Event List

Kids PreK-grade 5 and caregivers who are part of an LGBTQ+ family are invited to join our new Rainbow Family Club. We'll hang out, chat, have snacks, and do activities. LGBTQ+ kids are also welcome to bring friends who are allies. 

Learn about Indonesia's culture, traditions, foods, and fun in this session designed for kids who are homeschooled.

Drop-in event for kids age 5-10. Children younger than eight must have an adult in the library during the event. 

Learn about Indonesia's culture, traditions, foods, and fun. 

For kids grade K-5. Children younger than eight must have an adult in the library during the event. 

We'll learn about Métis beadwork art and artists who create paintings inspired by those motifs. We'll also create a project inspired by this art.

Enjoy a fun craft designed for kids grade K-2.

Drop-in event, space is limited. Kids younger than eight must have an adult in the library during the event. 

Learn to make Native American fry bread and listen to the book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard.

Bring your grown-up for a walk near the library with our librarians. Drop-in event for families with children PreK-K. Limited to 10 families.

Kids in PreK-grade 2 and their grown-ups experience a story, songs, rhymes, and a game while working on important preschool skills like letter sounds and social-emotional learning.

This family game event encourages collaboration and compassion.

For families with kids grade K-5. There must be at least one adult per family. Each person attending must register. 

Kids PreK-grade 2 and their grown-ups experience a story, songs, rhymes, and a game while working on important preschool skills like letter sounds and social-emotional learning.

Kids PreK-grade 2 and their grown-ups experience a story, songs, rhymes, and a game while working on important preschool skills like letter sounds and social-emotional learning.

Listen to a picture book followed by a fun STEAM project. 

Kids younger than eight must have an adult in the library during the event. 

Celebrate Illinois Family Reading Night with an extravaganza of books and activities! 

Families can join in throughout the event as local authors read their books. We'll also have crafts and activities. Drop-in event.

This drop-in inclusive playgroup is for children younger than six who receive or are considering therapy services. Children play while families meet and find support.

How to Train Your Dragon

Elio

Embrace an attitude of gratitude and make a thank-you card for a special family member or friend. 

Drop-in event. Space is limited. Children younger than eight must be accompanied by an adult.

Practice your reading skills by reading to a dinosaur. While waiting to read, enjoy a dinosaur-themed craft.

Kids age 5-7 must have an adult in the library during the event.

Kids PreK-grade 5 and caregivers who are part of an LGBTQ+ family are invited to join our new Rainbow Family Club. We'll hang out, chat, have snacks, and do activities. LGBTQ+ kids are also welcome to bring friends who are allies. 

Learn to make sufganiot, a pastry associated with Hanukkah, in this workshop led by Yona Posner from Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie.

Design and create unique projects. We provide the materials, you bring your imagination!

Drop-in event for kids PreK-grade 5. Kids younger than eight must be accompanied by an adult. Limited to 15 kids at a time. 

Learn about memory and make a neuron with candy in this session designed for kids who are homeschooled.

Drop-in event for kids age 5-10. Children younger than eight must be accompanied by an adult. 

Build your understanding of scientific concepts with fun activities.

This month, we're learning about memory, and we'll make a neuron with candy.

Listen to a picture book followed by a fun STEAM project.

Kids younger than eight must have an adult in the library during the event.