This September we are doing something new for Library Card Sign-Up Month! Your Algonquin library card will act as a coupon card at select Algonquin businesses from September 1st to 30th. A complete list of business and their respective deals can be found here. The design on the card does not matter, as long as it is a card from […]
Celebrate 20 years of SpongeBob SquarePants at the Eastgate Branch Library tomorrow! There will be yellow and square fun all throughout Wednesday, July 17th. Then at 6pm sharp, Eastgate will host a special showing of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie complete with popcorn and candy – register here. Be here or be square!
Video game villain Wreck-It-Ralph must brave the Internet to help Vanellope fix her game Sugar Rush! Come watch the movie with us as the Lake in the Hills Airport tonight! Pack a picnic dinner, and your blanket or chairs and enjoy a free movie on a big screen at the airport. The movie will start at dusk, so plan for […]
Drama Camp will be running from July 8th to July 19th. This program meets everyday during the week from 3-5pm. Attendees are expected to attend each session. Sign-up for this special program begins on Saturday, June 8th, 2019 at 9:00am. You must sign-up in person at the library, no exceptions.
Registration for Summer Book Buddies began on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 and was originally supposed to go until Friday, May 31, 2019 BUT we have had a huge response and can no longer take more reader registrations as of Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Our Monday session has 57 readers while our Tuesday session has 41 readers. It’s great that we […]
Tomorrow from 2:00-3:30pm we will be having a Wii U Super Smash Bros tournament! No Algonquin card is necessary but we ask that you do sign up here. The more kids we have competing, the more fun it is. The winner will get a $10 gift card to Game Stop so be sure to stop on in and try your […]
Book Buddies is back for the summer! Paper registration forms are available in the library and the online registration form is here. This program meets once a week for six weeks and we ask that your child attends at least four of the six weeks. Children going into grades 1-8 will get the opportunity to read aloud to a high […]
This Saturday is both Free Comic Book Day AND Star Wars Day. Of course, there will be free comic books for all ages, courtesy of Modern Age Comics in Algonquin. On top of that, we have so many amazing things planned for you! Check it out: 10:00-10:30am Super Hero Milk & Cookies Storytime 11:00-11:45am Perspective Play – No card required […]
We will be having a special Community Helper storytime session to celebrate National Library Week! Storytimes will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10:30am at the Main Harnish library. We have one additional storytime scheduled at the Eastgate Branch on Friday, also at 10:30am. These will be drop-in programs and do not require any registration. Can you guess what […]
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins Fred Korematsu liked listening to music on the radio, playing tennis, and hanging around with his friends—just like lots of other Americans. But everything changed when the United States went to war with Japan in 1941 and the government forced all people of Japanese ancestry to leave their homes on the West Coast […]
