Week Calendar

Join us for a special story time for the youngest of the young. This story time is only meant for babies. We will have stories, songs, and lap-sit games. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

A special story time that includes songs, rhymes, dancing and stories for our exuberant toddlers! Registration with a CLPL card is required.

A story time for preschool-aged children with stories and songs.  Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Create, Move and Explore! Join the McHenry County College's occupational therapy assistant students to engage your child in their movement and sensory skills.

A story time for every little one! Join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, dancing, and more! Suggested for ages Birth - 5 years with a caregiver. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

A story time for every little one! Join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, dancing, and more! Suggested for ages Birth - 5 years with a caregiver. This is a Drop-in story time. No registration required.

A story time for every little one! Join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, dancing, and more! Suggested for ages Birth - 5 years with a caregiver. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Join Youth Services staff for a surprise hands-on activity. Crafts, games, building, robots - the activity will change every week! This is a drop-in program, no registration is required.

Are you ready for a monstrously good time? Join us for an hour of spooky activities and creepy crafts. Costumes encouraged! Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Expand your crocheting skills. For this class, you must be able to chain stitch and single crochet. Bring your own hook and your favorite yarn. We'll help you work on a new project and leave with more confidence.

With their deadly plants, razor-sharp shears, shady corners, and ready-made burial sites, gardens make an ideal scene for a murder mystery.  Join Marta McDowell, a writer, gardener, and avid mystery reader, in exploring the many ways in which

A book club for readers who do their best after dark! Join us this month to discuss Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix. Copies available at the Circulation Desk. 

Welcome Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author, advocate, mentor, and 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Our writers group is back! Join us to meet up and check in with other local writers. Bring whatever you're working on or find some inspiration here and get some writing done! Registration encouraged.