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Call 630-534-9700 and select 1-10 to hear a story, rhyme, or even jokes read aloud by a staff member any time. Here’s what’s playing now! Press # at any time to return to the menu. Payton reads On a Summer Night by Deborah Hopkinson. Alexandra reads The Very Impatient Caterpiller by Ross Burach. Katy reads… Read More about Dial 630-534-9700 to hear a story, rhyme, or joke read aloud at any time – August 2024

The Workshop is a makerspace - a place to create, discover, and learn. Got an idea for a project, or looking for inspiration? Staff in The Workshop can help you get started! Equipment, is free to use, but you might need to purchase materials. Maker equipment, including laptops and a laminator that do not require… Read More about Getting started in The Workshop – Epilog Laser

Call 630-534-9700 and select 1-10 to hear a story, rhyme, or even jokes read aloud by a staff member any time. Here’s what’s playing now! Press # at any time to return to the menu. Alexandra reads El Español es la Lengua de mi Familia by Michael Genhart. Ellie reads The Sweetest Scoop: Ben &… Read More about Dial 630-534-9700 to hear a story, rhyme, or joke read aloud at any time – July 2024

Summer is upon us. For many, this means more free time and fewer responsibilities. This means that we will have more time to entertain ourselves, often through the form of watching movies and shows. The library has many DVDs with movies and shows for people like you to take home and watch. I have compiled… Read More about Fantastical Films and Where to Watch Them: Six Titles to Keep You Thinking

Call 630-534-9700 and select 1-10 to hear a story, rhyme, or even jokes read aloud by a staff member any time. Here’s what’s playing now! Press # at any time to return to the menu. Josie reads Just One More Sleep: All Good Things Come to Those Who Wait... and Wait... and Wait by Jamie… Read More about Dial 630-534-9700 to hear a story, rhyme, or joke read aloud at any time – June 2024

Library Board President Karen Volk, Friends President Katie Scherer, Library Board Treasurer Maryanne Deaton, Library Director Dawn Bussey, and Friends Community Mailing Chair Britta Albrecht On Monday, the Friends of the Library presented a check for $54,000 to the library to supplement the library’s annual budget for materials, programs, and literacy initiatives in the local… Read More about Thank you, Friends of the Library!

The library’s Short Story Dispenser is on tour! The kiosk dispenses short stories and poems and was the first of its kind to offer short stories in Spanish. Library staff deliver the dispenser to schools using the outreach van. The dispenser was a gift from the Foundation, which also helped fund the outreach van to… Read More about Short story dispenser on tour

Call 630-534-9700 and select 1-10 to hear a story, rhyme, or even jokes read aloud by a staff member any time. Here’s what’s playing now! Press # at any time to return to the menu. Josie reads Every Night is Pizza Night by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Payton reads To the Stranger Who Crosses the Water from… Read More about Dial 630-534-9700 to hear a story, rhyme, or joke read aloud at any time – May 2024

The library has added more lockers at 65 S Park Boulevard inside the Glen Ellyn Police Department! Users can access the lockers, now located in the hallway adjacent to the Community Room, 24/7. A library book drop is also available outside at the east end of the Glen Ellyn Police Department parking lot near Panfish… Read More about New location for expanded 65 S Park Lockers

The library has distributed all of the remaining eclipse glasses. Happy viewing! NASA Partnerships bring 2024 Total Solar Eclipse to Everyone… Read More about Eclipse glasses no longer available

Users of the library 65 S. Park Lockers can now return items in the new library book drop located at the east end of the Glen Ellyn Police Department parking lot near Panfish Park! The new outdoor book drop replaces the indoor book drop, which has been removed. If you have any questions about the… Read More about 65 S Park Book Drop now located outside near Panfish Park

Call 630-534-9700 and select 1-10 to hear a story, rhyme, or even jokes read aloud by a staff member any time. Here’s what’s playing now! Press # at any time to return to the menu. Josie reads Come Over to My House by Eliza Hull Alexandra reads the second chapter of Los Tipos Malos by… Read More about Dial 630-534-9700 to hear a story, rhyme, or joke read aloud at any time – April 2024