If you’ve been participating in our community reading program, WE ALL READ, and enjoying the book selections, we have more that you might like to read with your families. All of our suggestions are available to borrow from our digital …
The T. S. Eliot Foundation and the Poetry Society of America have announced the winner of the Four Quartets Prize: Brian Teare’s poem “Toxics Release Inventory (Essay on Man)” from his collection Doomstead Days.
The Four Quartets Prize—which was …
Take a break from Animal Crossing and Zooming and Google Classrooms to relax with a good book available to download for free at Hoopla Digital or Libby/Overdrive.
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliSixteen-year-old and not-so-openly …
On Monday evenings in May we're celebrating the best films of 1924 with online Watch Parties on our Facebook Page. A Facebook Watch Party is a new way to hold a live screenings online. Anyone can watch and comment on the videos at the same time to create a shared viewing experience.
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It’s 1989, and the Lady Falcons of Danvers, Massachusetts are staring down another losing season of field hockey. Instead of going full Bad News Bears, the goalie decides to try something new and pledge her soul to the devil …
Quiet rural life is transformed into a technicolor nightmare when a family finds themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism.
Color out of Space stars Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Q’orianka Kilcher, and Tommy Chong. The film is an adaptation …
Need a break from your homework or want to start a new hobby? Find a piece of paper and get ready to fold. Check out these eBooks on Hoopla Digital for beginning Origami folds all the way to advanced folds.…
I like having this extra time to cook with my kids. I want to send them out into the world knowing the basics: how to make pasta and rice, scramble eggs, and mix up emergency chocolate chip cookies. These are some of our family’s favorite cookbooks, as well as the titles on our To-Be-Baked list. All are available to download through Hoopla Digital or Libby/Overdrive so you can get cooking while the library is closed.
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Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Book | Overdrive Ebook | Large Print
It's Not All Downhill From Here by Terry McMillan
Book | Overdrive Ebook | Audiobook CD
Devoted by Dean Koontz
Book | Audiobook CD
Good news, baseball fans: you don’t have to wait 108 years to get your sports fix.
Enjoy the Chicago Cubs’ historic run to the 2016 World Series from the comfort of your home by streaming the official film, 2016 World …
The Grace Year, by Kim Liggett is an eerie look into a fictional cult-like society where young women are thought to gain a wicked magic when they reach womanhood.
When a girl turns 16, the entirety of her future …
In order to provide provide more content to our patrons during this difficult time of sheltering at home, Hoopla Digital incredibly graciously put together a Bonus Borrows Collection.
This list of more than 1,000 top titles come at no cost to Eisenhower and any checkout of digital items in the Bonus Borrows collection will not count against the twenty items you can borrow from Hoopla each month...
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We've all been thinking about you while the library is closed and thought you might like some fun coloring pages to work on while you're spending time at home. You can download and print the undersea page, the outer space page, or both. I drew them just for you!
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Less than 150 pages long, novellas are a way to sample an author or genre you wouldn’t normally read. Find one of these science fiction, fantasy, or horror novellas on Hoopla Digital or Libby/Overdrive.
The Ballad of Black Tom…
To keep you from going stir crazy without being able to borrow a book or a movie, we’re offering extended access to some of our digital and online materials while the library remains closed. With websites and apps like Hoopla Digital, TumbleBooks, Libby, and Flipster, you can stream or download eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, music, magazines, and more right to your computer, tablet, or smart phone.
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The Storytime from Space program, organized by the Global Space Foundation, gives kids an out-of-this-world experience without the need to leave the house.
For the past few years, astronauts on the International Space Station have been making videos of themselves …
Every month at libraryreads.org, librarians across the county nominate their favorite books. Whichever books get the most nominations go onto the monthly list. Place holds now to get these sure-to-be popular books as soon as possible after they're released ...
If you have questions you can get in touch with us at reference@eisenhowerpld.org, with our live online chat, or by calling 224-585-8029.
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Anyone else homeschooling from the dining room table? Digging out a place to work under the “to-be-filed” pile of papers? Have some time on your hands and finally looking to takle some decluttering? Check out these audiobooks and eBooks on …
