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¡Comparte libros en más de 100 idiomas con LOTE4Kids! Chia sẻ sách bằng hơn 100 ngôn ngữ với LOTE4Kids! Share books in over 100 languages with LOTE4Kids! !کے ساتھ 100 سے زیادہ زبانوں م ی ں کتاب ی ں شی ئ ر کریں LOTE4Kids Research indicates that listening to a language makes learning easier by… Read More about Reinforce your language learning with LOTE4Kids

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 Evergreen by Matthew Cordell. Alexandra reads We Laugh Alike: A Story that's Part English, Part Spanish, and a… Read More about Dial 630-534-9700 to hear a story, rhyme, or joke read aloud at any time – January 2026

Short Édition, the provider of the content for the Short Story Dispenser in the library lobby, now offers a QR code so that people who are blind or have low vision can listen to a selection of 70–80 works, with more titles to come. If you read Short Story Dispenser content online, stories that have… Read More about Short Story Dispenser now includes option to listen to stories

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. Marii reads chapters 21-23 of Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. Alexandra reads The Mexican Dreidel by Linda Marshall. Meredith… Read More about Dial 630-534-9700 to hear a story, rhyme, or joke read aloud at any time – December 2025

What drew you to work in libraries? My mom was an elementary art teacher and I wanted to be one too, but it involved too much cleaning. After college I worked at the Kohl Children's Museum and spent a lot of time at the Evanston Public Library. That's when the lightbulb went on and I… Read More about Q&A with new Youth Director Maria Shackles!

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 November from When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano. Kate reads I Am Human:… Read More about Dial 630-534-9700 to hear a story, rhyme, or joke read aloud at any time – November 2025

Construction continues in the Youth Department, library lobby, and North and South Meeting Rooms. The carpet in the lobby will be replaced this week, but all services should be accessible! The Youth desk is temporarily relocated near the entrance to the Youth Department. Access to some areas of the Youth Department may be limited, and… Read More about 1st Floor Refresh Update

The library, including The Cafe and The Workshop, will close at 2 pm on Friday, October 17. At 6 pm, the newly Haunted Library will host family-friendly frights on the first floor and scary scenes recommended for age 13 and older on the 2nd floor! Please note, on Friday, October 17 The drive-up window will… Read More about Halloween fun at the library on Friday, October 17!

October through April Sticker Club is a fun way for kids in grades k-5 to earn stickers when they read! Sign up at the Youth Desk to receive a Sticker Pouch and a Sticker Club Log. Keep track of the days you read and earn a sticker for every seven days logged!… Read More about Sticker Club at the Library is Back!

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 October from When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons by Julie Fogliano. Katy reads Rainy, Sunny, Blowy,… Read More about Dial 630-534-9700 to hear a story, rhyme, or joke read aloud at any time – October 2025

Everyone is welcome at the library, and now visitors can see a heartfelt greeting in 15 languages at the front entry! The languages were chosen based on languages commonly spoken by families in the Glen Ellyn school districts. The welcome wall is gratefully funded by the Glen Ellyn Library Foundation. Thank you for helping the… Read More about Thank you, Glen Ellyn Library Foundation!

Access to some areas of the Youth Department may be limited, and some items will be shifted and relocated. If there is something that you can’t find, please ask at a service desk! Access to the North and South Meeting Rooms limited to staff. Improvements will include adding study rooms in the Youth Department creating… Read More about 1st Floor Refresh Construction Continues through November