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Day of the Dead Celebration
We are thrilled to announce that we'll be hosting DeKalb Day of the Dead's third annual Celebration of Life on November 1! Walk with us in our Welcoming Procession as we honor those who have passed. We will meet at El Jimador to begin ... READ MORE
Author Highlight: R.L. Stine
Reader beware, for this month's author highlight…you’re in for a scare. Robert Lawrence Stine - better known as R.L. Stine, an American kids’ and teens’ horror author. Today, R.L. Stine is best-known for his iconic series, Goosebumps, ... READ MORE
What Can You Do WithOUT a Library Card?
In honor of National Library Card Sign-Up Month, this post is all about what you can do...without a library card! Don't get us wrong! If we could, every one of us here at the library would all carry spare library cards in our pockets to ... READ MORE
Teen Choice Book Awards
Are you wondering what the “Teen Choice Award Nominees” display in the Teen Lounge near 309 Creative is all about? It celebrates the finalists for the Lincoln Award. Each year, Lincoln Award finalists are chosen by librarians across the ... READ MORE
Memoirs to Celebrate National Dear Diary Day
Did you know September 22 is National Dear Diary Day? Autobiographies and memoirs are more than just diaries or journals, but a lot of them started that way. Just outside the sound studio, we have plenty of non-fiction books for ... READ MORE
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
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