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With Summer Reading long gone and Winter Reading still months away, Patch Club can be a great way to stay motivated to keep reading during the school year! Our popular reading program for children to earn patches by reading books is open to school-aged children or those who have completed or aged out of our 1,001 Books Before Kindergarten program. […]

Every year the Youth Services Librarians play a little game: when will the first question about Summer Reading come in? This year? JANUARY! A new record! We know you are all so excited to get your reading done this summer, but we do have to wait until actual summer to kick things off. However, we want to give you a […]

Do you like the Pigeon or the Pout Pout Fish? Bad Kitty or Mr. Wolf from the Bad Guys? In this year’s special Character Edition of the 2026 Book Battle, you can visit either the Harnish or the Eastgate library to vote for your favorites as they battle to be named the best.  During week one, you will have 16 […]

Winter Reading is here! Our 2026 Winter Reading Program for all ages kicks off on Monday, December 15! This winter, we’re encouraging you to shake things up — with a good book, of course! Track the time you spend reading to your child, or the time they spend reading on their own, and earn prizes along the way! The program runs […]

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15th to October 15th, and AAPLD has books and programming to celebrate! Every Wednesday evening, adults and high school students can drop in to our Makerspace to decorate your own Hispanic Heritage Month mug! See information and an example here. Join Ms. Agata in learning about the Taíno people of Puerto Rico, and make […]

Algonquin Area, we love ya. Our Summer Reading Program numbers did indeed Level Up this year! We had a record number of signups: 2,455 children from birth to 8th grade register, with 1,628 finishers. These are our highest numbers EVER, and we are so proud of our community! Grand Prize raffle winner names were pulled in early August. Please enjoy […]

Hello friends! Summer Reading is about halfway over (last day is 7/31!) and we are SO happy to let you know that we have 2,278 kids from birth-8th grade signed up. This surpasses last year’s number, and there’s still 29 days left! 425 tiny humans have finished the program and earned their final prizes. Want to get in on the […]

Holy smokes, Library staff are blown away by the amount of people who have registered to Level Up at Your Library this summer! We have nearly 2,000 kids from birth-8th grade signed up to read and earn prizes. We are so proud of our community and the emphasis our families put on reading! Since our program this year is all […]