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Our Rhyme of the Month Club is a fun way to get little ones excited about reading.

Each month, we’ll visit participating area daycares and preschools with a new rhyme. One of our youth staff members will feature the rhyme in a special storytime and leave a poster for the classroom to share the rhyme together throughout the month.

Were you part of Barbenheimer? Many of our staff definitely hit the theaters as both Barbie and Oppenheimer – two films that couldn't be much more different! – were released. We've made a list of reading materials to help you delve more into the history of the iconic doll or the father of the atomic bomb, whichever interests you more.

For National Book Lover's Day, we're telling you about our all-time favorites — books for book lovers from book lovers!

In July 1993, The Bridges of Madison County was in the midst of its months-long run at the top of the New York Times Best Sellers list. Now, 30 years later, we asked staff to share some read/watch alikes for fans of this book.

We're celebrating Independence Day with patriotic books and movies! Here are some staff picks ahead of America's birthday.

In honor of Father's Day, we asked staff to share books and movies fathers and father figures good, bad and ... other. Here are their top picks.

The theme to this year's Summer Challenge is Find Your Voice, so we've asked staff to share books and movies about finding or following your passion. Here are their top picks.

The Poseidon Adventure was the top grossing movie of 1973 and had eight Oscar nominations. We're recognizing the 50th anniversary of this classic movie with books and movies about disasters. Here's our staff's top picks.

We've extended our hours at our Central Library! Starting May 5, we're now open until 7 p.m. on Fridays.

We're proud to welcome Molly Scheibler as the Library's new deputy director.

Molly Scheibler comes with 14 years of library experience. Most recently, she served as youth services manager at Indian Trails Public Library District in Wheeling. Molly also serves as an adjunct faculty member at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Information Studies, and is actively involved in Reach Across Illinois Library Systems, Illinois Library Association and American Library Association.

According to data from School District 54, nearly 60% of families in our community speak a language other than (or in addition to) English at home. To better serve these individuals, we’re proud to offer a new service at all our locations: LanguageLine.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so we asked our staff to share books by AAPI authors and movies by AAPI directors. Here's what they had to share.

In honor of National Pet Day on April 11, we asked staff for their favorite books and movies about pets. While there are plenty of kids' books and movies with puppies, kitties and other little cuddly companions, there are also suggestions for adults, too!