Upcoming Events
Escape to Book Island Winter Reading Challenge
Tired of winter? Escape to Book Island with our tropical-themed winter reading challenge! Imagine yourself reading on a beach and escape winter!
Early Learning Outreach-RIMSD HeadStart & Preschool For All Visits
Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.
Relaxing and casual fun for kids 5 and younger with their caregiver. Toys and activities will be set out from 10 am to noon at the Downtown Library, Children's Room.
Early Learning Outreach-RIMSD HeadStart & Preschool For All Visits
Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.
Fun activities and crafts every week Tuesdays at Watts-Midtown and Thursdays at Southwest!! Come for fun every week for Elementary age kids (K-6)!
This week we will learning about and creating memes from the year 2016!
Children and their caregivers are invited to enjoy this story time full of books, action rhymes and songs.
For ages 0 - 5 years old.
Illinois State Awards
Monarch Award (K-3 Readers' Choice)
Bluestem Award (3-5 Readers' Choice)
Caudill Award (4-8 Readers' Choice)
National Awards
Scholastic Book Flix
HelpNow
Live tutors, study skills, writing, flashcards, practice tests, etc. Kindergarten to college levels. Adult Learning Center is also available for skill development.
Novelist K-8
The readers tool. Find titles in series, authors, audiobook narrators, or books that are suitable for readers ages K-8. Fiction & nonfiction.
Education & Enrichment
Whether it's to keep your brain young or to get young brains imagining, we have a great selection for that.