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It's that time of year again! Whether you are looking for holiday music, movies, or books, there's something for everyone in our digital collections. We hope these collections will help you celebrate the season. Hallmark Christmas Movie Collection - hoopla Christmas Movies for Kids - hoopla Classi...
Have you explored Kanopy lately? There are lots of new additions to the holiday collection!
Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the films inside are delightful. Join us as we spread a little cinematic cheer with our newly expanded Home Viewing for the Holidays collection. To see these holiday highlights, go to kanopy.com/category/24372. All you need is your library card.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Mx Dannie’s last story time! Everyone had a great time as usual! We will miss Mx Dannie, but we know they will be bringing joy to a new community as only they can and we wish them the best of luck!
We are once again blown away by the generosity of the River Forest community. We collected more gifts than we could count for Sarah's Inn Holiday Gift Project, helping them reach their goal of 1,000 gifts to distribute to the families they serve. Thank you!
Our November Guesstimation Jar winner won 23,376 kernels of popcorn, a popcorn popper, and crafts by Indigenous artists! He was our closest guess with a guess of 24,600 kernels! This month you can win a gift card to local toy store Geppetto’s Toy Box by guessing how many bows are in our jar. So, come visit us in the Children’s Room and make your guess!
Today, we bundled up and headed over to Memorial Parkway on Lake Street to decorate our community holiday tree. Go check it out! Our tree features a book page garland, our favorite books, and wooden ornaments decorated by patrons and staff.
Construction has begun on the new enclosure that will house our air handling equipment. This first step of the project will take about 6 weeks. Our new air handler will arrive in the Spring.
We will reopen on Friday, 11/25 at 9 AM. Wishing everyone a safe and joyful holiday.
Just a reminder that we will be closing at 5 PM tomorrow, 11/23, and will be closed on Thursday, 11/24. There's still time to stop in for a last minute cookbook, a cozy read, or a DVD to watch with the family. We will reopen on Friday at 9 AM.
Our middle schoolers had a blast making really cool book page lanterns yesterday. This is a great way to reuse old or damaged books.
The fireplaces are crackling & it’s , so come visit us at the library on this snowy day & cozy up with a good book!
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Congrats to our new trivia champions from on their decisive victory Friday! All our teams were fantastic and we hope to see you at a future trivia invite!
Story time is at 10am today, but this patron couldn’t wait to get started on his reading!
Jack, age 9, was the winner of the contents of our Children’s Room October Guesstimation Jar! October’s jar had 174 Japanese erasers, and Jack guessed closest with 170! Stop in during the month of November for a chance to win prizes made by Indigenous artists!
River Forest Public Library updated their business hours.
Happy Halloween from all of us at River Forest Public Library!
We were so excited to have Chicago radio legend Steve Darnell with us on Halloween weekend for a spooky radio presentation! Be sure to tune into Steve’s show Those Were The Days on every Saturday afternoon!
Just a reminder that the Library building is closed today for staff training. Don't forget that our digital library is open 24/7.
Reporting back on our ghost busting event, we learned firsthand from these attendees that some paranormal (although friendly) activity was detected near the upstairs candy jar and the fax machine. Hungry ghosts trying to communicate? 👻
Are there ghosts in the Library? These middle schoolers, enjoying our ghost busters program, went on a quest to find out. The verdict? We'll have to get back to you on that...👻
Just a reminder that we are closed on Friday.
Spooky season is in full swing, but not everyone wants something dark & scary to read! Check out some not-so-spooky 🎃 reads upstairs to find the perfect cozy mystery ☕️ or witchy romance 🧙🏻♀️to get you in the spirit! 👻
Brian and Maisy made an awesome bell tower (of doom!) with our today!
Our meeting room has been busy all day with staff and community members donating blood for the Lauren B Fan Club community blood drive. Thank you everyone! Our Director Emily looks pretty comfortable.
This is one of our Adult Librarian Brian's favorite movies, so we think you should check it out.
To honor the life and career of screen legend , who has passed away at age 96, we're highlighting her Academy Award-nominated performance in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962). To witness her work in this acclaimed film, go to kanopy.com/product/manchurian-candidate. Available: 🇺🇸|🇨🇦 Access may vary by library.
We're hosting a blood drive today and still have a few openings at noon and 3 PM. Sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084ba9a92eabf94-river3
It’s New Book Tuesday! Our Lucky Day shelves are stocked with today’s buzziest titles, from the highly anticipated Celeste Ng novel to the newest thriller from John Sandford. They are first-come, first-serve, so stop in today! ✨📚✨
Don't miss your chance to enter our Library Card Sign Up month raffle. Last days is Friday, September 30. You can fill out a raffle entry every time you use your library during the month of September, or if you sign up for a library card. We always try to support local businesses when we do these contests and this year's businesses include Bertollis pizza, Candycopia, Daly Bagel, Goodearth Greenhouse, Kribi Coffee Air Roastery, Magical Minds Studio - Creative Development and Rare Bird Preserves. Don't miss your chance to win one of these fantastic prizes; head to the Library today and enter our raffle.
Help us plan for the future of the library! We are holding a series of focus group sessions as part of our strategic planning process. We invite you to attend an in-person or virtual session. In person sessions will be held on October 3 and virtual sessions will be held on October 11 and 12. Each session is limited to 8 participants and will last approximately one hour.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RFPLfocus-groups
Banned Books Week has come to a close but we had to share this last mugshot with you. Susie appears horrified that To Kill a Mockingbird was banned and challenged.
Thanks to everyone who participated in Banned Books Week and keep enjoying your freedom to read what you want.
Our Director Emily, was caught reading Where the Wild Thigs Are by Maurice Sendak. Also one of President Obama's favorite children's book, it was heavily banned in the south when first published (1963) and continues to be challenged today.
Readers believed Where the Wild Things Are was psychologically damaging and traumatizing to young children due to Max's inability to control his emotions and his punishment of being sent to bed without dinner.
It's hard to imagine that this classic tale would be banned or challenged but it was. Thankfully, bans on Charlotte's Web did not last long.
In 2006, Kansas banned Charlotte’s Web because “talking animals are blasphemous and unnatural” and passages about the spider dying were also criticized as being “inappropriate subject matter for a children’s book.” (bannedbooks.com)
Brian, our Adult and Teen Services Librarian, was caught reading Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison.
"Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit."
It's Banned Books Week and our staff has been caught reading banned books! Celebrate your freedom to read and get your "mug shot" taken at the Library with a banned book of your choice.
Books unite us. Censorship divides us.
Story time in action! The River Forest Library Foundation provided the funds to get new cushions for our story timers. These ones are lighter, smaller, and easier to store. Absolutely perfect for us!
We had an amazing time at Concordia University hearing the talented Sherri Duskey Rinker () read some classics AND her new book! This story time was a masterclass, and the audience couldn’t get enough! Thanks to , , and for collaborating on this event!
National Hispanic Heritage Month begins Sept 15th!
Try Latin American Spanish course to learn more about the language and culture of Latin America!
Haven’t tried Mango Languages? River Forest Public Library provides this resource for FREE to anyone with a library card! Get started today! Go to www.riverforestlibrary.org/digital/ to get started.
September is flying by! Don't forget to enter our Library Card Sign Up month raffle. You can fill out a raffle entry every time you use your library during the month of September, or if you sign up for a library card. We always try to support local businesses when we do these contests and this year's businesses include Bertollis pizza, Candycopia, Daly Bagel, Goodearth Greenhouse, Kribi Coffee Air Roastery, Magical Minds Studio - Creative Development and Rare Bird Preserves. Don't miss your chance to win one of these fantastic prizes; head to the Library today and enter our raffle.
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Thanks again to The Dooley Band for a beautiful evening of music and to River Forest Public Library Foundation for sponsoring this wonderful event.
Happy Monday! We are excited to share the launch of our first Story Garden for the summer. Each week, we will share a new book based on the animal theme for the week. This week's Tails and Tales Summer Reading Theme is Dinosaurs! Enjoy Dinosaur vs the Library by Bob Shea as you walk around our garden. Please make sure to fill out our very short QR code survey at the end of the story so we know you read along with us. This story will remain up through June 20 and a new book will take its place Monday morning, June 21! #RiverForestPublicLibrary #StoryGarden #SummerReading2021 #TailsAndTales #CSLP #LibrariesOfInstagram #rfplChildrens
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