Tail Waggin’ Tutors

Grades: Preschool - 5th Come and practice your reading skills with Bailey, the Certified Therapy Dog! Be prepared for a kiss and cuddle from the 2 year-old Newfoundland!       Please register below:        

Make Mine a Mocktail: Summer Edition

Adults Only – Registration is required – Limit 25 people Enjoy some delicious adult beverages without the drawbacks of alcohol! We will demonstrate how to make 3 tasty seasonal mocktails, then send you home with samples and recipes.   This program is almost full. To register or to be added to the wait list, please […]

Book Buddies

Grades: Preschool - 8th   Pair up with an older child and take turns reading to each other. Log your reading minutes for the Summer Reading Challenge: Oceans of Possibilities and follow up with book a discussion, drawing together, a snack, and games!    We will meet on the following Thursdays from 3-4 PM:   7/14, 7/28, […]

Event Series Scales-N-Tales Storytime

Scales-N-Tales Storytime

Ages 0-5 with Caregiver — Limit 20 — Registration is required. Start your Friday morning off at the library with a fun storytime all about animals. A new animal each week! Some bilingual Spanish. We are currently limiting our storytime capacity to 20 people total.

Friday Flicks

Join us each month to watch a newly released movie! This month’s movie is Death on the Nile (PG-13): Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping […]

Event Series Snacks Around the World

Snacks Around the World

Teens — Grades 6-12 — Registration required Get ready to indulge in tasty treats. Try out new snacks from around the world. Eat popular treats and add new delicious favorite foods to your shopping list.            

Mighty Monarchs Book Club

Grades: K-3   Hop on over to the library for some super fun activities and discussions on the Monarch Book Award Nominees! The Monarchs is an Illinois book award with winner chosen by kids just like YOU. Please register below:          

Event Series DIY Summer Spa Products

DIY Summer Spa Products

Adults Only – Registration is required – Limit 20 people Celebrate summer by making some spa products from simple ingredients. You’ll learn how to make 3 spa-inspired products that you can take home and use to pamper yourself.  

Event Series Tai Chi

Tai Chi

Registration is required — We will email you a Zoom invitation the day before the program date. Tai chi is a type of low-impact, weight-bearing, and aerobic – yet relaxing – exercise. People of almost any age or condition can learn it. Participate virtually through Zoom with Tom Wilkens of Dancing Cranes Yoga in Riverside. […]

Event Series DIY Summer Spa Products

DIY Summer Spa Products

Adults Only – Registration is required – Limit 20 people Celebrate summer by making some spa products from simple ingredients. You’ll learn how to make 3 spa-inspired products that you can take home and use to pamper yourself.  

Maker Mania

Calling all crafty kids! Hop on over to the Franklin Park Library to get those creative minds cranking with a Maker Mania craft! For Families and Kids of All Ages.   REGISTRATION IS FULL See you at the next one :)      

Popular Page Turners Book Club

Join us for the Popular Page Turners Book Club for an evening of engaging conversation discussing books in our favorite genres and areas of interest! We will be discussing Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty   A murder.... A tragic accident.... Or just parents behaving badly? What’s indisputable is that someone is dead. Big Little Lies is a […]