OBPL Youth Services Blog

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Winter Break Bingo

Everyone had a great time at our Winter Break Bingo on Friday, January 4, 2019! Special thanks to Officer Yager for calling out the numbers! Check out the pictures below!

Saturday, December 1, 2018

The Bookmark Design Contest is back! Let your creativity flow by designing a bookmark on this form (or pick up a copy at the Youth Services desk) following the theme There's Snow Better Time To Read! Return your design by January 10, 2019. The winning designs will be made into bookmarks and distributed all winter long at the library!

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Everyone is enjoying our new fish tank!

What’s in it? Redear Sunfish!

We are taking part in the DuPage Forest Preserve District’s “Bass in the Class” program. We picked up 14 baby fish from the Fullersberg Nature Center back on October 8. Our mission is to help raise them until their release in the spring. This wonderful program is meant to provide first-hand experiences with life cycles, food chains, ecosystems and animal behavior. Another purpose of raising this species is to help control invasive species.

Redear Sunfish have been used as a control mechanism for invasive zebra and quagga mussels. Research has shown that stocking high densities of redear sunfish can help control populations of these invasive mussels. They will never eradicate the populations, but they help to control them by eating adult mussels. FPDDC has begun trying to stock Redear to control zebra mussel populations.

If you would like to know more about sea life, check out these books!

Monday, October 29, 2018

Chess Club 2018!

Saturday begins a new session of OBPL Chess Club. Register now!!

Monday, October 22, 2018

Hooray! The Holiday Brochure Is Here!!

Check out the Youth Services Holiday Brochure here! As always, you can register for programs online here or by calling us at 630-368-7700. Happy Reading!

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Sunday, October 7, 2018

Happy Teen Read Week!

Happy Teen Read Week to all of our totally tubular teens!

To learn more, come check out our rad teen displays at OBPL!

Friday, September 28, 2018

Clifford at the Library

Woof woof! Clifford came to the library! He had such a wonderful time helping Miss Theresa and the kids act out a story, search for bones, dance the hockey pokey, and make a craft!