Tail Waggin’ Tutors

Grades PreK-5 — Registration is required. 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!

Fall Ombre Candleholder Craft

This program is full. To be added to the wait list, please contact the Info Desk at 847-455-6016 x229.   Adults only - Limit 20 - Registration is required Create a lovely addition to your fall décor that can be used all season long and enjoyed for years to come.

Maker Mania

For Families and Kids of All Ages — Registration is required. Calling all crafty kids! Hop on over to the Franklin Park Library to get those creative minds cranking with a Maker Mania craft!

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.

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 games!

Event Series Chair Yoga

Chair Yoga

Chair Yoga classes are wonderful movement opportunities for any adult with limited mobility who wants to increase and maintain flexibility. Participate virtually with Susan Wilkens of Dancing Cranes Yoga in Riverside through Zoom or by phone. Registration is required. We will email you the Zoom & phone information the day before the program date. Don’t […]

Cookie-Craft Family Storytime

Registration is closed. Please check the Calendar for more great programs! FYI: There is a waitlist for this event. Please arrive on time or someone else may take your spot!  This is a fun, holiday family storytime where we will read stories, sing songs, and create a no-bake pie for everyone!  

Bon Appetit

Grades 3-6 — Registration is required. Try your hand at cooking! Come to the library and see the tastes we have in store for you future chefs!

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 The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; […]

Illinois Libraries Present: A Conversation with Caitlin Doughty (Virtual)

Virtual Program — It will be offered via Zoom. Join us for an evening with Caitlin Doughty, mortician, author, advocate, and founder of the funeral reform collective The Order of the Good Death, which has spawned the death positive movement. Doughty is the author of New York Times bestsellers Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From […]

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!