Library of Things | Wilmette Public Library

The library will be closed on Sunday, May 25 and Monday, May 26 for Memorial Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, May 27, at 9am.

Welcome to Wilmette Public Library’s collection of technology, tools, and toys! The Library of Things offers nontraditional library materials for check-out to Wilmette library cardholders. Library of Things items may be picked up at the circulation desk.

Azul (Board Game)

The box art for the board game Azul. Azul is written in the center of the box in stylized font and on a plate with blue embellishments. Surrounding the plate are squares of decorated tiles in bright oranges, yellows, teals, and blacks.

Azul invites you, a tile laying artist, to embellish the walls of the Royal Palace of Evora.

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Bee-Bot

Beebot

Programmable floor robot.

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Carcassonne (Board Game)

The box art for the board game Carcassonne. The title is written in gold fancy caligraphy at the top. Below is a medieval village vista with green fields, trees, paths, rivers, and a stone castle in the distance.

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Catan Board Game

Board game box with an illustration of the setting sun over a prairie with mountains in the distance, people in the foreground. The word "Catan" is yellow at the top with the subtitle "Trade, Build, Settle."

Play Settlers of Catan.

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Codenames

Box for the game codenames with two silhouette spies with speech bubbles that read "Top secret" and "Word game."

In Codenames, two teams and their spymasters compete.

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Cubelets Discovery Set

Cubelets Discovery Set Kit

Robot construction kit.

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Ghost Hunting Kit

Image of a black and chrome case with the words "Ghost Hunting Equipment" written on it.

A kit of electronic devices to aid in spooky investigations.

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Jenga Giant

Enjoy hours of fun with friends and family with this giant Jenga game.

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Love Letter Card Game

The informational back of the Love Letter game.

Win the heart of the Princess!

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Makey Makey

Makey Makey kit with all the pieces spilling out.

Makey Makey makes STEM Education fun! Make game controllers, musical instruments, and countless inventions.

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Meta Quest 2 Virtual Reality Headset

White headset and two separate remote controls

Experience cutting edge virtual reality.

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Metal Detector

Slim black metal detector.

Hunt for coins, relics, jewelry, gold, and silver just about anywhere.

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MiP Arcade Robot

A futuristic white robot with neon aqua eyes and chest light. Accompanying accessories are displayed around it: a plate, and a little ball hoop and orange balls.

Self-balancing interactive robot.

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Nintendo 2DS

Blue Nintendo 2DS

Handheld game console; plays Nintendo 3DS games.

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Nintendo Switch Lite

Nintendo Switch Lite

Play Nintendo games.

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Pickleball Set

Pickleball Set with 4 paddles, balls, a net, and 2 equipment bags.

Play pickleball with this set of four balls, four paddles, and net.

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Playstation 5

A white Playstation 5 slim console stands upright with a light blue DualSense controller in front of it.

Play video games on the PS5 console.

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Sphero Specdrums

Colorful box packaging with the sphero specdrum finger rings in the foreground.

Turn colors into music with a tap.

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