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Shredded paper in a jar.

Guess the Book in the Jar

All Day 5/16 - 5/31
Main Floor at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children

Guess the title of the shredded book in a jar in the Children's Department.  Correct answers will be entered into a prize drawing.  The winner will be announced on June 3rd.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Main Floor
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Other
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Guess the title of the shredded book in a jar in the Children's Department.  Correct answers will be entered into a prize drawing.  The winner will be announced on June 3rd.

Two smiling children playing Loteria, a bingo game from Mexico.

Bilingual Lotería

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children

Play this traditional Mexican game in both Spanish and English, and try your luck at winning prizes. For children and their families.  Juega este tradicional juego mexicano en español e inglés y prueba tu suerte para ganar premios.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
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Play this traditional Mexican game in both Spanish and English, and try your luck at winning prizes. For children and their families.  Juega este tradicional juego mexicano en español e inglés y prueba tu suerte para ganar premios.

STEM

Stories & STEM

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 3:45pm - 4:15pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
STEAM/Science, Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us as we read a story and explore STEM concepts together!  For kids in grades K-3.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: STEAM/Science, Storytime
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Join us as we read a story and explore STEM concepts together!  For kids in grades K-3.

An open book in front of a globe. Rockets and stars are coming out of the book.

Storytime Around the World

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Explore stories from many cultures, discuss their origins, and create an after-school snack.  For kids in kindergarten through 3rd grade.  Please register.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
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Explore stories from many cultures, discuss their origins, and create an after-school snack.  For kids in kindergarten through 3rd grade.  Please register.

A little girl sitting and stretching on a yoga mat.

Stories and Stretches

Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Kids engage with books through poses, shapes, and stretches. Feel free to bring a yoga mat or beach towel. Please register.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Storytime
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Kids engage with books through poses, shapes, and stretches. Feel free to bring a yoga mat or beach towel. Please register.

A small canvas on a tiny easel. Paintbrushes are in the background in a mason jar.

Tiny Art Show

All Day 5/31 - 6/18
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children

Stop by the Children's Services Desk starting Saturday, May 31 to pick up a tiny canvas, while supplies last.  Paint your canvas at home and return your artwork by 5 pm on Wednesday, June 18.  We will display your artwork in the library

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Stop by the Children's Services Desk starting Saturday, May 31 to pick up a tiny canvas, while supplies last.  Paint your canvas at home and return your artwork by 5 pm on Wednesday, June 18.  We will display your artwork in the library

Painted spots hanging from strings.

Art on the Spot

All Day 5/31 - 7/31
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children

Drop in anytime to design a circle, leave it with us, and we will add it to our ongoing summer art project on display in the Children's Department.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
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Drop in anytime to design a circle, leave it with us, and we will add it to our ongoing summer art project on display in the Children's Department.

Booker in a pile of foam.

Summer Reading Kick Off Party

Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Summer Reading
Age Group:
All, Children, Teens, Adults

Help us kick off this year's Summer Reading Challenge, Color Our World, with a parking lot party!

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: All, Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Summer Reading
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Help us kick off this year's Summer Reading Challenge, Color Our World, with a parking lot party!

Box filled with nonperishable food items

Food Drive of the Month: Peanut Butter & Jelly

All Day 6/2 - 6/16
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Evergreen CARES, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
All, Children, Teens, Adults

We are happy to partner with the Village Pantry in their Food Drive of the Month program! Each month we will focus on one type of food item to help the pantry stock their shelves and build their reserves.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: All, Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Evergreen CARES, Health & Wellness
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We are happy to partner with the Village Pantry in their Food Drive of the Month program! Each month we will focus on one type of food item to help the pantry stock their shelves and build their reserves.

Cartoon baby with an open book on his/her lap.

Baby Bookworms

Monday, June 2, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun for you and your baby!  For babies from birth through 17 months with a caregiver.  Please register. 

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
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Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun for you and your baby!  For babies from birth through 17 months with a caregiver.  Please register. 

4 pictures of toddlers, each in their own circle

Toddler Time

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

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

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
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Event Details:

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

Girl Scout Logo

Stories and Girl Scouts!

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Join us for a delightful storytime with Victoria Fernandez Diaz of the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana!  Victoria will read The World Needs More Purple People by Benjamin Hart and Kristen Bell, followed by&n

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
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Event Details:

Join us for a delightful storytime with Victoria Fernandez Diaz of the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana!  Victoria will read The World Needs More Purple People by Benjamin Hart and Kristen Bell, followed by&n

4 pictures of toddlers, each in their own circle

Toddler Time

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

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

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
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Event Details:

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

Photos of art by the masters.

Create Like the Masters

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children

Learn about artists such as Van Gogh and Picasso, then create your own art using the techniques they used.  We'll meet every Wednesday in June at 6:30pm.  For kids entering 1st through 5th grade.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
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Event Details:

Learn about artists such as Van Gogh and Picasso, then create your own art using the techniques they used.  We'll meet every Wednesday in June at 6:30pm.  For kids entering 1st through 5th grade.

a cartoon tiger and lion in front of a stack of books

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Preschool Storytime combines stories and songs for kids from 3-5 years old.  Please register.  There is no Preschool Storytime on June 19, 2025.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Preschool Storytime combines stories and songs for kids from 3-5 years old.  Please register.  There is no Preschool Storytime on June 19, 2025.

Dominoes in a run.

Domino Topplers Club

Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Other, STEAM/Science
Age Group:
Children

Build domino runs, then knock them down!  We'll supply the dominoes and challenge cards, you bring your creativity!

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Other, STEAM/Science
Registration Required
Event Details:

Build domino runs, then knock them down!  We'll supply the dominoes and challenge cards, you bring your creativity!

Children's art projects on a table

Tot Art

Friday, June 6, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children

Bring a smock and get ready for some messy fun!  Little fingers will experiment with painting, gluing, sticking, printing, and creating while developing fine motor, language and self-help skills.  For kids ages 2-5.  Registration re

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Bring a smock and get ready for some messy fun!  Little fingers will experiment with painting, gluing, sticking, printing, and creating while developing fine motor, language and self-help skills.  For kids ages 2-5.  Registration re

Two children writing.

Unleash Your Inner Author

Friday, June 6, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Activity/Teen Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Writers' Corner
Age Group:
Children

Is your child brimming with imagination? Do they have stories bubbling inside them just waiting to be told? Then join our exciting new creative writing program at the library!

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Activity/Teen Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Writers' Corner
Registration Required
Event Details:

Is your child brimming with imagination? Do they have stories bubbling inside them just waiting to be told? Then join our exciting new creative writing program at the library!

A woman dressed in a demin outfit, holding a ukulele.

Miss Katie Sings!

Friday, June 6, 2025 at 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Music, Performance
Age Group:
Children

Join performer Miss Katie Sings for a fun afternoon of music and movement! Enjoy new and familiar songs rooted in kindness, imaginative play, and community. For ages 0-7 with a caregiver.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Music, Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join performer Miss Katie Sings for a fun afternoon of music and movement! Enjoy new and familiar songs rooted in kindness, imaginative play, and community. For ages 0-7 with a caregiver.

Hand coloring a black velvet poster with Sharpies.

Black Velvet Coloring Kits

All Day
Main Floor at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children

While supplies last, pick up a black velvet coloring kit to color your own black velvet poster.  No room is complete without black velvet art.  Relax, destress, and create.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Main Floor
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading
Event Details:

While supplies last, pick up a black velvet coloring kit to color your own black velvet poster.  No room is complete without black velvet art.  Relax, destress, and create.

Small child walking through library stacks.

Scavenger Hunt Week!

All Day 6/9 - 6/14
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children

It's Scavenger Hunt Week at the Library!  Drop in anytime from June 9-14 to find pictures hidden throughout the Library and earn a small prize.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

It's Scavenger Hunt Week at the Library!  Drop in anytime from June 9-14 to find pictures hidden throughout the Library and earn a small prize.

Cartoon baby with an open book on his/her lap.

Baby Bookworms

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun for you and your baby!  For babies from birth through 17 months with a caregiver.  Please register. 

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun for you and your baby!  For babies from birth through 17 months with a caregiver.  Please register. 

A young man dressed as a train conductor, punching a ticket.

Conductor Cody's Magical Railway Adventure

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Performance, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children

In Conductor Cody’s Magical Railway Adventure, our youngest patrons will go on a magical railway adventure geared just for them!

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Registration Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Performance, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

In Conductor Cody’s Magical Railway Adventure, our youngest patrons will go on a magical railway adventure geared just for them!

Chess Rookies & Masters Meetup

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Reading Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Other, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Children, Teens

Beware, playing chess can make you brainy! Play and learn chess under the guidance of EPCHS Chess Team players.  All levels of play are welcome.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Reading Room
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Other, Summer Reading
Event Details:

Beware, playing chess can make you brainy! Play and learn chess under the guidance of EPCHS Chess Team players.  All levels of play are welcome.