Friends of the Maquoketa Public Library

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from the Friends of the Library!!
🎄❤️📚

Thank you to everyone who attend or volunteered at one (or more) of our many events this year!

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from the Friends of the Maquoketa Public Library! 🦃🍁🤎

We are grateful for all the support and participation from so many of you throughout the year, and so thankful to have a such a wonderful Public Library in our town.

11/25/2025

We love being part of this annual tradition! ❤️❄️🌲

11/08/2025

THANK YOU to all the individuals and local businesses who donated to our Fall Basket Auction! 🍂 And thanks to the generous bidders, we raised $482! 😃

Those proceeds will be used by the Friends of Library to support/sponsor library programs and equipment.

We’ll be contacting the winners today!

11/06/2025

Bidding on our Fall Basket Auction closes tomorrow!

If you’re joining us for our Annual Meeting and Travelogue this evening, don’t forget to check out the baskets (next to the computers, outside the history room)! 😃🍂🧺

10/28/2025

The bids are starting to come in for our Fall Basket Auction, and we just added another great basket today! 🍂🧺🎃

Bidding goes through Friday, Nov 7, so stop in and take a peek at the baskets, and make a bid (or two?).

Thank you to all the individuals and local businesses who donated baskets!

All proceeds from the auction will be used to sponsor/support library programming and equipment. 📚😃👍🏻

10/20/2025

It’s the first day of our Fall Basket Auction! 🍂🧺

Baskets are on display at the library - head up the stairs and take a right.

Bidding goes through Friday, November 7, so bid early, and bid often! 😉

All proceeds will be used by the Friends of the Library to support/sponsor library programming and equipment. 😃📚👍🏻

10/16/2025

We've got a few more days of the Fall Book Sale, and still a lot of good books available (still tons of Children's and Young Adults!).

The sale ends at 1pm on Saturday, so stop down to the Community Room at the Library soon! 😃📚

Send a message to learn more

10/14/2025

We have two great events going on right now - our Fall Book Sale goes through this Saturday, and while you’re there, check out a basket for our Fall Basket Auction! 🍂📚🍁🧺

Proceeds from these fundraisers are used to support/sponsor library programming and equipment purchases. 😃👍🏻

10/11/2025

Today is the first day of our Fall Book Sale! 😃🍂📚

Stop down to the Community Room of the library for the next week to get a great deal on books, puzzles, and games!

We have hardcover, paperback, cookbooks, fiction and non-fiction, children’s, young adult!

08/13/2025

So happy to support the Summer Reading program, and so proud of all the readers! 😎📚