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PJ Storytime is for ages 0 to 5 and is held the last Tuesday of every month at 6pm.

PJ Storytime

EVENT IS FULL — SEE YOU NEXT TIME! Cozy in for an evening storytime with Miss Elizabeth. Come in your PJs and bring your favorite stuffed animal!  

(CANCELLED) Illinois Libraries Present: A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward (Virtual)

NOTE: Due to a family emergency, this program has been cancelled.   Virtual Program — It will be offered via Zoom. Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward as she discusses how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice. Ward, hailed as […]

Book Buddies

Grades PreK-8 — Registration is required. Pair up with an older child and take turns reading to each other and follow up with a book discussion, drawing together, a snack, and a Halloween dance party!

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.

Want to recycle some old electronics? In partnership with Midwest Computer Recycling, you can bring your electronics to the library on Saturday, October 15 from 10 AM to 2 PM.

Franklin Park Library Electronic Recycling Event

Stop by the library and recycle all those old electronics that have been gathering dust. The library has partnered up with Midwest Computer Recycling to help you with recycling old electronics and metal items. Items that are accepted: Computers, Monitors, Tablets, Laptops, Printers, Circuit Boards, Servers, Modems, Scanners, Hard Drives, Cables, Keyboards, Mice, cell/office phones, […]

Halloween Shadow-Box Pumpkin Craft

THIS PROGRAM IS FULL.   Adults only - Limit 20 - Registration is required Looking for something new to decorate your house for Halloween this year? Come and create a festive and unique holiday decoration with us.

Learn ASL at the Franklin Park Library.

ASL Club

All Ages — Registration is required. Learn American Sign Language! Our mission is to come together as a community to learn American Sign Language (ASL) to bring awareness and communicate to individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and/or Non-Verbal. Play games and have fun while you learn the ASL alphabet and simple words and phrases!

Popular Page Turners Book Club

Registration is required. 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 A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them […]

Crafter’s Corner

Open to all ages and skill levels — Registration is required. Come and get crafty at Crafter's Corner! This program is crafting free time for all ages! Is there a craft that you’ve always wanted to try? Or do you need some extra space for a craft that you’ve been working on? Drop in anytime […]

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 Downton Abbey: A New Era (PG): The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess’s newly inherited villa. This film stars Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, and Elizabeth McGovern. Refreshments […]