Because of the holiday week, we will not be holding Book Buddies this week. Too many people end up on vacation, which is why we have historically never held Book Buddies around Independence Day. This information has been posted since April 2019 on the promotional materials, information sheets, & all types of registration forms (paper and digital), but just another […]
Video game villain Wreck-It-Ralph must brave the Internet to help Vanellope fix her game Sugar Rush! Come watch the movie with us as the Lake in the Hills Airport tonight! Pack a picnic dinner, and your blanket or chairs and enjoy a free movie on a big screen at the airport. The movie will start at dusk, so plan for […]
One of our most popular non-traditional services is the Museum Pass program. Here is a list of participating museums. The big Chicago museums, such as the Shedd Aquarium, DO NOT participate in the suburban Museum Pass program. How does it work? Museum Pass gives 4 passes, per museum, to each public library. Algonquin has 8 passes because we have two […]
TumbleBooks is an e-Book resource for books. Not only does TumbleBooks give kids access to books, but it also reads the books to them! Kids are able to turn the audio feature off though, if they prefer to read on their own. They have picture books, graphic novels, nonfiction, Spanish, and more. This counts for summer reading, so don’t forget […]
Drama Camp will be running from July 8th to July 19th. This program meets everyday during the week from 3-5pm. Attendees are expected to attend each session. Sign-up for this special program begins on Saturday, June 8th, 2019 at 9:00am. You must sign-up in person at the library, no exceptions.
Registration for Summer Book Buddies began on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 and was originally supposed to go until Friday, May 31, 2019 BUT we have had a huge response and can no longer take more reader registrations as of Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Our Monday session has 57 readers while our Tuesday session has 41 readers. It’s great that we […]
This Thursday, May 16 from 7:00-8:30pm is our monthly Minecrafters program. Sign up here with an Algonquin library card now! As of right now, we still have 9 openings in this usually full program. The library has its very own Minecraft accounts so you don’t have to worry about remembering your login information.
Last Tuesday we added 9 new children to our 1001 Books Before Kindergarten alumni. The program began in 2013 and we now have a total of 181 graduates. That comes to a total of 181,181 books or roughly 30,197 books per year! WHY? By age 3, the brain has developed up to 80% despite public education starting at age 5. […]
Tomorrow from 2:00-3:30pm we will be having a Wii U Super Smash Bros tournament! No Algonquin card is necessary but we ask that you do sign up here. The more kids we have competing, the more fun it is. The winner will get a $10 gift card to Game Stop so be sure to stop on in and try your […]
During the April session of Little Scientists, we explored the science of magnets! Be sure to sign up your 3-5 year old for the next Little Scientists on Thursday, May 23 from 11am-12pm. No Algonquin library card is necessary but we do ask that you sign up here.
