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8 Countries in 1 Day 2025
We want to thank our staff, partners, volunteers, and over 800 guests for making our 2025 '8 Countries in 1 Day' celebration such a huge success!Luckily, we skipped lunch, because we got to try over 18 types of food and drink from around the ... READ MORE
Importance of Play in Childhood
Keep playing around - it’ll help you with your future! That’s right - playing cultivates five components in child development. The benefits will stay with children for their entire lives. The 5 Key Components of Play: Social and ... READ MORE
Kickoff to Football Season: Movies and Books for Fans
For football fans, it's the best time of the year! The regular football season has started and it has us in the mood for some movies and books about football. Arguably, Rudy is the best football movie of all time. It's the story of a ... READ MORE
6 Months of Tabletop Paint and Play
It has been 6 months of running Tabletop Paint and Play programs, and we would like to go over some of the highlights of our past programs as they match our larger goal at the Dekalb Library, to enrich, inform, entertain, and inspire.A game of ... READ MORE
Improve Your English Skills
Hay muchos adultos en la comunidad que hablan inglés como segunda lengua. ¡No es un idioma fácil de aprender! La biblioteca tiene una gran variedad de recursos para ayudar a cualquier persona de la comunidad que esté aprendiendo inglés o quiera ... READ MORE
Kotor: City of Cats
Kotor, Montenegro: home to beautiful beach views, amazing architecture, and…countless cats? Yes, you read that right. Kotor is famous for its four-legged feline friends. In fact, Kotor has such a large cat population, ... READ MORE
Frankenstein Day
August 30 is Frankenstein Day, celebrating the birthday of author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, is an 1818 novel that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an ... READ MORE
8 Countries in 1 Day 2025
Are you ready to travel the world from the comfort of your own library? Save the date for takeoff at our annual “8 Countries in 1 Day” event when we take you on a journey around the globe, on Saturday, September 13, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 ... READ MORE
August Display Case: Barb Food Mart
Our Main Lobby display case in August features the Barb Food Mart! Barb Food Mart is a non-profit organization founded in 2013 to help alleviate food insecurity for children and families in the DeKalb School District. More than 60% of ... READ MORE
Take a Bite out of National Sandwich Month!
The Story of the Sandwich... A long time ago, in 1762, there was a man in England named John Montagu. He was called the Earl of Sandwich—yep, that was really his name! One day, he put some tasty food between two slices of bread so he ... READ MORE
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