Kids Benefit From Reading All Summer

On Your Mark, Get Set, READ! This summer, help your kids get ready to read or help your kids maintain the reading skills they have worked so hard for during the school year. Reading during the summer helps kids get a great start in the fall. Join the 2025 Summer Reading Program today!

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Exploring Indianapolis Chinese History

June 29 at 2 p.m.
Join us in the Indianapolis Special Collections Room (6th floor) at Central Library with public Historian Kelsey Green to explore the experiences of Indianapolis's earliest Chinese immigrants and their early 1900s businesses.

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Start Your Engines: Science Fiction Races

The greatest spectacle in reading is what you make it! Get excited for the Indy 500 with these titles, as summer races towards us. Dive into a different world or aparate to another dimension, as these science fiction books have an emphasis on fantasy and or time travel. Join in the fun with characters that are on the run, on a time crunch, or both. Any one of these reads will make for an excellent and exciting escape as the characters race towards a solution and you towards the conclusion.

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Finding Books by Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors

Here are five tips to help you find books written by Asian and Pacific Islander authors, including a convenient list of authors linked directly to our catalog for placing requests or checking out e-books or audiobooks.

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A Century Later: Reflections on the Trial of Klansman D.C. Stephenson

The Library is partnering with local civic organizations to reflect on the 1925 trial of D.C. Stephenson, a Ku Klux Klan leader convicted of rape and murder. This pivotal trial, conducted in Noblesville, marked the decline of the Indiana KKK, which wielded significant political and social power in the 1920s. A series of events in Marion and Hamilton counties will provide opportunities for education and reflection on this historical turning point.

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Seed Library

The Seed Library makes free seeds available for pick-up at all branch locations each growing season. In addition to free seeds, check out resources and attend workshops about growing and using plants from your seeds!

Seeds Available: March - September
Limit: 5 packets per visit

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Find Your Next Great Read

Are you looking for your next read? We can help! Visit us in person, explore reading recommendations online, join an in-person or online book discussion, get recommendations on Facebook or tune in to our televised book club segments!

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The Indianapolis Public Library commemorated the re-opening of the Nora Branch with a belated celebration on May 3, 2025. Check out this video recap of the day's events. Learn more about the Nora Branch, its amenities, hours of operation, and upcoming events.