On June 19, 2026 the Forest Park Public Library has been serving the community of Forest Park for 110 years. See our history here. June is one of our busiest months so we decided to celebrate in August this year…
The Historical Society of Forest Park, the Forest Park Review and the Forest Park Public Library are teaming up for a fun historical project this year. Have you ever found an old newspaper article that was so good you needed…
In 2025, the Forest Park Public Library received a $15,000 grant from the Cook County Digital Equity IMPACT Small Grants program. The grant provided the opportunity to partner with Growing Community Media and Wright to Learn to provide Digital Resilience…
After careful consideration, the Forest Park Public Library will enact some changes to our Hoopla Digital service. Starting January 1, the monthly borrow limit will go from ten to seven. So far in 2025, we have an average of 366.8…
All-Ages Winter Reading Challenge 2026 February 1-28 Sign up for the Forest Park Public Library’s all-ages Winter Reading Challenge! Track how many days you read to reach for the gold. Not sure what to read? Just ask one of our…
Community organizations are in need of your support. If you able to help with funds, food donations or time, please check out the information below. Forest Park Food Pantry located at the Howard Mohr Community Center at 7640 Jackson Boulevard…
Freedom to Read Week (or Banned Books Week) was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. Typically (but not always) held during the last week of…
November 16-December 21 The winter can be an especially hard time of year for many people in the community. To help people in need, the Library will be holding a drive to collect items for the Comfort Cabinet. During the…
Thank you so much for attending the What to Read this Summer event at U3 Coffee! Here is a round up of the things we talked about: Summer Reading Summer Reading Sign Up Library app The Book Table Reading…
The Park District of Forest Park and the Forest Park Public Library are partnering to offer the opportunity to check out a one-week pool pass during the summer. This is only available for Forest Park Public Library cardholders in good…