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Friday 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm

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Kids Stuff

Events and Reading Clubs

  • The Maker Lab (Drop-In)
    Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 3:00pm
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Want to take the Summer Reading Club further and get a Create or Play stamp for your passport? Drop-in to write a new book ending or create a book related craft or movie. We'll have the supplies; you bring the ideas. Completed projects can be displayed in our Create/Play Gallery. For Youth Summer Reading Club participants only.

  • Detective Club
    Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Join us for some code cracking, secret messaging and other crime-solving activities. Solve a mystery in the library using your sleuthing skills. Need to attend all three sessions.

    This is for patrons who have never attended a Detective Club program.
  • Wee Play - Drop In (0-24 months with adult)
    Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 10:00am
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Music, Mother Goose, rhymes, giggles and books for caregiver and baby. Both sessions are for birth to 24 months.

  • Wee Play - Drop In (0-24 months with adult)
    Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 11:00am
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Music, Mother Goose, rhymes, giggles and books for caregiver and baby. Both sessions are for birth to 24 months.

  • The Croods
    Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 2:00pm
    Auditorium

    Rated PG
    98 Minutes

  • The Croods
    Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 7:30pm
    Auditorium

    Rated PG
    98 Minutes

  • Globe Trotters - Germany (Grades K-3)
    Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 2:00pm
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Come listen to a few favorite German fairy tales while we make (and eat) traditional soft pretzels.. Register online or call 847.272.4300.

  • Games Outside the Box (All Ages)
    Monday, July 29, 2013 - 2:00pm

    Calling all Gamers, Techies, Engineers, Builders, Strategists, Creators, Geeks and Out-of-the-Box thinkers - it's time to play! Each week we'll be featuring a different game, program, hardware or toy. Stop in and let's see what you can do!
    June 17: MaKey MaKey
    June 24: Legos
    July 1: Chess and other Strategy Games
    July 8: Rube Goldberg/Domino Races
    July 15: Minecraft
    July 22: K’Nex
    July 29: Legos

  • Global Adventure Club (Grades 4 - 6)
    Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 4:00pm
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Match your where-in-the-world wits with other kids in this awesome club for the geographically inclined. Be forewarned: you may learn things your parents don’t know. We will play strategy games and explore the rich world of internet geography.

  • Mock Newbery Book Discussion - Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff (Gr. 4-7)
    Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 7:00pm
    Youth Services Activity Room

    Destiny leads 11-year-old Cady to a peanut butter factory, a family of children searching for their own Talents and a Talent Thief who will alter her life forever. Pick up a copy of the book at the Youth Services Desk.

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