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For months now, the Glen Ellyn Public Library has been busy making videos for you to watch safely wherever you may be. Not to fear, if you feel you’ve missed one, you haven’t!  They’re available on GEPL's Facebook and YouTube pages.  Look to see what you’ll discover!    In Middle Squad videos, I give book recommendations, offer challenges… Read More about The Middle Squad and Other Videos

There are many ways you can share the gift of reading with a child. Whether you are hoping to introduce a meaningful title from your own childhood, you are trying to get to know a child in your life better, or you want to foster a love for reading by letting the child explore and… Read More about Share the Gift of Reading

Are you a last minute shopper? Or are you already done with your list? I fall somewhere in the middle. I’ve already got a lot of my gifts, but there are a few that still elude me. Since I'm a librarian, a few people in my life always ask me for books. Sometimes my friends… Read More about Giftable Picture Books

Take our Website Survey and win a gift certificate for The Cafe! The Glen Ellyn Public Library is designing a new look for its website and welcomes your input. Please help us determine what is most important to you by taking our brief survey. On Monday, November 16 we will choose two random participants to receive… Read More about Website Survey

Holidays during a pandemic are challenging. We want to see friends and family but in the safest way possible.  Despite everything going on, I have plenty be thankful for. Here are some examples. The Library Over the summer it was a bummer not to see the community.  Ever since we opened in July, the staff… Read More about Thankfulness

Suddenly, it’s November. Where did the year go? It’s been the fastest and longest one ever! If you enjoy exchanging gifts at the holidays, it could be time to start planning. We don’t encounter a lot of commercials in our home, so my kids don’t even know what they want – half the time they… Read More about Interactive and Imaginative Toys for the Holidays

Captain Raptor and the crew of the Megatooth are called back into action to save the planet Jurassica from rogue space pirates. Check out Captain Raptor and the Space Pilots by Kevin O'Malley.… Read More about Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates by Kevin O’Malley

Pumpkin season is here! If you prefer not to carve pumpkins, as I do (yuck – those slimy guts get me every time!), here are some alternate ideas for how to decorate them.  Paint your pumpkins. For kiddos, throw a smock on them, grab some paint, and go to town. If you plan to display your pumpkin outside, make sure to use… Read More about Pumpkin Fun

Fall is a time when we can carve pumpkins and drink pumpkin spice everything. It’s also one of my favorite seasons, because I can unabashedly eat enormous quantities of CANDY! My favorite candy is probably Peppermint Patties, Snickers, or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, but I’ll really eat any of the chocolate candy. A Hershey bar… Read More about Candy!

We have books 1 – 3!    Book One: Brainwashed While sleeping on the roof of his father’s hotel, thirteen-year-old Lucas Benes finds a baby alone and learns that the Good Company has restarted its profitable kidnapping business.  Book Two: Diamonds Are For Never After sabotaging a mass kidnapping in Paris, Lucas faces a new and… Read More about Crime Travelers by Paul Aertker

“Food is the common denominator that brings people together.” - James Beard When I think about all the cookbooks I own, the one I reach for first is a three-ring binder with an unremarkable well-worn front cover; however, its contents reveal a different story. The recipes I have collected over the past 40+ years include… Read More about Download the Kindness Club: eCookbook!

Why do certain things creep us out? When fingernails scratch against a chalkboard, at times it makes a certain pitch that makes people cringe. Science has explained why this happens.  A person screaming is usually an unpleasant sound.  It resonates at a certain frequency much like the fingernails on chalkboard. Several studies have hypothesized that creepiness… Read More about Creepy Factor