On November 9, we hosted a Diwali Celebration in collaboration with the South Asian Families of Wilmette. 

Did you know that children in Wilmette have already voted many times?

National Hispanic Heritage Month is here!

Considering the fact that 11 million people in the United States—about 3.6 percent of us—are deaf or near-deaf, this singular minority doesn’t get much attention. People who experience deafness don’t get flags, or parades. Yet deafness is not simply a disability.

For the second year, the Youth Services department has created an epic Gallery of Readers as part of our Summer Reading Club halfway activity.

Did you know that librarians from the Youth Services Department visit Wilmette schools throughout May and June to promote reading during the summer?

How do we help children understand the meaning of Pride – a joyful celebration that commemorates decades of struggle for human rights?

My name is Anaya Brainch and I am a rising junior at New Trier.

On Saturday, April 20, we hosted an Eid al-Fitr Celebration in collaboration with the South Asian Families of Wilmette.

Each May our nation celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month to recognize the enormous diverse and cultural contributions that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have made throughout American history.  The official designation of May as AAPI Heritage Month was

Join our Library Crawl this April in celebration of National Library Week. Starting April 1, pick up a Library Crawl bookmark at either Glencoe Public Library, Wilmette Public Library, or Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District.

March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility, which celebrates transgender identities while also drawing attention to the discrimination transgender people face. Here are just a few recent books for young people that explain gender diversity or feature transgender characters.

Whether you’re shopping for your own child or hoping to find a great match for a kid you barely know, the books on this year’s list offer something special.

Youth Services librarian Eti is hosting our Caldecott Club, a program where we explore amazing picture books and choose our favorite from the entire year. This program takes the place of Illustrator’s Club this fall and offers many of the things we love about that program.