We've been adding to our Highlighting Black Voices playlist! Check them out here: Highlighting Black Voices playlist. Highlighting Black Voices is the DeKalb Public Library + local community members celebrating Black book creators. Each community...

Thanks for joining us this month as we lifted up Black book creators! Local community members read children's books created by members of the African diaspora, and I think we can all agree that it was a lot of fun! I have two final video to share...

To help you celebrate Black History Month, we have several bibliographies listing great children's books that you can find at the library. The downloadable versions of the bibliographies below have clickable links to make it easy for you to...

Every year, children get to select the winners of Illinois state children's book awards, including the Monarch Award (for listeners and readers in kindergarten through 3rd grade), the Bluestem Award (for readers in 3rd-5th grade), and the Rebecca...