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Upcoming Events

ESL Class

9:00am - 12:15pm

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

STEAM Creations: Paper Flower Bouquet

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

Genealogy Networking Group

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

Library Trivia Night

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Aspen Drive Library, Vernon Hills

Studio Workshop: Vinyl Record Conversion

7:00pm - 7:30pm

Aspen Drive Library, Vernon Hills

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9:00am - 1:00pm

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Movie Matinee

1:30pm - 4:00pm

Aspen Drive Library, Vernon Hills

World Explorers: Denmark

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

Crossways Preschool

9:30am - 10:00am

Bookmobile Stop

English Language Learners Book Club

10:30am - 12:00pm

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

Mike Basin: Accordion Favorites

1:00pm - 2:00pm

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Cinema Club

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Aspen Drive Library, Vernon Hills

Autism Social Meetup

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

Studio Workshop: VHS Video Conversion

7:00pm - 7:30pm

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

Classics Book Club

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

Chair Yoga for Everyone

9:00am - 10:00am

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English Conversation Cafe

10:00am - 11:30am

Aspen Drive Library, Vernon Hills

The Wisdom Bridge: From Experience to Clarity

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Aspen Drive Library, Vernon Hills

From 13 Colonies to the USA

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

VHS Club

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Aspen Drive Library, Vernon Hills

Password Storage, MFA, and Security

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

Studio Workshop: Audio Cassette Conversion

7:00pm - 7:30pm

Aspen Drive Library, Vernon Hills

Tai Chi 101

9:00am - 10:00am

Off-Site

Wednesday Morning Book Club

10:00am - 11:00am

Cook Park Library, Libertyville

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Hannah’s Pick of the Week: Bone of My Bone by Johanna Van Veen

"A little blood runs down my neck, I rub at it. "That's not very saintly of you," I say. Her bite does not pain me overly much, but the shock of it has loosened my tongue. "'Tis thine own fault for believing me some meek, martyred maid. Now heed me, you wretched wench: On the…

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Erica’s Pick of the Week: This Story Might Save Your Life

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Marianne’s Pick of the Week: Go Gentle

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April Highlights

Paper son / Julie Leung

Sari-sari summers / Lynnor Bontigao

Snow angel sand angel / Lois-Ann Yamanaka

If Lin Can / Richard Ho

Drawn together / Minh Lê

Free Radicals by Lila Riesen

K Jane by Lydia Kang

Eliza From Scratch by Sophia Lee

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi

The three-body problem / Cixin Liu

How to commit a postcolonial murder / Nina McConigley

The sympathizer / Viet Thanh Nguyen

Crying in H Mart / Michelle Zauner

A separation / Katie Kitamura

Nothing could stop her / Rona Arato

Rising / Sidura Ludwig

Joyful song / Leslea Newman

The whispering town / Jennifer Elvgren

The book rescuer / Sue Macy

DJ Rosenblum becomes the GOAT / Abby White

Can Posters Kill / Jerry Faivish

The Rebel Girls of Rome / Jordyn Taylor

The judgment of Yoyo Gold / Isaac Blum

Our deadly designs / Kalyn Josephson

Sonia Delaunay / Sonia Delaunay

The Yiddish Policemens Union / Michael Chabon

Sisters of Fortune / Esther Chehebar

The color of love / Marra B. Gad

Modern Jewish comfort food / Shannon Sarna

Persephone and the giant flowers / Joan Holub

Flower talk / Sara Levine

Where the black flowers bloom / Ronald L Smith

The deadliest flower / Eleanor Spicer Rice

Marabellas moment / Maryann Cocca Leffler

Stolen midnights / Katherine Quinn

A magical guide to plants / Sandra Lawrence

Flowerheart / Catherine Bakewell

Tahira in Bloom / Farah Heron

The Iron Flower / Laurie Forest

Growing flowers / Niki Irving

How flowers made our world / David George Haskell

Let only red flowers bloom / Emily Feng

Fabulous flowers with acrylics / Ruth Alice Kosnick

The flowers of Provence / Jamie Beck

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