Summer Reading Ends Tomorrow!

Saturday, August 5th is the last day to turn in your logs for Summer Reading! 

Remember, you can pick up the prizes you earned and mark your place on our gear wall. Any completed logs will be considered for our Grand Prizes! 

Last Week of Summer Reading

Summer Reading ends this Saturday, August 5th! There is still a little time to finish up your reading log and turn it in before Summer Reading ends. When you turn in your log you will have a chance to collect any prizes that you have earned and add your gears to our wall. 

STEM: Build It

Friday, July 14
10:30-11:30
Ages 4 & Up

This program is focused on design and creativity. It allows children to build their fine motor skills while being engineers themselves. We will have Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, and K'nex available. 

We hope to see you there! Please register. 

Summer Reading

There is still plenty of time to sign up and take part in our Summer Reading Program!

Summer Reading helps prevent Summer Slide, where students lose some of their academic achievement gains throughout the summer. 

Our summer reading programs allows participants to choose the books they want to read and keeps track of the time spent reading throughout the summer. As additional incentive, there are prizes they can earn along the way! 

Not sure what books to read this summer? Ask our Youth Services Librarians for help finding the right book for your reader! 

Sign Up for Summer Reading Today!

Summer Reading starts today! 

Stop in right after school lets out to sign up, get your log, and learn about the fun prizes you can earn along the way. Summer Reading is open for Pre-K through 12th Grade! 

Summer Programs

The Summer Programs Brochure is now available in the Program Brochures tab, on the OBPL website, and at the Youth Services Desk.

Over the next week, Miss Theresa will be visiting every class at Brook Forest, and each student will be given a program brochure as well, be sure to check their backpack! 

Call the Youth desk or stop in to sign up for programs, all summer long. 

Summer Reading starts on June 5th! We will be Reading by Design all summer long, so look forward to Maker programs, Coding, STEM, Storytimes, Chess, the Dupage Children's Museum, and much more! 

Window Art

We are getting ready for 

Summer Reading!

This weekend 14 kids painted the windows in our Youth area as part of our Maker Madness program. The artwork is all themed around reading in the summer and our theme Reading By Design. We love their creativity! Come see all the different windows done by these budding artists! 

Bookmark Design Contest

It Starts Today!!

Create your own bookmark that fits the theme: "Reading by Design" and submit it for our 2017 contest. Winning bookmarks will be available all summer long at the Youth Services Desk.
Designs must be submitted by Friday, May, 19th to the Youth Services Desk to be considered.

The Design Form is available here.