Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle on the island Kingdom of Montmaray where the only residents are her impoverished family.
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Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle on the island Kingdom of Montmaray where the only residents are her impoverished family.
Poet Jorie Graham has won the 2018 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry for her 2017 collection Fast. The biennial award, presented by the Library of Congress, recognizes the most distinguished book of poetry written by an American and published during the preceding two years.
Impostors by Scott Westerfeld begins a new series based in the same universe as his most popular work: The Uglies series. Where Uglies begins in a seemingly idyllic setting, Impostors takes place after the wool has been removed from the eyes. There are precarious peace treaties in motion, and a growing rebellion against those in power.
Friday, December 14, 2018, 5:00 - 8:00 PM.
We're keeping the library open after hours just for teens. Bring your friends, to watch a movie, eat some pizza, and make a craft.
The day after Thanksgiving has become a major shopping event in America, with deals and discounts at all your favorite stores. At Eisenhower we offer unbeatable values every day of the year but we’re ratcheting the saving up for Black …
This September, one of our library founders and original Trustees, Natalie K. Rothbart, passed away.
Friday, November 09, 2018, 5:00 - 8:00 PM.
We're keeping the library open after hours just for teens. Bring your friends, to watch a movie, eat some pizza, and make a craft.
Stand-up comedian Bo Burnham steps off the stage and behind the camera with his writing/directing debut, an unsentimental, non-glamorized look at what it means to be a 13-year-old today.
If you've ever wished you'd been born in time to get the secret password and sneak into a speakeasy; if you love Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing; if you wish you'd seen the Spirit of St Louis take off and head for France, this is your book.
Sarah Henning’s debut novel, Sea Witch, is different from most fairy tale inspired young adult novels. It’s a unique telling of an origin story of the Sea Witch from Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale The Little Mermaid.
Samantha lives a seemingly perfect life. She’s a beautiful teenage girl, lives in a big house, and gets good grades. But family life at home is lacking, to say the least. Samantha only has her mother, an always busy state senator, and older sister. For years, Samantha has watched the Garretts next door; the loud, messy, family with way too many kids that her mother can’t stand. But Sam loves seeing how close the family is, and daydreams about being one of them.
We're excited for you to meet Norm, a life-size replica of a 67 million year-old T-Rex skull.
Friday, October 12, 2018, 5:00 - 8:00 PM.
We're keeping the library open after hours just for teens. Bring your friends, to watch a movie, eat some pizza, and make a craft.
If you're a student at Ridgewood, I know you had to read A List of Cages as your summer reading book. Since it was required, you probably hated it. But if you didn't, if instead you though it was pretty good, maybe even great, here's a list of six book you might also like.
Friday, September 14, 2018, 5:00 - 8:00 PM.
We're keeping the library open after hours just for teens. Bring your friends, to watch a movie, eat some pizza, and make a craft.
At the Eisenhower Library, we invite veterans, active service personnel, and their families to submit pictures to us. We post the pictures on a wall in our Kids World department. Our Veterans’ Breakfast is a yearly event, where we invite people who have served in the U.S. Military to join us for food, coffee, and conversation.
Meade Creamery is a summer tradition, an ice cream stand started during World War II. Molly Meade made the treat and, since its beginning, it’s been a sisterhood, run by an all-girl staff.
Friday, August 17, 2018, 8:00 PM.
Join us at Norridge Park for a free screening of Pixar's Coco under the stars.
Friday, August 10, 2018, 5:00 - 8:00 PM.
We're keeping the library open after hours just for teens. Bring your friends, to watch a movie, eat some pizza, and make a craft.
Friday, July 27, 2018, 8:00 PM.
Dive into the Norridge Community Pool to swim, float, splash, and watch Disney’s Moana.
We all know the book is almost always better than the movie. So why not read these YA books that have movie adaptations coming out soon? What better way is there to build your book snob reputation?
Friday, July 13, 2018, 5:00 - 8:00 PM.
We're keeping the library open after hours just for teens. Bring your friends, to watch a movie, eat some pizza, and make a craft.
Long May She Reign tells the story of Freya, a girl who would rather conduct experiments in her laboratory than socialize with members of the court.
This year’s summer reading theme is Reading Takes You Everywhere. I’d like to share with you how reading – and listening – helped me discover my mother’s country.