Upcoming Events

Join us anytime from noon-4pm to make handmade cards for kids who are hospitalized.  Children, teens, and adults are welcome.  We'll send the cards to the Chicago organization Cards for Hospitalized Kids (

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun for you and your baby!  For babies from birth through 17 months with a caregiver. There is no Baby Bookworm on January 19.  Please register.

Kids in grades 3-5 are invited to fold, create, and have fun making awesome paper creations.

Give your brain a boost and play chess at the Library! All levels of play are welcome. Knowledgeable EPCHS high school chess players are on hand to coach and instruct players.  

Learn about artists such as Van Gogh and Picasso, then create your own art using the techniques they used. For kids in grades K through 5.

Toddler Time is an interactive story time program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers. Please register.

Volunteer to help set up with crafts, snacks, and clean up. Earn 3 hours of community service.

Love Goosebumps, Fear Street, and other works by R.L. Stine? Come make creepy crafts with us and watch ILA’s Still Afraid of the Dark: An Evening with R.L. Stine screening.   

Join us as we make science, technology, engineering, and math come alive through hands-on experiments and interactive lessons. We'll explore new concepts, ask questions, and discover the fun side of STEM learning.

Witty, creepy, and compulsively readable, bestselling author R.L.

Toddler Time is an interactive story time program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers. Please register.

Únase a nuestro grupo de conversación en inglés para practicar sus habilidades de conversación.

The Crisis Center for South Suburbia is a non-profit community organization that provides emergency shelter and other essential services for individuals and families victimized by domestic violence and addresses the societal issues that contribute

This month's selection is Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 

This is a virtual meeting. 

Tech Time Drop-In is an opportunity for patrons to ask “how-to” technology questions and get assistance with using their personal devices from our Evergreen Park Community High School Tech Interns.

Preschool Storytime combines stories and songs for kids from 3-5 years old.  Please register.  

Be a high school reading buddy! Earn service hours and foster a love of reading.

Reading Buddies is a literacy program for children in grades K-5. Children choose a library book, read aloud to their high school reading buddy, play games, and work on homework!

Children and their families will enjoy stories and songs together in front of the fireplace in the Reading Room. Feel free to wear your pajamas and/or bring a stuffed friend!

Join us to make something fun with your little one.

Drop in to the Library for a different free play activity every Friday after school anytime from 3pm to 4:45pm.  For kids in 5th grade and younger.

December 12--Build with Strawbees

December 19--Board Games