"Before her eyes, the little candle filled with magic. It burned brightly, drawing butterflies to itself, and banished the darkness. It fought off the bandits. The candle became an eternal flame and created a place of wonder."
It amazes me how our eyes can suddenly be open to gaps in our knowledge. This happened to me at the end of January when my mother died.
September 18-24, 2022.
This fall we're celebrating the right to read with special, limited edition "I Read Banned Books" library cards and bookmarks. Ask for yours starting during Banned Books Week!
In seven basic steps, Turner takes us through the human evolutionary process as supported by the fossils of various hominin species discovered all over the world.
Saturday, September 10, 2022, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
Our annual ComicFest has been shrunken down, Ant-Man-style.
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This zany and colorful graphic novel is recommended for readers age 6-10 who are fond of comic storytelling and wacky humor.
Lonny is a lifeling. He can literally save a life- an animal's, a person's- it doesn't matter whose it is or what they are dying from. Lonny has the power to stop it, but there is a catch- and it is a BIG catch- Lonny gives up part of his life to do it.
I’ve been trying to think of ways to entertain my nieces without melting in the heat. And that’s when I realized that our library has Kohl Children’s Museum Passes to check out if you are a resident of Norridge and Harwood Heights!
Bree and her father just moved to Florida. Unfortunately, all of the fourth period electives were already full causing her to be enrolled in Swim 101- and Bree can't swim!
We are excited to announce that residents of Norridge and Harwood Heights will be able to register for the August's storytimes starting August 1st, 2022.
Thanks to everyone who popped in this summer to help us put our mystery picture together one pixel at a time. Can you see the tree frog we made?
Lauren Wolk has written 4 books for upper elementary and middle school readers and even won the Scott O’Dell Award in 2018 for the historical fiction work, Beyond the Bright Sea, which is a sequel to the Newberry Honoree…
"Indigenous knowledge comes from many distinct communities, but braids together these ideas:
Everything is connected.
The world is a gift.
The sacred is a vital part of learning.
We are always learning."
Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House series remains an exceptionally popular fantasy series with a nonfiction fact tracker series spin off.
"…All bugs are awesome and that is a fact. Raise your leg or antenna and let's make a pact…"
Have a few minutes to spare? Test your brain on these 20 trivia questions all relating in some way to camping and hiking.
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!
“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.”
