Experience the thrills and chills of the winter season while staying warm and cozy inside by reading a wintry book from your favorite genre. Did you read a book from this list or elsewhere that you loved?

For the first time, the Youth Services department, led by school engagement librarian Eti Berland, coordinated and hosted Winter Reading Club school visits before and at the beginning of the launch of our Winter Reading Club program, for more than 2,000 students and teachers. 

January is a great time for self-care. First, it’s a good time to examine thoughts and habits that no longer serve you. Second, cold and snow and viruses are powerful incentives to stay home and do something cozy. How to make self-care fun for the family?

Over the past four months, we have had the wonderful opportunity to host our monthly Caldecott Club program, which takes place from September-December.

For this year's Wilmette Reads, we chose to spotlight two titles, a fiction and a nonfiction book: Entangled Life and Ghost Music. 

Transporting readers across time and space, translated fiction allows us to immerse ourselves in settings and cultures we might not otherwise have the chance to experience. 2024 was a great year for translated literature and we’re so excited to share some of our favorite titles.

On November 9, we hosted a Diwali Celebration in collaboration with the South Asian Families of Wilmette. 

Classics & Contemporary Book Discussion: Absolution by Alice McDermott

Tuesday, December 10, 10:30-11:30am, Adults, Auditorium

Classics & Contemporary Book Discussion: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Tuesday, November 12, 10:30-11:30am, Adults, Auditorium

Did you know that children in Wilmette have already voted many times?

What was once a foreign concept depicted in works of science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) has now emerged as the latest groundbreaking technology that everyone is talking about.

Celebrate Hispanic heritage through these notable works of fiction from 2024. From historical fiction to fantasy and everything in between, explore stories of culture, belonging, and resistance. 

Did you get caught up in the oh-so-entertaining antics of the family at the center of The Perfect Couple, Netflix's addictive adaptation of the

National Hispanic Heritage Month is here!

Considering the fact that 11 million people in the United States—about 3.6 percent of us—are deaf or near-deaf, this singular minority doesn’t get much attention. People who experience deafness don’t get flags, or parades. Yet deafness is not simply a disability.