Registration is now open for August and September Programs! Here’s a PDF of all of our August programs for kids, and here’s the PDF for September. This Week’s Kits & Activities Registration for September Book Boxes This Week’s Programs Monday, 8/22 No Programs today. Tuesday, 8/23 Learn the Sign Language Alphabet, 4:30-6pm. Grades 3-8. (FULL) Wednesday, 8/24 No Programs today. […]
Join us to celebrate the start of our 2023 Illinois Readers’ Choice Award Challenges! Children in grades K-8 can read books from the 2023 Monarch, Bluestem and Caudill Award lists to earn prizes! We will be having an IBA Challenge Kickoff Party on Wednesday, August 31st, from 6:30-7:30pm. Sign up for the challenge for your grade, learn about the nominated […]
Registration is now open for August and September Programs! Here’s a PDF of all of our August programs for kids. This Week’s Kits & Activities Registration for September Book Boxes This Week’s Programs Monday, 8/15 Babies and Beans, 10-11am. 0-23 months. Tuesday, 8/16 No Programs today. Wednesday, 8/17 No Programs today. Thursday, 8/18 Middle School Volunteers, 6-7pm. Grades 6-8. Friday, 8/19 […]
Thanks so much for participating in Summer Reading with the Algonquin Library! We had over 1400 children from birth to 8th grade signed up for Summer Reading this year, with 895 finishers. Do you still have logs to turn in? Good news–prize pickup runs until Sunday, August 7. All finishers ages birth-8th grade can still come pick out a paperback […]
YOU DID IT! We have over 1400 children from birth to 8th grade signed up for Summer Reading this year! So far (as of Monday morning) 785 kids have finished the program and several hundred more have earned their first and second prizes. Keep reading, keep logging those books, and come in for your prizes! Children in Pre-K to 8th […]
ONE WEEK LEFT! We have over 1300 children from birth to 8th grade signed up for Summer Reading this year! So far 455 kids have finished the program and several hundred more have earned their first and second prizes. Keep reading, keep logging those books, and come in for your prizes! Children in Pre-K to 8th grade will earn small […]
Has the new Library newsletter arrived in your mailbox yet? We can’t wait to see you at all of our cool August and September programs. Here’s a PDF of all of our August programs for kids. Registration opened on 7/15, so hurry and reserve your spots! We are in the home stretch of Summer Reading! Readers have two weeks left […]
We have over 1300 children from birth to 8th grade signed up for Summer Reading this year! So far 198 kids have finished the program and several hundred have earned their first and second prizes. There are 24 days left to Read Beyond the Beaten Path and earn your prizes! Haven’t signed up for Summer Reading yet? There’s still time–the […]
With over 1200 babies and children signed up for Summer Reading, it’s safe to say that our community is embracing the theme of Read Beyond the Beaten path. Are you or your child wanting to really dig in and explore some great wilderness-themed books? Well, if you know anything about your Youth Services librarians, you know that we’ve got suggestions for […]
Happy Independence Day! We hope you got some reading in during the long weekend. Remember, listening to audiobooks counts as reading! Audiobooks are a great way to get some reading done as a family during a road trip. Over 1200 children from birth to 8th grade have joined us this year in Reading Beyond the Beaten Path! So far 129 […]
