On Tuesday, March 10, 2020 it was announced that one individual in McHenry County and one individual in Kane County tested positive for COVID-19 (aka The Coronavirus). On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 the superintendent of School District 300 released a statement announcing the closure of Dundee Crown High School and Perry Elementary School. The Algonquin Area Public Library District includes […]
The Harnish Library will be open from 9:00am to 9:00pm on Monday, Februrary 17, 2020. The Eastgate Library will be open from 10:00am to 8:00pm. Happy President’s Day!
Ooops….We made a mistake this past newsletter cycle! We totally forgot to include this very important, brand new event: Homeschool Information Night. This will be on Thursday, March 19, 2020 from 6:30-8:00pm in the Large Meeting Room at the Main Library on Harnish Drive. Homeschool Information Night is modeled after our annual Preschool Information Night. There will be local area […]
John Newbery Medal New Kid by Jerry Craft After his parents send him to a prestigious private school known for its academics, Jordan Banks finds himself torn between two worlds. Randalph Caldecott Medal The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson This poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma […]
Starred Reviews from ALL FIVE Publishing Journals* Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and weaves them into one funny, poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life. A Place to Land by Barry Wittenstein The true story behind […]
During your first week back in school, we will be hosting an Escape Room at the Eastgate Library building. The escape room will have a “Famous Failures” theme, featuring famous people that were not always so successful. The program will be on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 from 4:30-5:30pm downstairs in the big meeting room. Teams of four will have to […]
Starting this Friday, October 18, all libraries (full list here) in the CCS Library Consortia will be operating in offline mode. This includes Cary, Crystal Lake, Fox River Valley, Huntley, & the McHenry libraries. Why? We are adding the Indian Trails Public Library District to the consortia. Indian Trails is located in Wheeling and once this process is complete, their […]
Join us for the Library Loop 5K on Sunday, October 27. The race will begin and end at the Algonquin Area Public Library, located at 2600 Harnish Drive in Algonquin, IL. Registration closes at 7:45am and the race begins promptly at 8 am. For our third annual race, we wanted to go bigger and better, which is why the race […]
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!
