Kids Events

grades K-6
Join us over Zoom for a canvas art project! Registered participants can pick up an art kit from the library beginning July 16. Please include your email address for connection details.

grades K-6 with family
Are you up to the challenge? Join us on the West Plaza for some quick Lego builds. What will we be building? It's a secret until the program starts! We'll provide the Legos. Please bring a blanket/towel for your family to sit on to help us social distance.

geared for children with caregiver
Join us on the West Plaza for a game of sticker bingo. To help us practice social distancing, please bring a blanket, beach towel, etc. for your family or group to share. One registration per family/group. Registered participants will receive bingo kits when they arrive for the program.

geared for K-6
Visit the Youth Services department for some weird and wonderful stations you can navigate at your own pace.

It's almost school time! Stop by the Youth Services department and help us get our bulletin boards ready for the fall by decorating an apple or two!

Chicago’s premiere acoustic Beatles tribute band; come sing along to all your favorite Beatles songs!

Attendees must bring their own seating. In case of inclement weather, rain-out date will be Wednesday, August 11 at 7pm.

geared for toddlers and preschoolers
Let's make some music on the West Plaza with our rhythm sticks. We'll learn some songs, rhymes, and counting activities we can do with our rhythm sticks. The library will provide rhythm sticks but you are welcome to bring your own. Please bring a blanket or towel for your family to sit on.

Join us on the West Plaza as read summer themed stories together! Please bring a blanket or towel for your family/group to sit on to help us social distance. One registration per family/group.

geared for birth-preschool
Visit stations around the Youth Services department to create your own storytime! Stations will focus on Reading, Writing, Singing, Talking, and Playing as you navigate activities at your own pace and practice social distancing. This activity is for adults and children to participate in together.

geared for elementary school students
It's back to school time! Stop by the Youth Services department to decorate a folder that you can use during your school year! We'll provide one folder per child along with a variety of craft materials. Folders are on a first come, first serve basis while supplies last.

children of all ages
Join a storyteller from Language Labs for a virtual bilingual storytime! We'll read, sing, and learn colors together in French. Please include your email address for connection details.

geared for grades 6 and under with family
Let's play Bingo on the West Plaza! If you get a bingo, choose a school supply of your choice! Please bring a blanket or towel for your family to sit on. One registration per family.

geared for K-6
Visit the Youth Services department for some weird and wonderful stations you can navigate at your own pace.

geared for birth-preschool
Visit stations around the Youth Services department to create your own storytime! Stations will focus on Reading, Writing, Singing, Talking, and Playing as you navigate activities at your own pace and practice social distancing. This activity is for adults and children to participate in together.

geared for birth-preschool
Visit stations around the Youth Services department to create your own storytime! Stations will focus on Reading, Writing, Singing, Talking, and Playing as you navigate activities at your own pace and practice social distancing. This activity is for adults and children to participate in together.

geared for elementary school students
How fast can you draw your favorite food? Can you draw a zebra in one minute? Try out some of our speed draw stations in the Youth Services department for some fast fun!

geared for birth-preschool
Visit stations around the Youth Services department to create your own storytime! Stations will focus on Reading, Writing, Singing, Talking, and Playing as you navigate activities at your own pace and practice social distancing. This activity is for adults and children to participate in together.

geared for grades 3-6
Let’s give our earbuds a creative twist over Zoom! Craft kits (including earbuds) will be available to pick up at the library starting August 17. Please include your email address for connection details.

Grades K-6
one registration per family or device
Get your paper and pencils ready for a virtual drawing class led by cartoonist Mark Anderson! Do you like your cartoons a little bit spooky? Then this is the class for you!
Students will tell the cartoonist where to go, what will happen, what to do, and draw along! Will there be werewolves? Maybe. Vampires? Possibly. Frankensteins? Who can say...
Toon in and find out. (Insert spooky laugh here.)
Please enter your email address for connection details.