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The annual Idaho Falls Public Library Winter Reading Challenge begins on Monday, November 28, 2022 and ends on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. There are separate challenges for kids and families and for teens and adults. For more information, and to sign up, visit our Winter Reading information page.

January 1st through January 31st, come solve a Mystery at the Library!
Solve the mystery of who took the Cat in the Hat’s hat and win a prize!
Pick up your entry form in the Children’s Department.
All participants are invited to the After Party on February 2nd at 4 pm.
*Ages 5 – 12 with an IFPL membership.
For more information about this program and others that are hosted by the Idaho Falls Public Library, send us a message or call 208-612-8460.

Join us for our next round of this popular, year-long reading challenge! Kids and teens read 25 books in specific categories; Adults read 50. Adults and teens will have the option to sign up for Book Nerd Your Way, a challenge that doesn’t specify any reading categories. Those who finish the challenge will win an exclusive prize!
Kids who aren’t quite ready to read 100 page books can do the challenge their way! More details coming on January 3 on the Extreme Book Nerd page.
For more information about this program and others that are hosted by the Idaho Falls Public Library, send us a message or call 208-612-8460.

All kids, grades K to 6, are invited to join the Idaho Falls Public Library STEAM Club.
We meet weekly on Thursdays at 4:00pm in the Storytime room.
Here’s our schedule for January 2023:
- January 5—STEAM Powered Fairy Tale – Beauty and the Beast
- January 12—Coding
- January 19—Keva Planks
- January 26—Paper Airplanes
For more information, send us a message or call 208-612-8460.

All kids, grades K to 6, are invited to join the Idaho Falls Public Library STEAM Club.
We meet weekly on Thursdays at 4:00pm in the Storytime room.
Here’s our schedule for January 2023:
- January 5—STEAM Powered Fairy Tale – Beauty and the Beast
- January 12—Coding
- January 19—Keva Planks
- January 26—Paper Airplanes
For more information, send us a message or call 208-612-8460.

All kids, grades K to 6, are invited to join the Idaho Falls Public Library STEAM Club.
We meet weekly on Thursdays at 4:00pm in the Storytime room.
Here’s our schedule for January 2023:
- January 5—STEAM Powered Fairy Tale – Beauty and the Beast
- January 12—Coding
- January 19—Keva Planks
- January 26—Paper Airplanes
For more information, send us a message or call 208-612-8460.

- January 3—Code.org
- January 10—Obstacle Course
- January 17—Blow & Go Parachutes
- January 24—Paper Airplanes
- January 31—REDance
For more information about this program, send us a message online or call 208-612-8460.
Join the Chess Club Wednesdays, from 7pm-9pm, and Saturdays from 11am-2pm on the 2nd floor of the Idaho Falls Public Library.


Throughout the month of January, we solved the mystery of who took the Cat in the Hat’s hat!
All participants are now invited to the After Mystery Party on February 2nd at 4 pm.
There will be games, the grand prize drawing, and refreshments.
*Ages 5 – 12 with an IFPL membership.
For more information about this program and others that are hosted by the Idaho Falls Public Library, send us a message or call 208-612-8460.

- February 7— Building Challenge Legos
- February 14—Cookie Decorating
- February 21—Missing Money Mystery
- February 28—Games
For more information about this program, send us a message online or call 208-612-8460.
Join the Chess Club Wednesdays, from 7pm-9pm, and Saturdays from 11am-2pm on the 2nd floor of the Idaho Falls Public Library.
