Hour of Code Week will take place from December 9th to 15th. This is a national initiative in computer science education — the week was formerly known as Computer Science Education Week. As Heidi Partovi, CEO of Code.org says, “The Hour of Code is designed to demystify code and show that computer science is not rocket science—anybody can learn the […]
Volunteering the Youth Department The library offers two middle school volunteering programs each and every month. One program takes place on a Saturday afternoon and the other takes place on a Wednesday evening. These programs require registration, however you do NOT need an Algonquin Library Card to do so. Middle school volunteers must be in grades 6, 7, or 8. […]
This Thursday, November 7 at 10:00am we will be doing a special storytime called Read for the Record! Read for the Record is a national literacy initiative from JumpStart Children First. The goal is to get as many kids & adults as possible to all read the same book on the same day. This year’s book will be the Caldecott […]
Our Halloween Storytime series begins tomorrow morning! We are so excited for this fun time of year! Take a look: Friday, October 25 – Baby (0-23 months old) Storytime at Harnish from 10:00-10:30am Saturday, October 26 – Family (all ages) Storytime at Harnish from 10:00-10:30am Tuesday, October 29 – Music & Movement at the Eastgate Branch from 11:30am-12:00pm Wednesday, October […]
Due to reasons beyond the library’s control, we had to cancel the Chicago Bubble Show program that was originally scheduled for Wednesday, October 16. We are just as sad as you, since bubbles are awesome. 🙁
Thursday, October 3, 2019 Graduation Ceremony Tonight we welcome 8 more children (2 not pictured) into our 1001 Books Before Kindergarten alumni group! Congratulations on reading 1001 BOOKS! AAPLD has participated in 100 Books Before Kindergarten since 2013 and has over 700 participants. An Algonquin card is required for this program (It should start with 21488). If you don’t […]
Join us for the Library Loop 5K on Sunday, October 27. The race will begin and end at the Algonquin Area Public Library, located at 2600 Harnish Drive in Algonquin, IL. Registration closes at 7:45am and the race begins promptly at 8 am. For our third annual race, we wanted to go bigger and better, which is why the race […]
Our Reading Patch Club is back for the 2019-2020 school year! This reading program was designed for K-8th grade students (if you’re currently participating in 1001 Books Before Kindergarten, this is not for you — yet!). All you need is your Algonquin Area Public Library card. This year we have new Patch Club bags, which you can earn after completing […]
We had a lot of summer fun, but it is back to business now that school is in session again. Join us next Thursday, August 22nd for Using the Digital Library for Homework. We have a TON of resources available online 24/7 (even after the library is closed!) that many people just don’t know about. Did you know that your […]
Our two youth book discussion groups will now be open to everyone, regardless of an Algonquin library card. We want everyone to read! Our book discussions meet the second Thursday of every month from 7-8pm. Everyone reads the same book over the month and then talk about it while munchin’ on some snacks. Some months you will check out the […]
