Upcoming Events

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.

Is your little one about to start kindergarten? Let’s get prepared together! These sessions will prepare you and your little one for the big step into kindergarten.

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.

Design and hand-sew your own felt Pop Tart!  For kids entering 3rd through 5th grade.  Please register.

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

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.

Make a "gingerbread" beach house out of graham crackers and candy.  Registration required.

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

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

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.

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

Drop in anytime from 10 am to 4 pm to make a cute donut craft!  For kids entering grade 5 and younger.

Are you a fan of Mo Willems' books? Join us for a party to celebrate the Pigeon and meet the Pigeon as well as Miss Laura's pet pigeon Rudy!  The Pigeon probably wants to run this party, but we can't let that happen!

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.

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.

Is your little one about to start kindergarten? Let’s get prepared together! These sessions will prepare you and your little one for the big step into kindergarten.

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.

Listen to sweet stories and learn about honeybees at the Evergreen Park Urban Barn (91st and Rockwell).  We'll have time to meet the bees and all of the animals at the barn.  For kids entering preschool through 3rd grade.  Please re

Step into the delicious world of sweets with a life-size game of Candy Land! Sign up for a 30-minute time slot.  Each time slot is limited to 6 players.

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.

Step into the delicious world of sweets with a life-size game of Candy Land!  Registered guests will play through a game of life sized Candy Land in the library.

Step into the delicious world of sweets with a life-size game of Candy Land!  Registered guests will play through a game of life sized Candy Land in the library.

Step into the delicious world of sweets with a life-size game of Candy Land!  Registered guests will play through a game of life sized Candy Land in the library.

Step into the delicious world of sweets with a life-size game of Candy Land!  Registered guests will play through a game of life sized Candy Land in the library.