Wilmette Public Library
1242 Wilmette Ave.
Wilmette , IL 60091
United States
October 15-21 is Friends of Libraries Week, and we're excited to celebrate the Friends of the Wilmette Public Library! The Friends are an organization that support the library through advocacy and fundraising, supporting and promoting library services and events.
In recent years, Columbus Day has become a hotly contested holiday. It’s beloved by many traditionalists, but others bemoan its links to colonialism.
Yet Columbus Day was never a simple day.
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.
Between January and August 2023, The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom reported 695 attempts to censor library materials and services and documented challenges to 1,915 unique titles.
One interesting thing about Mother Goose is that she’s alive and well! Mother Goose and other nursery rhymes are still popular around the world and for good reason. They develop a child’s ear for language and that is the cornerstone of literacy.
September is a month of new beginnings for lots of our southern neighbors. Independence Day celebrations include parades, flag ceremonies, and favorite foods like beleades, pupusas, and ceviche.
We asked our Summer Reading Club Volunteers to share their recommended reads.
Anaya recommends Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. Here’s the review (heads-up for spoilers!):
The school year is revving up again—but why now? The truth is more complicated than you might think.
The Maker Garden is a small open-ended play space for all ages, located just outside the library’s front door. It’s a reclaimed planter where we install a new activity each month.
There was a young belle of old Natchez
Whose garments were always in patchez.
When comments arose
On the state of her clothes,
She replied, ‘When Ah itchez, Ah scratchez.”
--Ogden Nash
We asked our Summer Reading Club Volunteers to share their recommended reads.
Ritvik recommends Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. Here’s his review: