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Joe Halter, IT Director at the Glen Ellyn Public Library (Note: face covering removed for photo only) Joe Halter, IT Director, has been named 2020 Library Employee of the Year as part of the Glen Ellyn Community Awards. Hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, the Glen Ellyn Community Awards recognizes the best of what and… Read More about Joe Halter is 2020 Library Employee of the Year

Welcome to Memorial Middle School, where drama fills the classrooms and follows students home on the bus. Social awkwardness. Mean girls. Hallway gossip. It's all part of life in junior high, but maybe it helps to know you aren't alone. Can Lucia avoid the boy-girl party? Will Kamilla overcome her self-consciousness and try out for… Read More about Junior High Drama: A Graphic Novel by Louise Simonson and Sumin Cho

Photo by Paul Keenon 2020 was full of challenges, but despite the obstacles, Glen Ellyn kept on reading and watching! Here's what our community checked out most last year. Top 10 Fiction Books Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens The Guardians by John Grisham The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes Blue Moon by… Read More about GEPL’s Most Popular Titles of 2020

The new Cards for Kids Act is an amendment to Public Library Non-Resident Services that allows qualifying students in pre-k through twelfth grade who participate in the Federal Free and Reduced-Price Meal Program at school to obtain a library card free of charge, even if they live in an unincorporated area of Glen Ellyn. To… Read More about Cards for Kids

Tom and Christina by the Caudill display in Youth. (Note: photo taken pre-pandemic) Last year, Youth Department Director Christina Keasler and I received news that we were chosen to be evaluators for the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award. Huzzah! Here’s the committee in a nutshell: A rotating committee of between seventy and eighty members… Read More about The Rebecca Caudill Journey

Last month I had a Middle School program - “New Year, New Journal” which was awesomely attended! One of the things I discussed was the why journaling is beneficial. Improve your writing. A great way to improve your writing skills is simply to write! One way to achieve this is with a journal. Don’t feel… Read More about Journaling

For as long as I can remember, we have had a large print collection in the Adult Department at GEPL, and I am excited to share that we are starting to purchase large print fiction books for the Youth Department! As we work on making sure the library is diverse, equitable, and inclusive for all, I knew this personal goal of mine had to be… Read More about Coming Soon: Large Print Materials in Youth

Sixth-graders Sara and Elizabeth could not be more different. Sara is at a new school that is huge and completely unlike the small Islamic school she used to attend. Elizabeth has her own problems: her British mum has been struggling with depression. The girls meet in an after-school South Asian cooking class, which Elizabeth takes… Read More about A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi & Laura Shovan 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) are words being used a lot these days, including here at your library. They are even a part of our values statements: We believe that a community flourishes when it sees itself reflected in its library and uses the library as a window for discovery. One way to lend your… Read More about Your Library is a Window for Discovery

Don’t let winter stop you from playing outside! There's something magical about playing outside in the snow. It may be cold, but it’s important to keep playing outside even in the winter months. Not only is playing outside essential physical exercise, outdoor play encourages children to use their imagination to find new ways to play in the snow. Winter tends to linger here in… Read More about Playing in a Winter Wonderland

Although it is winter and the ground is covered in snow (at least at the time of this writing), there are bound to be a few hungry birds in your backyard. Ice and snow storms can make it hard for birds like downy woodpeckers, northern cardinals, and mourning doves to find food in the winter.… Read More about Kindness Club: Bird Feeder

Gabby Woods is looking forward to another summer vacation at her family's lake house, even though she would rather bury herself in a mystery novel than make new friends. But soon Gabby meets Paige, a snarky kid from Chicago, and they get caught up in a local mystery: the sudden disappearance of a glamorous couple… Read More about Trespassers by Breena Bard