Kids & Parents
Wicked Good Writing Contest
10.03.25
Calling all ghosts and ghouls!
Do you like to write?
Then creep your way into our Wicked Good Writing Contest!
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10.03.25
Kids & Parents
Wicked Good Winners
11.01.24
The Youth Services Department challenged all warlocks, vampires, ghosts, and children in grades K-8 to write a two-sentence, scary (or not so scary) story.
Kids & Parents
Cicada Questions? We’ve Got Answers
05.20.24
Are You Ready for the Cicadas?
After a lot of anticipation, some excited and some nervous, Northern Illinois’ cicadas, known as Brood XIII, are beginning to emerge.
Brood XIII only comes out every 17 years – it’s what’s known as a periodical cicada.
This means that if your kids are younger than college age, they either missed the last time Brood XIII was above ground or are probably too young to remember it.
They may have some anxiety surrounding these gentle creatures and of course, many questions!
Don’t worry, our Youth Services Department has answers!
Kids & Parents
It’s Monarch Award Time - Vote by March 10th
02.29.24
Calling all Kids in Kindergarten through Third Grade.
It’s Monarch Award time and we need your help to pick the winning book!
Every year, the Association of Illinois School Library Educators chooses 20 books to participate in the Monarch Reader’s Choice Awards for kindergarten through third grade.
Kids all over the state get to vote for their favorite book on the list and you can be one of them!
Continue Reading "It’s Monarch Award Time - Vote by March 10th" →
Kids & Parents
Wicked Good Writing Contest WINNERS
10.31.23
We asked for stories of no more than two sentences, scary or not so much, and we got 97 entries!!!
Thanks to everyone who participated, we loved ALL your stories.
Keep reading to enjoy the winning entries.