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I hope you enjoyed The Gown by Jennifer Robson, the June, 2022 selection for our Facebook Book Club. If you did, maybe you'll also like something from this list of historical novels featuring characters that form strong bonds and rely on the support of each other, despite their disparate backgounds.
Did you know you can play board games at Kids World? All you have to do is select a game you want to play and we at the desk can check it out for you! Easy peasy!
At the last meeting of the Bring Your Own Book Club, a bunch of book lovers chatted about the books we’ve all been reading lately including those listed below. Looks like we’ll be doing it again on July 1st at 3:30 PM. If you’d like to tell us about some books or hear what your fellow readers suggest, join our Zoom chat.
“Bay Area Weekly just named me Silicon Valley’s Number One Spoiled Brat. Remember, we’re talking about California. Think of all the other spoiled brats I had to beat out for that title.”
Tuesday, July 26, 2022, 7:00 PM.
Join us each month for a virtual book discussion to talk about cozy mysteries. This month's book will be Terror in Taffeta by Marla Cooper.
“Or that when white people compliment her (“She’s so professional. She’s always on time”), it doesn’t always feel good, because sometimes people are gonna be surprised by the fact that she showed up, rather than the fact that she had something to say when she did.”
June 04–July 30, 2022
Take your reading journey along the road less traveled and win incredible prizes with Summer Reading for kids, teens and adults at Eisenhower!
The Science Fiction Writers of America named the winners of their annual Nebula Awards. Since 1965, the Nebula Awards have been given each year for the best novel, novella, novelette, and short story eligible for that year’s award.
Last month we passed out a bunch of "mystery baskets" containing a random selection of art supplies. Participants of all ages were tasked with using the basket contents to produce an artistic masterpiece.
Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 6:30 PM.
Join us in the library's garden this summer for an evening discussion of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novellas. This month we'll discuss The Black God's Drums by P. Djeli Clark.
This year, the theme for our Summer Reading program is "Read Beyond the Beaten Path," taking you on an out of the ordinary reading adventure that takes you everywhere and let's you earn great prizes just for reading.
“If you elect me to congress, I will pass legislation allowing you to deduct Girl Scout cookies as charitable donations. This is my only platform.”
The Big Book of Schools is a free resource put out by Chicago Parent magazine. Inside its 70 pages is a directory of the schools (private and charter) in the Chicagoland area. Looking for a pre-school? Or, maybe a school for an older child with a particular emphasis? This magazine is for you!
The Meeting of the Eisenhower Public Library District Board of Trustees Island Within A City Committee June 16, 2022
“It started with the layoffs, and then it just kept getting worse. I thought I’d get out, and I haven’t been able to, and it’s just a lot. I’m fine. It’s just exhausting to be around people sometimes.”
The Regular Meeting of the Eisenhower Public Library District Board of Trustees June 16, 2022
Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbors in Katterjin, an exclusive, wealthy subdivision in post-Apartheid South Africa. Katterjin's predominantly white status quo is broken when Hortensia, a hugely successful, black designer, purchases the first house that Marion, an equally successful, white architect, ever designed.
The Scooby Gang taught Saturday-morning-cartoon-obsessed-kids that there's a rational explanation for everything and reason triumphs over superstition. Monsters are not real. But what if they were?
Have a few minutes to spare? Test your brain on these 20 trivia questions all relating in some way to camping and hiking.
