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Drama Camp Registration – June 8th

May 24, 2019

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.

Book Buddies Registration – Early Closing

May 22, 2019

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 […]

There is still room in Minecraft!

May 14, 2019

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.

1001 Books Before Kindergarten – Spring 2019 Graduation

May 13, 2019

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. […]

Super Smash Bros WiiU Tournament

May 9, 2019

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 […]

Little Scientists

May 8, 2019

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.

Book Buddies Reader Registration is HERE!

April 30, 2019

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 […]

Free Comic Book Day!

April 30, 2019

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 […]

National Library Week

April 12, 2019

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 […]

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Congrats to Miss Alexa!

April 1, 2019

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 […]