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Emotions & Meanings: Journaling Program
Emotions & Meanings: Journaling Program
**This is an in-person program. Please email us at ysfppl.org or call the YS Department at 708-689-6126 if you need access to a remote or recorded option or if you have other accessibility needs.**Love writing? Come journal with us as we learn creative and fun ways to get in touch with our feelings in a…
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Read to a Robot
Read to a Robot
*Note: due to unforeseen circumstances, Read to a Robot will only be meeting on Tuesdays this fall* Have fun practicing your reading skills with our companion robot who will react and respond! Sign up for a reading slot today! Many thanks to UIC for making this program possible. Designed for kids ages 8+. Image URL:…
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Freedom to Read Day
Freedom to Read Day
Celebrate your right to read during Banned Books Week (October 1-7) with a fun day at the Library! On Sunday, October 1 we invite the community to come together for a rally. Stop by between 2:30 and 3:30 pm to make signs, buttons, join in a Read-a-thon, and more. Join the rally at 3:30 pm.…
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Read to a Robot
Read to a Robot
*Note: due to unforeseen circumstances, Read to a Robot will only be meeting on Tuesdays this fall* Have fun practicing your reading skills with our companion robot who will react and respond! Sign up for a reading slot today! Many thanks to UIC for making this program possible. Designed for kids ages 8+. Image URL:…
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Chills & Thrills with Stephen Graham Jones (Virtual)
Chills & Thrills with Stephen Graham Jones (Virtual)
Link to register: https://bit.ly/ILP_StephenGrahamJones Stephen Graham Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and Don’t Fear the Reaper. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient and been recipient of several awards including: the Ray Bradbury Award from the Los Angeles Times, the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award,…
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The Harvest
The Harvest
This vibrant program from the Liberated Arts Movement celebrates the work of BIPOC visual and performing artists- singers, dancers, musicians and poets.
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Read to a Robot
Read to a Robot
*Note: due to unforeseen circumstances, Read to a Robot will only be meeting on Tuesdays this fall* Have fun practicing your reading skills with our companion robot who will react and respond! Sign up for a reading slot today! Many thanks to UIC for making this program possible. Designed for kids ages 8+. Image URL:…
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Read to a Robot
Read to a Robot
Have fun practicing your reading skills with our companion robot who will react and respond! Sign up for a reading slot today! Designed for kids ages 6-8.
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Read to a Robot
Read to a Robot
*Note: due to unforeseen circumstances, Read to a Robot will only be meeting on Tuesdays this fall* Have fun practicing your reading skills with our companion robot who will react and respond! Sign up for a reading slot today! Many thanks to UIC for making this program possible. Designed for kids ages 8+. Image URL:…
Food, Family, and Folktales: A Conversation with Grace Lin
Food, Family, and Folktales: A Conversation with Grace Lin
Link to register: https://bit.ly/ILP_GraceLin Join Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling Grace Lin for an engaging conversation about her journey to become an award-winning author and illustrator. Learn about her latest middle grade book, Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods, a beautifully written full-color book that explores the…
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: A Stage Play Reading
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: A Stage Play Reading
Join us at The Grove at The Altenheim as the Forest Park Theatre treats us to a reading of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, adapted for the stage by Rona Munro, which places Mary Shelley amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women. Recommended for ages 12+Don’t…
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Read to a Robot
Read to a Robot
Have fun practicing your reading skills with our companion robot who will react and respond! Sign up for a reading slot today! Designed for kids ages 6-8.
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Read to a Robot
Read to a Robot
Have fun practicing your reading skills with our companion robot who will react and respond! Sign up for a reading slot today! Designed for kids ages 6-8.
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Monster Mash Storytime and Costume Parade
Monster Mash Storytime and Costume Parade
We are bringing back our memorable monster mash bash with silly and satisfying (not scary!) monster stories and songs followed by a costume parade through the library and treats. Costumes are welcome!
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Read to a Robot
Read to a Robot
Have fun practicing your reading skills with our companion robot who will react and respond! Sign up for a reading slot today! Designed for kids ages 6-8.
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