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On Friday, July 26, Friends of the Glen Ellyn Library and the Glen Ellyn Library Foundation held an appreciation event in conjunction with the opening of the traveling World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration exhibit. Donors, volunteers, and supporters of these organizations were invited to view the exhibit before its official opening… Read More about Friends of the Glen Ellyn Library and the Glen Ellyn Library Foundation Appreciation Event

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 library is putting the finishing touches on The Workshop, the new community makerspace! Maker programs are available to Glen Ellyn Public Library cardholders, and The Workshop is available to Glen Ellyn Public Library cardholders high school age and up. To help ensure that maker programs are available to everyone, beginning in September 2024, Glen… Read More about The Workshop

¡Hola! Adult Spanish Collection Did you know that the Adult Department of the library has a Spanish collection? I choose materials for the adult Spanish collection, and while I am a Spanish speaker who lived in Venezuela as a child, I am not a native speaker and my fluency in Spanish literature is very limited.… Read More about ¡Hola! Adult Spanish Collection

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

As a frazzled parent of three young children, I was often told: “The days are long, but the years are short.” This adage still resonates with me years later, not just because I’m still frazzled most of the time, but because the passing of each year seems to speed up the older my children become.… Read More about Preserving Family Moments with a Time Capsule

This summer, the library is encouraging the community to read with the 2024 Summer Reading program, and is also excited to host World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration! If 2,000 people register for summer reading, the Friends of the Library and the Glen Ellyn Library Foundation will  each give $1,000to our non-profit… Read More about Summer Fun at the Library

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

Marie Ulhorn Presidents Park, located at 265 Cumnor Avenue, is home to a brand new Little Free Library. For her Eagle Scout Service Project, seventeen-year-old Katherine Schlueter raised the necessary funds for the Little Free Library, coordinated with the Glen Ellyn Park District on placement, and built the structure itself! Below is a Q&A with… Read More about Marie Ulhorn Presidents Park is home to a new Little Free Library

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!

World on the Move | June 1-July 31 Readers of all ages can participate in 2024 Summer Reading! If 2,000 people register for summer reading, the Friends of the Library and the Glen Ellyn Library Foundation will each give $1,000 to our non-profit partner, Ten Thousand Villages, to support fair trade artisans. Summer Reading Log… Read More about 2024 Summer Reading

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