Our Reading Patch Club is back for the 2019-2020 school year! This reading program was designed for K-8th grade students (if you’re currently participating in 1001 Books Before Kindergarten, this is not for you — yet!). All you need is your Algonquin Area Public Library card. This year we have new Patch Club bags, which you can earn after completing […]
We had a lot of summer fun, but it is back to business now that school is in session again. Join us next Thursday, August 22nd for Using the Digital Library for Homework. We have a TON of resources available online 24/7 (even after the library is closed!) that many people just don’t know about. Did you know that your […]
Our two youth book discussion groups will now be open to everyone, regardless of an Algonquin library card. We want everyone to read! Our book discussions meet the second Thursday of every month from 7-8pm. Everyone reads the same book over the month and then talk about it while munchin’ on some snacks. Some months you will check out the […]
Because of the holiday week, we will not be holding Book Buddies this week. Too many people end up on vacation, which is why we have historically never held Book Buddies around Independence Day. This information has been posted since April 2019 on the promotional materials, information sheets, & all types of registration forms (paper and digital), but just another […]
One of our most popular non-traditional services is the Museum Pass program. Here is a list of participating museums. The big Chicago museums, such as the Shedd Aquarium, DO NOT participate in the suburban Museum Pass program. How does it work? Museum Pass gives 4 passes, per museum, to each public library. Algonquin has 8 passes because we have two […]
This Thursday, May 16 from 7:00-8:30pm is our monthly Minecrafters program. Sign up here with an Algonquin library card now! As of right now, we still have 9 openings in this usually full program. The library has its very own Minecraft accounts so you don’t have to worry about remembering your login information.
Last Tuesday we added 9 new children to our 1001 Books Before Kindergarten alumni. The program began in 2013 and we now have a total of 181 graduates. That comes to a total of 181,181 books or roughly 30,197 books per year! WHY? By age 3, the brain has developed up to 80% despite public education starting at age 5. […]
During the April session of Little Scientists, we explored the science of magnets! Be sure to sign up your 3-5 year old for the next Little Scientists on Thursday, May 23 from 11am-12pm. No Algonquin library card is necessary but we do ask that you sign up here.
We have been busy celebrating National Library Week throughout this week! The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Firefighters and the Algonquin Police Department helped out with storytime on Wednesday and Thursday. This morning we had a local Ballerina from All That Dance in Crystal Lake lead us in ballet storytime. Everyone had a blast at each special storytime session. Many thanks […]
We are proud to announce that our very own Miss Alexa was featured on the Association for Library Service to Children’s blog for her accomplishments with the annual summer Drama Camp program. Take a look at her article here: https://journals.ala.org/index.php/cal/article/view/6423/8477 For those who don’t know, Drama Camp is a two-week long program offered to 4-8th graders each July. Children are […]
