510 C Avenue

PO Box 1212

Kalona, IA 52247

319-656-3501

kaloplib@kctc.net

 

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For Adults

The Kalona Library has a wide variety of books, newspapers, magazines and DVDs for you to peruse and check out. Please refer to the list below to see everything we offer.  

 

  • Fiction

  • Nonfiction

  • Large Print

  • DVDs

  • Music CDs

  • Parenting Collection

  • Audiobooks

  • Newspapers

  • Magazine

  • eBooks/magazines/audiobooks via Bridges

 

 

 

 

newspapers and magazines
weekly bestsellers
new books
Award winners
Award winners
large print books
book club


Featured Events

Jan 20
Storytime
Jan 20, 2021, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Come join us every Wednesday morning upstairs at the Kalona YMCA for stories and engaging motion activities. 

Jan 27
Storytime
Jan 27, 2021, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Come join us every Wednesday morning upstairs at the Kalona YMCA for stories and engaging motion activities. 

Jan 28
Author Event - Evie Yoder Miller
Jan 28, 2021, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Join us for a virtual reading and Q & A with author Evie Yoder Miller! Email director@kalonapubliclibrary.com for the event link.

Evie Yoder Miller is retired from teaching, most recently at UW-Whitewater in Wisconsin. Her new trilogy carries elements of her previous fiction: historical, Eyes at the Window (2003), and literary, Everyday Mercies (2014).

She grew up in Kalona in the 1940s and 1950s, immersed in a family unit of parents and three older siblings, a Mennonite church, and a rural community. In 1962 she graduated from Iowa Mennonite School.

Feb 03
Storytime
Feb 3, 2021, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Come join us every Wednesday morning upstairs at the Kalona YMCA for stories and engaging motion activities. 

Feb 10
Storytime
Feb 10, 2021, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Come join us every Wednesday morning upstairs at the Kalona YMCA for stories and engaging motion activities. 

Feb 17
Storytime
Feb 17, 2021, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Come join us every Wednesday morning upstairs at the Kalona YMCA for stories and engaging motion activities. 

Feb 24
Storytime
Feb 24, 2021, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Come join us every Wednesday morning upstairs at the Kalona YMCA for stories and engaging motion activities. 

Mar 03
Storytime
Mar 3, 2021, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Come join us every Wednesday morning upstairs at the Kalona YMCA for stories and engaging motion activities. 

Mar 10
Storytime
Mar 10, 2021, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Come join us every Wednesday morning upstairs at the Kalona YMCA for stories and engaging motion activities. 

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Contact Us

510 C Ave. Kalona, IA 52247
319-656-3501

kaloplib@kctc.net

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Staffed Hours

Monday - Thursday:  9:30-8

Friday: 9:30- 5

Saturday 9:30-3

 

Appointment Availability

Monday - Thursday:  9:30-7

Friday: 9:30- 4

Saturday 9:30-2

 

 

Community

City of Kalona

Kalona Chamber 

Kalona Tourism

City of Riverside

Washington County

Area School Websites

 

 

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