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March is National Women's History month and we are celebrating in the way we know best! 

Recommending great books, movies, music and other resources available with your DPPL library card.

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Hey, Kiddos! It's time for a new edition of DIY with DPPL!

This time, you'll learn how to make your very own mason jar lanterns.

 

The Lantern Festival, called Yuan Xiao Jie in Mandarin Chinese, falls at the end of the Chinese New Year. It takes place on the first full moon of the new year and celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Create your very own lanterns to celebrate the the Lantern Festival and use them to let in light into your world.

Starting on Saturday, March 2nd, stop by the Youth Services desk on the second floor of DPPL to pick up a kit (while supplies last!), and then use the materials to do the project we show you step-by-step in the video.

(Grade 1 and up.)

Check out more than 50 things to do at DPPL this month. Programs, crafts, classes and more for Adults, Kids and Teens.

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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!

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How Will Your Garden Grow?

Look no further than DPPL for ideas and activities to learn, enrich and keep active all season long.

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