapped by a shadowy organization intent on stealing the treasure unless Addison and his friends can decipher the clues first
Questions? Email us at librarian@adeliowa.org
By Lily Schwarz
Adel Public Library
303 S 10th St.
Adel, Iowa 50003
(515) 993-3512

https://adelpl.org/