Week Calendar

Meet us at Evergreen Park's Yukich Fields!

Preschool Storytime combines stories, songs, crafts, and games for kids from 3-5 years old (siblings welcome). We'll meet at Bejcek Park (90th and Troy). Please register.  There is no Preschool Storytime on July 4.

Toddler Time is an interactive storytime program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers (siblings welcome). We'll meet at Bejcek Park (90th and Troy). Please register.

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun for you and your baby! For babies from birth through 17 months with a caregiver (siblings welcome).  We'll meet at Bejcek Park (90th and Troy).  Please register.

Kids ages 2-5 engage with books through poses, shapes and stretches. Feel free to bring a yoga mat or beach towel. Please register. There is no 10 am Stories and Stretches on July 14.

Set up, help kids with the tie dye, clean up.

Help kids with games and activities.  Set up and clean up.

Cosponsored by Pathlights.

Join us at Yukich Fields (8900 S Kedzie Ave) for a storywalk!  We'll read the story Explorers of the Wild by Cale Atkinson.

Be a bingo caller and help kids play the game.  Set up and clean up.

Buzz over to the Library to play camping-themed picture bingo for fun prizes.  For kids 12 years old and younger.  No registration required.

Make a festive 4th of July, tie-dyed t-shirt. Please bring your own washed, white, cotton t-shirt. The dye stains, so wear old clothes and shoes.

Grab your crochet hook, knitting needles, or sewing kit and join other crafters for some social stitching! Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some crochet or knitting tips, or just drop in for an early afternoon hangout.

You are invited to a special Mother Bruce celebration! Come meet Bruce from the Mother Bruce series by Ryan T.

Kids ages 2-5 engage with books through poses, shapes and stretches.  Feel free to bring a yoga mat or beach towel.  Please register.  There is no noon Stories and Stretches on June 16.

Join Kerrie Stone to make a decorative paint stick flag door hanging. Just in time for the 4th of July!

Observe live insects from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum’s collections! Kids entering 1st and 2nd grade will learn about the ways that these insects move, eat, and protect themselves from danger.

Do you understand how books are put in order at the Library?  Would you prefer to volunteer for a quiet activity?  We need you to shelve our books.

Meet two live reptiles from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum’s collections!

Be a bingo caller and help kids play the game.  Set up and clean up.

Buzz over to the Library to play camping-themed picture bingo for fun prizes.  For kids 12 years old and younger.  No registration required.

Help us lead children through STEAM activities and experiments.  Set up and clean up.

Join us each week as we delve into different STEAM topics, from animals to engineering, and do interactive experiments and activities. For kids entering grades 1-5.  Registration required.

Meet the Trike-a-Delic Rider in Yukich Fields (at the start of the Storywalk) to create a bubble wrap masterpiece! The Library will provide art supplies, just bring along some sunscreen and creativity.

Set up, help kids with the tie dye, clean up.

Make a festive 4th of July, tie-dyed t-shirt. Please bring your own washed, white, cotton t-shirt. The dye stains, so wear old clothes and shoes.

Help us wipe down and clean up the Children's Department.

Chess rookies and masters meet at the Library to learn and play chess. EPCHS Chess Team players will teach the fundamentals of the game.  All levels of play are welcome. Snacks will be served!

Join Kerrie Stone to make a decorative paint stick flag door hanging. Just in time for the 4th of July!

Join other fiber artists for some social stitching! Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some crochet or knitting tips, or just join for a social hangout. New members and all skill levels are welcome.

Join us for a fun night out with the family every Thursday.  Discover your creativity, play family games, and enjoy some fun quality time!  For kids entering grades K-5 and their grownups.  Please register each child attending.

Learn the basics of tarot and get your own tarot card reading at this informative presentation. We’ll learn the history of tarot as well as get a primer on how to start doing your own readings.

Award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi will discuss his new cookbook My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef. His cookbook celebrates the cuisine of the African diaspora as handed down through his own family