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Winter Reading is here!

Winter Reading 2022 is up and running at the Library! This year’s theme is S’mitten With Books. Winter Reading runs from December 10 to January 31st. Children from birth to 8th grade are encouraged to sign up and help us reach our community goal of 3160 hours of reading for kids. Sign up here using the Library’s Beanstack page, or […]

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Tune in! Bluestem Live Author Chats

The Association of Illinois School Library Educators, who sponsor the Bluestem Book Awards, has planned a series of live chats with the authors of Bluestem-nominated titles. To watch the Live Chats, both upcoming and already completed, click here. To watch book talks on each of the 2022 Bluestem nominees, click here. Click the link below for a PDF schedule of […]

CoVid-19 Resources

Change: Covid-19 Policy

Effective Monday, August 30, 2021: By State Mandate, masks are required inside the library for all people ages 2 years and up. Due to the rising number of cases of COVID-19 and the surge in hospitalizations due to the delta variant, the Governor of Illinois announced Thursday that a statewide indoor mask mandate will go into effect beginning on Monday, August 30. All […]

CoVid-19 Resources

Change: Covid-19 Policy

This policy was reviewed at the Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, June 23rd at 7pm. Updated Covid-19 Policy as of Thursday, June 24, 2021: Guidance from the (CDC) indicates that wearing a face covering/face mask is an effective method recommended to prevent the spread of COVID-19. All persons age two (2) years and older and who are not fully […]

Book Lists

10 Books for Juneteenth

All Different Now by Angela Johnson In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.    Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper Little Mazie wants the freedom to stay up late, but her father explains what freedom really means […]