Upcoming Events

Join us for a discussion of the Community Read book, Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change by Ben Austen. Copies will be available at the Checkout Desk, and they are yours to keep when you've finished reading!

Join us for a discussion of the Community Read book, Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change by Ben Austen. Copies will be available at the Checkout Desk, and they are yours to keep when you've finished reading!

Join us for a fun program designed for readers in grades K-2 making the move from picture books to chapter books! Each read-aloud will be followed by a related STEM activity. Registration required.

Join us for the first meeting of Banned Book Club! This club will read and respectfully discuss books that have been challenged or banned.

Join us to discuss Exoneree Diaires by Alison Flowers, a tie-in book for the Community Read, which is made possible through the Illinois Humanities. 

Independent readers in grades 4-6 are invited to join our Children’s Librarians for this monthly club. Enjoy talking about fun novels with other readers your age.

Sign up in the Children’s Room, or by calling 309-343-6118.

Discussion of The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow. Grab a copy from the Checkout Desk about a month in advance.

This is a tie-in for the Community Read, which is made possible through the Illinois Humanities Envisioning Justice grant.

Join us for a fun program designed for readers in grades K-2 making the move from picture books to chapter books! Each read-aloud will be followed by a related STEM activity. Registration required.

Join us to discuss The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.

Pick up a copy at the Checkout Desk!

Meet us at Jimmy's Pizza to discuss The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.

Join us to discuss The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein.

Join us for Banned Book Club! This club will read and respectfully discuss books that have been challenged or banned. This month we will be reading Flamer by Mike Curato. 

Join us to read The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr in the Group Study Room at 1:00 PM!

You can check out a copy from the Checkout Desk beginning about a month in advance.

Meet us at Jimmy's Pizza to discuss The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr.

Join us for Banned Book Club! This club will read and respectfully discuss books that have been challenged or banned. This month we are reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. 

Join us to discuss The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley.

Meet us in the Group Study Room at 1:00 PM to discuss Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.

Meet us in the Community Room to discuss Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.

Join us to discuss Kindred by Octavia Butler.

Meet us in the Group Study Room at 1:00 PM to discuss The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Meet us in the Community Room at 6:30 to discuss The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer!

Join us to discuss Orbital by Samantha Harvey.