If you enjoyed reading Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel, these are some other books that you might enjoy, all available from Hoopla and Libby/Overdrive through the library’s website. They are also about friendship and are similar in …
Whether you're looking for an old favorite or trying something new, Hoopla Digital has a wide selection of picture books that are also available in video format. See if you can figure out who the narrators are!
Enjoy this special "Bonus Borrows" collection of movies for Kids without using up all of your monthly Hoopla borrows.
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Tuesday, June 16, 6:00 - 7:00 PM.
Ages 8-12.
All the world's a stage…learn how to act in it. In each session we'll do voice acting and Improv scenes with fellow actors in a Zoom video chat.
Join the drama at zoom.us/j/93383291521 or phone in: 312-626-6799 Meeting ID: 933 8329 1521. Password: 708023.
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Saturdays, June 13 & 27, 1:00 PM.
Grades 6 - 8.
Grab your pencils, dice, and device. We are going on an adventure without even leaving home! See what’s happening in this epic online Dungeons and Dragons story.
Join the adventure on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89107708860?pwd=K0U0QmZOdDhUSnJwdTlUTkRJSHZ3Zz09
Meeting ID: 891 0770 8860
Password: 193949
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Thursday, June 11, 4:00 - 5:00 PM.
Grades 4-6.
Want to become the next famous author? Join us on Zoom video chat to participate in our social distancing writers group.
Join the writing at https://zoom.us/j/95865205889 or phone in: 312-626-6799
Meeting ID: 958 6520 5889. Password: 041174.
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Monday, June 08, 2:00 PM.
Join this interactive discussion with Amy & Kyren from Culture of Safety to discover ways to keep yourself and your kids safe and sane during the Coronavirus crisis.
Register now to receive a Zoom chat link.
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Every year, May the 4th is Star Wars Day! This year, we’re suggesting you celebrate with some of the ebooks, audiobooks, videos and more digital materials available to Eisenhower Library card holders. Looks for posts here on our library blog …
Every year, May the 4th is Star Wars Day! This year, we’re suggesting you celebrate with some of the ebooks, audiobooks, videos and more digital materials available to Eisenhower Library card holders. Looks for posts here on our library blog …
Wednesday, June 03, 4:00 PM.
Ages 70-12 with an adult.
Please read and come prepared to discuss the classic chapter book Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo. Borrow the ebook at Hoopla Digital or the audiobook or ebook at Media on Demand from OverDrive.
Join Zoom chat at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82856973798?pwd=RVJpd3lWbkhiQUp0dWJzdEVMV2ZxQT09 or phone in at 312-626-6799.
Meeting ID: 828 5697 3798. Password: 887229.
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We're inviting the entire Eisenhower community to read the same book at the same time so we can share in the experience together.
We'd love for you and your families to read Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. And for our younger readers, Frog and Toad are Friends
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Tuesday, June 02, 6:00 - 7:00 PM.
Ages 8-12.
All the world's a stage…learn how to act in it. In each session we'll do voice acting and Improv scenes with fellow actors in a Zoom video chat.
Join the drama at zoom.us/j/93383291521 or phone in: 312-626-6799 Meeting ID: 933 8329 1521. Password: 708023.
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Monday, June 081, 7:00 PM.
The library may be closed but that doesn't mean we can't keep the movie screenings going. Join us on our Facebook page at 7:00 PM for an online screening of Gulliver's Travels, the Fleischer Brothers animated adaptation of Jonathan Swift's classic tale.
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My youngest discovered one of his favorite books on Kanopy Kids today!
In James Marshall’s version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks is a gleefully naughty child who is guilty of gluttony, disobeying her parents, and breaking and …
With the stay-at-home order, Index the Gnome’s plan for hiding around the library for you to find is totally out the window. But he’s still hanging out in Kids World waiting to reply to your messages. Now, you can contact Index by email and he’ll either email you back or send you a letter in the mail.
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Thursday, May 28, 4:00 - 5:00 PM.
Grades 4-6.
Want to become the next famous author? Join us on Zoom video chat to participate in our social distancing writers group.
Join the writing at https://zoom.us/j/95865205889 or phone in: 312-626-6799
Meeting ID: 958 6520 5889. Password: 041174.
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Wednesday, May 27, 4:00 PM.
Do you love graphic novels? Are you in grades 3-5? Join us via Zoom video chat as we discuss Fun Fun Fun World by Yehudi Mercado.
Borrow a digital comic at Hoopla Digital.
Join Zoom Meeting at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87402165362?pwd=dEJkUGhQQTg2RzF5Y3VhUDlKL1dXdz09
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Follow along with Youtuber How2DrawAnimals to learn how to draw a realistic badger. Then head over to our WE ALL READ page and download an ebook or audiobook of The Wind in the Willows following the adventures of Mr. Badger …
With Cook County and the rest of the state expected to move into Phase Three of Governor Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan at the end of the month, Eisenhower staff will be in the building during the last week of May to begin implementing our plan to resume library services.
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Missing Pete the Cat? Me too. But have no fear, Pete and the Missing Cupcakes is available on Hoopla and Overdrive/Libby so you can read or listen anytime.
Book | Hoopla Ebook | Overdrive Ebook | Hoopla Audio…
Escape to the world of your imagination with nothing but a pencil and paper. Start out small and draw a circle with intense shading or challenge yourself with a self portrait. Regardless of what you draw, you will find that …
Have you been wishing to escape away into a magical fantasy land lately? I know I have.
J.K. Rowling has launched a movement called Harry Potter at Home, making the series far more accessible to everyone as we navigate …
