Woohoo Women’s Suffrage! In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting books with feminist themes as well as some awesome ladies. Be sure to check out the display in the Teen Room for more titles! The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14: […]
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The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas is this week’s staff pick of the week. Below is the synopsis for the first book, and the series just gets better with every installment. Our staffer says that the first book is pretty decent, the second is very good, and […]
Did you know that we have a great selection of Young Adult books? Did you also know that lots of adults read YA too? This ever-changing collection has tons of great reads! If you’re looking for somewhere to start, we recommend checking out our YA Staff Pick Bookmarks (there are […]
It’s Teen Reads Week! What does this mean? We want you to accept our challenge of reading any book of your choosing next week. Let’s make it interesting and challenge everyone to try to finish reading a new book this week! If you’re an adult, why not try one of […]
Next week is Teen Reads Week! What does this mean? We want you to accept our challenge of reading any book of your choosing next week. Tell us on Facebook if you liked it, hated it, or … you tell us. No idea what to read? You can check out […]
In honor of Banned Books Week, which starts tomorrow, every Staff Pick of the Week this month will feature Banned Books. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of books that people have attempted to ban, but we believe you should choose what you read – not someone else. Young Adult books […]
Sadly, summer is coming to the end. August 30 is the end of young adult summer reading! Don’t forget to log your books so you can collect your prizes and raffle tickets and be entered in the Grand Prize Drawing. August 30 is also the LAST DAY to collect prizes […]
This week (and every week this summer) we have tons of great programs both at the main library and the Franklin Park branch! In the Children’s department we have puppet shows (every Monday at 2:30 PM this summer), learn to play chess (every Monday at 6:30 pm this summer), legos, […]