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Scissors and the moon.

Kids' Craft Night

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Kids in preschool through 5th grade are invited to craft with us!  Sign up for each week you would like to join us. March 5:  Fingerpainting Rainbows March 19: Butt...

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

Kids in preschool through 5th grade are invited to craft with us!  Sign up for each week you would like to join us.

March 5:  Fingerpainting Rainbows

March 19: Butterfly Painting

April 2: Bubble Wrap Painting

The Lorax saying, "Plant a seed. Grow a reader. Protect the Earth!"

Planting with the Lorax

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Education, Environment, Home & Garden
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Watch The Lorax (1972) and create your own planting to take home and plant outside!

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Education, Environment, Home & Garden
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Seats Remaining: 45
Event Details:

Watch The Lorax (1972) and create your own planting to take home and plant outside!

Child drawing a large butterfly with markers

A-May-Zing Morning Makers

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Join us for four weeks of morning arts and crafts!  For kids ages 2-5.  Registration required. 

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us for four weeks of morning arts and crafts!  For kids ages 2-5.  Registration required. 

Reading Buddies

Reading Buddies

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Activity/Teen Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Education
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Students in grades K to 5 select a book and read it aloud to a high school reading buddy. Reading Buddies assist with homework, play games, and make crafts.

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Activity/Teen Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Education
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Students in grades K to 5 select a book and read it aloud to a high school reading buddy. Reading Buddies assist with homework, play games, and make crafts.

A woman reading a book to a little girl

Saturday Stories

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Can't make it to storytime during the week (or just need more storytime in your life)?  Join us for Saturday Stories!  We'll have stories, songs, rhymes, and fun, most ap...

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

Can't make it to storytime during the week (or just need more storytime in your life)?  Join us for Saturday Stories!  We'll have stories, songs, rhymes, and fun, most appropriate for children ages 2-6, but all ages are welcome.  No

Pop Open a Good Book on a striped background with a few pieces of popcorn.

Pop Open a Good Book Club

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Kids in first through third grade can grab some popcorn and practice their reading skills.  We'll all take turns reading a few fun stories together each month!

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Kids in first through third grade can grab some popcorn and practice their reading skills.  We'll all take turns reading a few fun stories together each month!

A child reading a book behind a plate of cookies

The Smart Cookie Book Club

Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 6:00pm - 6:45pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Third through 5th graders meet monthly to talk about books with other book-loving kids, eat cookies, and do a fun activity!  Books will be available for check out at the Circu...

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:

Third through 5th graders meet monthly to talk about books with other book-loving kids, eat cookies, and do a fun activity!  Books will be available for check out at the Circulation Desk by the first of each month.

A lemon sun.

Sweet Summer: Summer Reading Kick-Off Party

Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
All, Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Help us kick off this year's Summer Reading Challenge, Sweet Summer, with a parking lot party! We'll have a petting zoo, frozen custard from Culver's, the Science Heroes will bring...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: All, Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

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

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

Baby Bookworms

Monday, June 3, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
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.  There is no Baby Bookworms ...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 16
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.  There is no Baby Bookworms on July 1.

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

Baby Bookworms

Monday, June 3, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
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.  There is no Baby Bookworms ...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 19
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.  There is no Baby Bookworms on July 1.

A bracelet made out of pop tabs and ribbon

Make a Pop Tab Bracelet

Monday, June 3, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Learn to make a bracelet out of pop tabs.  For kids entering 3rd through 5th grade.  Please register.

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Learn to make a bracelet out of pop tabs.  For kids entering 3rd through 5th grade.  Please register.

4 pictures of toddlers, each in their own circle

Toddler Time

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Toddler Time is an interactive storytime program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers. Please register. There is no Toddler Time on July 2.

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

Toddler Time is an interactive storytime program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers. Please register. There is no Toddler Time on July 2.

Ice cream cone window cling

DIY Cupcake Clings

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Help us decorate our windows for summer reading!  Make puffy paint window clings in the shape of cupcakes, cookies, and other sweets.  When they dry, we'll display them o...

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 29
Event Details:

Help us decorate our windows for summer reading!  Make puffy paint window clings in the shape of cupcakes, cookies, and other sweets.  When they dry, we'll display them on the windows in the Children's Department.

4 pictures of toddlers, each in their own circle

Toddler Time

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Toddler Time is an interactive storytime program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregiver.  Please register.  There is no Toddler Time on June 19.

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

Toddler Time is an interactive storytime program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregiver.  Please register.  There is no Toddler Time on June 19.

Ice Cream in a Bag

Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
STEAM/Science
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Explore food science and make ice cream in a bag.  There will be a whole lot of shakin' going on! 

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: STEAM/Science
Required
Seats Remaining: 13
Event Details:

Explore food science and make ice cream in a bag.  There will be a whole lot of shakin' going on! 

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

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Preschool Storytime combines stories and songs for kids from 3-5 years old.  Please register.  There's no Preschool Storytime on July 4.

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

Preschool Storytime combines stories and songs for kids from 3-5 years old.  Please register.  There's no Preschool Storytime on July 4.

Heart with books at the center

Book Swap for Children and Teens

Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Start your summer off right by getting some new-to-you books at our book swap! Bring in your gently used YA or children's books (in good condition) and trade them for the same numb...

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

Start your summer off right by getting some new-to-you books at our book swap! Bring in your gently used YA or children's books (in good condition) and trade them for the same number of books. Lots to choose from!

Children outdoors, playing with a parachute.

Stories in the Park

Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Offsite at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Join us for outdoor stories at 10 am in our beautiful parks!  In the case of active rain, storytime will be held at the Library. Saturday, June 8:  Duffy Park ...

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

Join us for outdoor stories at 10 am in our beautiful parks!  In the case of active rain, storytime will be held at the Library.

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

Baby Bookworms

Monday, June 10, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
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.  There is no Baby Bookworms ...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 16
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.  There is no Baby Bookworms on July 1.

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

Baby Bookworms

Monday, June 10, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
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.  There is no Baby Bookworms ...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 19
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.  There is no Baby Bookworms on July 1.

Peanut butter, oat and M&M balls

Just Desserts: No-Bake Dessert Making for Kids

Monday, June 10, 2024 at 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Cooking
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Learn to make a few no-bake desserts.  Perfect for summertime!  For kids entering kindergarten through 5th grade.  Please register.

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Cooking
Required
Seats Remaining: 33
Event Details:

Learn to make a few no-bake desserts.  Perfect for summertime!  For kids entering kindergarten through 5th grade.  Please register.

Chess Rookies and Masters Meetup

Chess Rookies and Masters Meetup

Monday, June 10, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Game on! 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...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Other
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Game on! 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.

4 pictures of toddlers, each in their own circle

Toddler Time

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Toddler Time is an interactive storytime program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers. Please register. There is no Toddler Time on July 2.

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

Toddler Time is an interactive storytime program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers. Please register. There is no Toddler Time on July 2.

Bilingual Storytime

Bilingual Storytime: hora del cuento bilingüe

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes in English and Spanish.  Únase con nosotros para cuentos, canciones y rimas en inglés y español.  

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

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes in English and Spanish.  Únase con nosotros para cuentos, canciones y rimas en inglés y español.