¡Celebremos! Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15th to October 15th every year. This year’s theme is “Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation.” In the Library’s 2022-2024 Strategic Plan, we are striving to recognize opportunities to explore and incorporate equity, diversity, and inclusion, and reinforce its importance to the community. We hope that you will join us in celebrating […]
Registration is now open for September Programs! Here’s the PDF for all of our September programs for kids. Registration for October and November programs opens on 9/15! This Week’s Kits & Activities Take and Make Weekly Kids’ Craft Take and Make: Primary Art (FULL) Bluestem 2023 Reading Challenge Caudill 2023 Reading Challenge Monarch 2023 Reading Challenge Banned Books Reading List Challenge Hispanic Heritage […]
Registration is now open for September Programs! Here’s the PDF for all of our September programs for kids. Registration for October and November programs opens on 9/15! This Week’s Kits & Activities Take and Make Weekly Kids’ Craft Take and Make Grandparents’ Day Kit (FULL) Bluestem 2023 Reading Challenge Caudill 2023 Reading Challenge Monarch 2023 Reading Challenge Banned Books Reading […]
We can hardly believe it, but this week September is here! Is that…pumpkin…we smell in the air? Too soon? Well how about some apples then! Come to our drop-in Play to Learn program this Friday and Saturday and enjoy a variety of orchard-inspired games and activities. Have you been missing the Summer Reading Program? Do you need a new reading […]
Registration is now open for August and September Programs! Here’s a PDF of all of our August programs for kids, and here’s the PDF for September. This Week’s Kits & Activities Registration for September Book Boxes This Week’s Programs Monday, 8/22 No Programs today. Tuesday, 8/23 Learn the Sign Language Alphabet, 4:30-6pm. Grades 3-8. (FULL) Wednesday, 8/24 No Programs today. […]
Join us to celebrate the start of our 2023 Illinois Readers’ Choice Award Challenges! Children in grades K-8 can read books from the 2023 Monarch, Bluestem and Caudill Award lists to earn prizes! We will be having an IBA Challenge Kickoff Party on Wednesday, August 31st, from 6:30-7:30pm. Sign up for the challenge for your grade, learn about the nominated […]
Registration is now open for August and September Programs! Here’s a PDF of all of our August programs for kids. This Week’s Kits & Activities Registration for September Book Boxes This Week’s Programs Monday, 8/15 Babies and Beans, 10-11am. 0-23 months. Tuesday, 8/16 No Programs today. Wednesday, 8/17 No Programs today. Thursday, 8/18 Middle School Volunteers, 6-7pm. Grades 6-8. Friday, 8/19 […]
Thanks so much for participating in Summer Reading with the Algonquin Library! We had over 1400 children from birth to 8th grade signed up for Summer Reading this year, with 895 finishers. Do you still have logs to turn in? Good news–prize pickup runs until Sunday, August 7. All finishers ages birth-8th grade can still come pick out a paperback […]
YOU DID IT! We have over 1400 children from birth to 8th grade signed up for Summer Reading this year! So far (as of Monday morning) 785 kids have finished the program and several hundred more have earned their first and second prizes. Keep reading, keep logging those books, and come in for your prizes! Children in Pre-K to 8th […]
ONE WEEK LEFT! We have over 1300 children from birth to 8th grade signed up for Summer Reading this year! So far 455 kids have finished the program and several hundred more have earned their first and second prizes. Keep reading, keep logging those books, and come in for your prizes! Children in Pre-K to 8th grade will earn small […]
