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Books are for everyone, even our littlest library patrons! Our Book Babies program is aimed at children age 0-18 months, although older children are welcome to attend. We will sing lots of simple and interactive songs, do finger plays and rhymes, practice sign language, and read an easy book. All of these activities are great for babies’ developing brains. We hope this program gives you lots of fun ways to play with your baby during the program and at home!

For more information, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

The year is 1925, and diphtheria is spreading in Nome, Alaska. Without medicine, the sick children will die. But it’s winter, and trains can’t get through with the medicine. Enter twenty-one brave dog teams, including the last team, Balto and Gunnar.

Will Balto and Gunnar make it through the brutal Alaska winter and save the children? The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto is our Bookworm Barbs book for February. Bookworm Barbs is our book club for students in K-2. We read shorter chapter books with lots of pictures. Older first and second grade students may be able to read on their own, but the books also make a nice family read aloud, too.

Bookworm Barbs is a book party! Not only will we talk about the book, we’ll enjoy a snack and do a craft, too.

Pick up a copy of the book at the Children’s Department Desk while supplies last. Please register, as space is limited.

For additional information or to register, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Can a kid climb Mount Everest? Summit Athletic is sponsoring a contest to find a kid to climb Mt. Everest, and Dominic wants to win badly. But the contest isn’t all as it seems—is someone sabotaging the results?

Everest Book One—The Contest is this month’s book for BARB book club! BARB (Books Are Really Brilliant) book club is for students in grades 3-5. At our meeting, we talk about the book, but that’s not all! We’ll also play a game and eat a fun snack inspired by the book.

Pick up a copy of the book and a free bookmark at the Children’s Department desk while supplies last. Register now, as space is limited to 8 participants.

For additional information or to register, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Books are for everyone, even our littlest library patrons! Our Book Babies program is aimed at children age 0-18 months, although older children are welcome to attend. We will sing lots of simple and interactive songs, do finger plays and rhymes, practice sign language, and read an easy book. All of these activities are great for babies’ developing brains. We hope this program gives you lots of fun ways to play with your baby during the program and at home!

For more information, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

It’s time to build on that attraction…with paper clips! Join us for this month’s magnet-ful Family Fun Science! We’ll be building paper clip bridges, making magnets run a simple motor, seeing what a magnetic field looks like by playing with iron filings, and pulling the iron out of iron-fortified cereal.

This program isn’t polarizing—it’s for everyone! Please register, as there is a limit of 12 families.

For additional information or to register, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Books are for everyone, even our littlest library patrons! Our Book Babies program is aimed at children age 0-18 months, although older children are welcome to attend. We will sing lots of simple and interactive songs, do finger plays and rhymes, practice sign language, and read an easy book. All of these activities are great for babies’ developing brains. We hope this program gives you lots of fun ways to play with your baby during the program and at home!

For more information, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Books are for everyone, even our littlest library patrons! Our Book Babies program is aimed at children age 0-18 months, although older children are welcome to attend. We will sing lots of simple and interactive songs, do finger plays and rhymes, practice sign language, and read an easy book. All of these activities are great for babies’ developing brains. We hope this program gives you lots of fun ways to play with your baby during the program and at home!

For more information, please contact Laura at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.