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Ames Public Library
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Ames, IA 50010
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Celebrate the Holidays with the Library
Get some holiday shopping done at the Library, spend time together at our holiday events, or get recommendations for great gift books!
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City of Ames
Find more information about the City of Ames, including ways to get involved with your community, at www.cityofames.org.
Ames Police Department
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Ames Police Department Policy Manual
Policing in Ames: A Path Forward
Ames Chamber of Commerce
With over 600 members, the Ames Chamber of Commerce…
Small Talk Reading List: Week 2
Body Awareness, Clothes, Getting Dressed
0-6 Months:
Clothes
Great book to help children learn words of the different clothing items. Each page is a colorful picture of a new clothing item.
Noses are Not for Picking by Elizabeth Verdick This is a great book about all of the different things that noses are able to do, and how they should not be…
More Than Monoliths: Jill Wells
Jill Wells
Artist Talk
Thursday, May 27 at 7pm, via Zoom
Iowa based artist Jill Wells is best known for her dynamic and colorful narrative paintings investigating race, history, stereotypes, accessibility and the human condition.
Born in 1980 in Des Moines, Iowa, Wells was raised in Indianola, Iowa. She studied at Drake University (BFA 2005). An award-winning painter, Wells has been…
Running for Office
Are you thinking of running for an elected office?
These websites and information can help you get started!
Filing Deadlines & Information
The candidate filing period for city and school offices begins on Monday, August 28th .
City candidates file with the city clerk.
School candidates file with…
Early Literacy
Children are listening and learning in every situation! The best things you can do to help your child’s brain develop is reading, writing, talking, singing and playing with them every day. By focusing on these five simple practices every day, your child will form a strong foundation on which to build when they are ready to enter school…
by Ellen Wanamaker
Library books are free, of course. What’s not free is the trip you take because you read about it in a library book and JUST HAD TO GO THERE.
Last spring I was feeling restless (like everyone else) and picked up a copy of Lonely Planet’s “The Vanlife Companion” by Ed Bartlett and Becky Ohlsen, a book about how to rent a camper van, and how to outfit it for epic rolling adventures. This book also features some ambitious road trip itineraries. Some of those were very cool but…
by Danielle Ziegler
Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day and here are some books for you and your kids to read! But wait. Why would I write an article about books to read with your children about Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and publish it the day after? Simply put, reading diverse books and thinking about antiracism are activities that should happen all year long, not just in January. This is one very small way that we can carry on Dr. King’s work throughout the year…