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Star Wars Reviews Series (1 of 4) After the horrifying events of Executive Order 66, former Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano is on the run, searching the galaxy for a place hidden from the Empire to call home. Due to Order 66, all Jedi have been accused of treason and marked for execution. Ahsoka, now known… Read More about Star Wars: Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston

A legendary new X-team is born! Meet the United Kingdom's champion, Captain Britain, and his paramour, the metamorphic Meggan! They'll band together with former X-Men Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde when Gatecrasher and her Technet target Rachel "Phoenix" Summers! Fighting to uphold Xavier's dream, UK style, the five heroes form Excalibur! From their lighthouse base, they'll… Read More about Excalibur: The Sword is Drawn by Claremont and others

Snapshot is the library's year-end summary, and includes interesting facts and figures for 2021. Available now! Read More about 2021 Snapshot

June 1 - August 31 This summer, the library and the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County are encouraging participants of all ages to read to save Blanding’s turtles! If 1,000 readers register, the Glen Ellyn Library Foundation and Friends of the Library will each donate $1K to Forest Preserve District of DuPage to support… Read More about 2022 Summer Reading 

Call 630-534-9700 and select 1-10 to hear a story, rhyme, or even jokes read aloud by a Glen Ellyn Public Library staff member any time. Here's what's playing now! Press # at any time to return to the menu. Katy reads Zoom, Zoom, Zoom Tom reads selections from Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein… Read More about Dial 630-534-9700 to hear a story, rhyme, or jokes read aloud at any time

The library is partnering with SCARCE to collect used crayons and bread tags for recycling. During the month of April, please drop off your used crayons and bread tags in the Adult or Youth Department. SCARCE’s Super Crayon project diverts broken, unusable crayons from going to the landfill. They recycle crayon pieces into “Super Crayons”… Read More about Bring your Crayons and Bread Tags to the Library for Recycling in April

As I’m writing this, it is early March and I just celebrated my four year work anniversary at the Glen Ellyn Public Library! I have accepted a new position at Geneva Public Library District as a Learning and Discovery Librarian doing family programming and fun events, dispensing advice, and trying to find the right books for… Read More about Later, Alligator!

If no one sees him, does he exist? This superhero-inspired adventure story explores friendship and what it means to be a truly brave.    Nadia finds adventure in the pages of her Superman comic books, until a mysterious boy saves her dog from drowning during a storm and then disappears. Now she finds herself in… Read More about The Invisible Boy by Alyssa Hollingsworth

For the kid who leaves a wet towel wadded up on the floor or forgets to put a new roll on the toilet-paper thingy, writer and etiquette columnist Catherine Newman has written a guidebook to becoming a person whom everyone will like being around more. Jam-packed with tips, tricks, and skills — all illustrated in an graphic-novel… Read More about How To Be A Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You’re Grown Up by Catherine Newman

So much has changed since I was a teen. Cell phones, the World Wide Web, and social media didn’t exist. Big hair and shoulder pads are out of fashion. And there are more than three channels on the TV. We’ve come a long way since I graduated high school, mostly for the better. One of… Read More about Parents Just Don’t Understand

Reading fiction is delightful for many reasons, but especially because of the connection we often feel to the characters. When I read as a kid, I definitely immersed myself in the friendships in stories. I absolutely felt like an extra member of the Babysitter’s Club when I read those books, and I remember discussing which… Read More about Character Connections

The library wants to be an involved contributor in all things Glen Ellyn! At community events like STEMCON at College of DuPage and Three Fires Council Scouting Spectacular, library staff showcase technology like Ozobots and encourage physics and engineering projects by building catapults. Organizations like Cub/Boy Scouts and Brownies/Girl Scouts bring young members of the… Read More about The Library in Our Community