Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Des Moines Public Library’s Iowa Adventure Pass program will no longer be available in 2025. Any reservation already made for 2025 will be honored, but we encourage anyone with a current reservation to print those passes immediately. Customers can make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. We hope to reintroduce the service at a later time, and we apologize for the inconvenience.
Spring is on its way! Warmer temperatures, more daylight, and just enough rainy days to keep things interesting - all great excuses to read a book, whether relaxing outside or curling up on the couch as showers create flowers outside. These fifteen books, by well-known authors as well as new voic...
Read MoreIn times of crisis books and literature can help us to understand the world. One year ago February 24, 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine. We published this book list after the initial invasion with recommendations to to help you understand the situation, Russian-Ukraine relations, and more. For thos...
Read MoreAViD author Brad Meltzer joins us on the latest episode of the DMPL Podcast! Brad will be kicking off the AViD series on Thursday, March 17, at 7:00 PM at the Central Library. But before coming to town, he comes on the podcast to discuss how excited he is to be back on the road again. He also talks ...
Read MoreWomen's History Month is a time where we highlight everything women have done, both in history and in modern society. It's a great opportunity to highlight stories written by and/or about women, both famous, infamous, and little known. We've picked nine books below that tell the story of some of the...
Read MoreThe DMPL Podcast returns with Book Chat team member Carrie! She's chatting about books she loves that fulfill one or more categories of the 2022 Reading Challenge. If you haven't signed up for the Reading Challenge, do so now! It's a great chance to win books and win prizes in the process. Ap...
Read MoreAfter 16 days of incredible sports stories, drama, and controversies, another winter Olympics has ended. In this edition of Binge-then-Read, we have sports adjacent books, ski trips gone wrong, and some nonfiction about Olympic history, and of course all the Olympic drama. If you spent the last few ...
Read MoreWe've spend the last few weeks talking about the importance of early literacy skills and highlighting how the Simple Steps to Success program can help parents and caregivers incorporate those skills into their everyday lives. Our Outreach Librarian, Maddie Bassman, has been involved in ...
Read MoreOver the next several weeks, we're talking about the importance of early literacy skills and highlighting how the Simple Steps to Success program can help parents and caregivers incorporate those skills into their everyday lives. Our Outreach Librarian, Maddie Bassman, has been involved...
Read MoreOver the next several weeks, we're talking about the importance of early literacy skills and highlighting how the Simple Steps to Success program can help parents and caregivers incorporate those skills into their everyday lives. Our Outreach Librarian, Maddie Bassman, has been involved...
Read MoreOver the next several weeks, we're talking about the importance of early literacy skills and highlighting how the Simple Steps to Success program can help parents and caregivers incorporate those skills into their everyday lives. Our Outreach Librarian, Maddie Bassman, has been involved in early ...
Read MoreOn the most recent episode of the DMPL Podcast, local author Amy Lee Lillard joins the show to discuss her debut short story collection, Dig Me Out. Amy and host Aaron Gernes her popular podcast Broads and Books. Apple Podcasts/iTunes | Google Play | Spotify |&nb...
Read MoreFor this edition of Binge-then-Read we're going to flip the script, and do Read-then-Binge. This month we are sharing some of the 2022 book-to-screen adaptations we are excited about this year. All of these books will also fulfill the category for the DMPL Reading Challenge, "A book t...
Read MoreEarly literacy skills are a vital part of a young child's journey. As kids hear and see more words, they acquire knowledge that allows them to build on what they've already learned, helping them get ready to learn to read when they go to school. The library and our staff are at the front lines of...
Read MoreThe 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence were awarded last night! 2021 AViD author Hanif Abdurraqib won the nonfiction medal for his book A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance, and Tom Lin won the fiction medal for The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu. Establis...
Read MoreOn the latest DMPL Podcast, Book Chat librarian Rebecca joins host Aaron Gernes and completes a Book Chat request for him! You'll find out what Book Chat is, how it works, and then hear an example of how librarians handpick titles for patrons using Book Chat as she picks out some books she thinks Aa...
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