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Silent Book Club for Kids!

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Reading Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Children
:

We're taking over the quiet reading room to do some sustained silent reading.  Bring a book (and, if you'd like, a blanket and/or pillow to help you get comfortable) and we'll spend the first 45 minutes together reading silently.

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Reading Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

We're taking over the quiet reading room to do some sustained silent reading.  Bring a book (and, if you'd like, a blanket and/or pillow to help you get comfortable) and we'll spend the first 45 minutes together reading silently.

This event is in the "Children" group.

National Pigeon Appreciation Day Paint and Sip!

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
:

It's National Pigeon Appreciation Day!  Celebrate by painting Mo Willem's Pigeon on canvas while enjoying music, snacks, and camaraderie. Meet Ms. Laura's pet pigeon, Rudy!

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

It's National Pigeon Appreciation Day!  Celebrate by painting Mo Willem's Pigeon on canvas while enjoying music, snacks, and camaraderie. Meet Ms. Laura's pet pigeon, Rudy!

This event is in the "Children" group.

Cuentos en español--Storytime in Spanish

Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
:

Hora de cuentos para niños y niñas desde bebitos hasta edad escolar y para sus padres.

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

Hora de cuentos para niños y niñas desde bebitos hasta edad escolar y para sus padres.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Paint Decorative Garden Rocks

Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
:

Paint beautiful rocks for your home or garden.

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

Paint beautiful rocks for your home or garden.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Baby Bookworms

Monday, June 16, 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. 

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

This event is in the "Children" group.

Fire Station Family Field Trip!

Monday, June 16, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Education, Take a Trip!
Age Group:
Children
:

Join us for a field trip to the fire station! Meet the firefighters, take a tour of the firehouse, and learn about fire safety! All kids must be accompanied by an adult.  Meet at the Evergreen Park Fire Department (9000 S.

Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Education, Take a Trip!
Required
Seats Remaining: 35
Event Details:

Join us for a field trip to the fire station! Meet the firefighters, take a tour of the firehouse, and learn about fire safety! All kids must be accompanied by an adult.  Meet at the Evergreen Park Fire Department (9000 S.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Toddler Time

Tuesday, June 17, 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. 

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. 

This event is in the "Children" group.

Drop-In Craft--Juneteenth Bracelets

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Current Events
Age Group:
Children
:

Kids entering 5th grade and younger are invited to drop in anytime from 2pm-4pm to make a bracelet to help you get ready for your Juneteenth celebration!

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

Kids entering 5th grade and younger are invited to drop in anytime from 2pm-4pm to make a bracelet to help you get ready for your Juneteenth celebration!

This event is in the "Children" group.

Toddler Time

Wednesday, June 18, 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. 

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. 

This event is in the "Children" group.

Learn about Monarch Butterflies with the Cook County South Suburban Master Gardeners

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Home & Garden, STEAM/Science
Age Group:
Children
:

Join an instructor from the Cook County South Suburban Master Gardeners to learn about the monarch butterfly, a magnificent, colorful species of butterfly that migrates from Mexico to Canada.

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Home & Garden, STEAM/Science
Required
Seats Remaining: 36
Event Details:

Join an instructor from the Cook County South Suburban Master Gardeners to learn about the monarch butterfly, a magnificent, colorful species of butterfly that migrates from Mexico to Canada.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Create Like the Masters

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
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.

Required
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 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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Tot Art

Friday, June 20, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
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

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
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

This event is in the "Children" group.

Kiddie Drive-In Movie

Friday, June 20, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Movie
Age Group:
Children
:

Bring a box big enough for your child to sit in.  Use our craft supplies to turn the box into a car!  Then your child can hop into the driver's seat, grab a snack and watch a short cartoon.  Craft supplies and snack provided. 

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Movie
Event Details:

Bring a box big enough for your child to sit in.  Use our craft supplies to turn the box into a car!  Then your child can hop into the driver's seat, grab a snack and watch a short cartoon.  Craft supplies and snack provided. 

This event is in the "All" group.
This event is in the "Children" group.
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Tiny Art Show Reception

Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Reading Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
All, Children, Teens, Adults
:

Join us for an art reception featuring an exhibit of tiny art created by children of the community! Light refreshments will be served.  Drop-in anytime from 1pm-3pm.

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Reading Room
Age Group: All, Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us for an art reception featuring an exhibit of tiny art created by children of the community! Light refreshments will be served.  Drop-in anytime from 1pm-3pm.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Baby Bookworms

Monday, June 23, 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. 

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

This event is in the "Children" group.

Flowers & Bees Storytime at Evergreen Park Urban Barn

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Storytime, Take a Trip!
Age Group:
Children
:

Learn how plants use colors to communicate and meet the bees at the Evergreen Park Urban Barn (91st and Rockwell).  We'll have time for a craft and to see all of the animals at the barn.  For kids entering preschool through 3rd grade.&nb

Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime, Take a Trip!
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Learn how plants use colors to communicate and meet the bees at the Evergreen Park Urban Barn (91st and Rockwell).  We'll have time for a craft and to see all of the animals at the barn.  For kids entering preschool through 3rd grade.&nb

This event is in the "Children" group.

Kids' Craft Night

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
:

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

June 9--Melted Crayon Butterflies

June 23--Color Wheel Sunflowers

July 21--Cardboard String Art

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
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.

June 9--Melted Crayon Butterflies

June 23--Color Wheel Sunflowers

July 21--Cardboard String Art

This event is in the "Children" group.

Toddler Time

Tuesday, June 24, 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. 

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. 

This event is in the "Children" group.

Messy Art!

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Porch at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
:

Join us for 4 weeks of messy, outdoor fun!  We'll splash, splatter, drip, spray and create!  Please wear clothes that you can get messy in.  In case of rain, we will meet indoors.

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

Join us for 4 weeks of messy, outdoor fun!  We'll splash, splatter, drip, spray and create!  Please wear clothes that you can get messy in.  In case of rain, we will meet indoors.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Toddler Time

Wednesday, June 25, 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. 

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. 

This event is in the "Children" group.

Create Like the Masters

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
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.

Required
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 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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, June 26, 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.

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 is no Preschool Storytime on June 19, 2025.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Storytime Around the World

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
:

Explore stories from many cultures, discuss their origins, and enjoy an evening snack.  For kids in kindergarten through 3rd grade.  Please register.

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

Explore stories from many cultures, discuss their origins, and enjoy an evening snack.  For kids in kindergarten through 3rd grade.  Please register.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Tot Art

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
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

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
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