2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist
Twelve-year-old Marâia Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malâu) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning themiddle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.
When Rafe Kane enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent, " to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.
When Raffa makes a cure from a rare crimson vine he finds deep in the forbidden forest, the bat he saves transforms into something much more.
"Two girls on opposite sides of the planet connect through a mysterious book, whose phantom narrator guides them into spinning a story about the past that will affect their futures"
The Friends of the Library and Habit Burger are teaming up for a fundraiser on June 10!
Join us for a special hour exclusively for families with children, teens and adults who experience sensory sensitivities, held before the library opens to the public.
Please click this link to register.
For any inquiries, please email Karen Geist, Accessibility Librarian
Kids entering kindergarten through 2nd grade can keep their brains in gear with this fun game! We'll be practicing addition and subtraction while playing BINGO. Join us for your chance to win a prize!
Kids ages 2 and up, with their grown-up, are invited to make a quick, beautiful, not-too-messy project. This month we are making strawberries! We will be using washable paint but please do not wear your finest clothing! Clean up at 11:00!
Wednesday, June 11 -- 4:00-5:00
What's a kaleidocycle? Good question! A kaleidocycle, also called a flextangle, is a flexible fidget toy that can be continually turned inside-out, with each rotation showing a new pattern! We'll be coloring mandala patterns on ours and then assembling them, with the help of our awesome teen volunteers!
Drop by beginning at 4:00. We'll clean up together at 5:15!
For kids in kindergarten and up.
Stop by the Children's Department to grab a craft!
Ages 3-10
*AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST*