"Find Your Voice" Summer Reading Kick-Off at QCBC

Don't miss our fun-filled kickoff to our Find Your Voice Summer Reading Challenge. This FREE event is offered in partnership with the Quad City Botanical Center. Join us for summer reading registration, fun activities with community partners, play in the Botanical Center gardens, and more! Kona Ice will be there with icy treats to buy, or bring a water bottle to fill at our complimentary water station. 

Register for Summer Reading, and pick up your free prize, and get a yard sign to show the world that you're a fan of summer reading! 

Drop in to discover hundreds of ways to Find Your Voice at your library this summer - reading, fun, self-expression, creativity, nature, and more! Open to ALL ages, fun for all. Find Your Voice - and Your Story - by Visiting Activity Stations from: 

• Rock Island Library2Go bookmobile (renew or apply for your RIPL card!) 
• Rock Island District Corps of Engineers
• Metro Bus (find out how kids can ride free to the library this summer!) 
• Wapsi Education Center
• Rock Island Parks & Recreation
• RI County Soil & Water Conservation District
• Spring Forward Learning Ctr
• QC Canine Assistance (QC CAN)
• YMCA Youth programs
• Living Proof Exhibit
• Common Chord
• QC Symphony Orchestra
• Midwest Writing Center
• Genesius Guild

Kids, earn up to 10 brag tags for visiting activity stations. Available while they last!

If there's rain, never fear - we'll move inside the Botanical Center.