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Downtown Library

10:00am-6:00pm

Downtown Library
401 19th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201
United States

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Sun: Closed

Mon: 10:00am-6:00pm

Tue: 10:00am-6:00pm

Wed: 10:00am-6:00pm

Thu: 10:00am-6:00pm

Fri: 10:00am-6:00pm

Sat: 10:00am-2:00pm

Watts-Midtown Branch

9:00am-8:00pm

Watts-Midtown Branch
2715 30th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201
United States

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Sun: Closed

Mon: 9:00am-8:00pm

Tue: 9:00am-8:00pm

Wed: 9:00am-8:00pm

Thu: 9:00am-8:00pm

Fri: 10:00am-6:00pm

Sat: 10:00am-2:00pm

Southwest Branch

10:00am-6:00pm

Southwest Branch
9010 Ridgewood Road
Rock Island, IL 61201
United States

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Sun: Closed

Mon: 12:00pm-8:00pm

Tue: 12:00pm-8:00pm

Wed: 10:00am-6:00pm

Thu: 10:00am-6:00pm

Fri: 10:00am-6:00pm

Sat: 10:00am-2:00pm

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Upcoming Events

Library2Go Route - Blue Week

All Day 8/17–8/20

Everyone

Library2Go Mobile Library

Offsite Event

Early Learning Outreach-RIMSD HeadStart & Preschool For All Visits

9:00am–11:00am

Early Learning

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Offsite Event

Toddler Playgroup

10:00am–12:00pm

Early Learning

Downtown Library

Early Learning Outreach-RIMSD HeadStart & Preschool For All Visits

12:00pm–12:30pm

Early Learning

Offsite

Offsite Event

Downtown Movie Club

1:00pm–3:00pm

Adult

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Ready, Set, Build!

3:00pm–5:30pm

Children, School Age

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Popular Fiction - Staff Favorites

Book cover reading 'Iron Widow' by Xiran Jay Zhao, featuring a woman in a black suit against an abstract design of orange feathers

Book cover reading "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield, featuring a stack of books , one of which has a red ribbon bookmark

Book cover reading "Crow Mary" by Kathleen Grissom, featuring a bird feather against a red background

Book cover reading "Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter" by Heather Fawcett, featuring a colorful illustration of cats among books and decorative items

Book cover reading "Beloved " by Toni Morrison, featuring large yellow and white lettering against a red background

Book cover reading "Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous" by Autumn K. England, featuring a sword and purple tome underneath of a fruit tree

Book cover reading "Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore" by Emily Krempholtz, featuring a man and woman smiling amidst colorful flowers and a large dragon against a blue and purple gradient background

Book cover reading 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' by Zora Neale Hurston, featuring a red background with white flowers and leaves

Book cover reading "The Measure" by Nikki Erlick, featuring a bouquet of dark flowers against a yellow background

Book cover reading 'You Weren't Meant to be Human' by Andrew Joseph White, featuring red worms intertwined with the title text against a black background

Book cover with white text reading "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller, featuring an abstract, red silhouette of a person against a blue background

Book cover with white and yellow text reading "Just for the Summer" by Abby Jimenez, featuring an illustration of a man, woman, and dog running through water against a colorful sunset

Book cover with black and white text reading "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller, featuring a golden Greek helmet against a blue background

Book cover with white text reading "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, featuring an abstract orange and yellow design

Popular Nonfiction - National Dog Month

Book cover with pink and blue text reading "Tender Paws" by Wendy Lyons Sunshine, featuring a young dog against a white background

Image for "Welcoming Your Puppy from Planet Dog"

Image for "The Forever Dog Life"

Image for "The Year of the Puppy"

Image for "Doctor Dogs"

Image for "Who's a Good Dog?"

Image for "Lost Companions"

Image for "Finding Grace"

Image for "All-American Dogs"

Image for "Olive, Mabel & Me"

Image for "Dog-Eared"

Image for "Dogs on the Trail"

Image for "Forever Home"

Image for "Wonderdog"

Image for "The Little Book of Dog Care"