Storytimes near LISLE LIBRARY DISTRICT

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Interact with engaging books, songs, and games to build a growing love for language. For ages 2+. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Storytime fun for little ones on the move! Join us for songs, books, and play. For walking children up to 2 years old. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Join us for fun process-oriented art and flex your creative muscles. For ages 4-6 in kindergarten. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Don't make a mess at home, come to the Library! Each week we will have a different craft or sensory experience. Stay for a few minutes or the whole hour of fun! This week, we'll experiment with puzzles! For ages 2-6. No registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Use a craft paper box, paints, and markers to create a faux camera box. Complete your box with a string of photos tucked inside for a unique keepsake. If you want to bring photos to use, you can print off photos beforehand and bring them with you! The box is 3.75" x 3.75", so pictures should be slightly smaller. *** Patrons registered for the craft who show up 15 minutes or more past the program start time may have their seat given to a waitlist registrant.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Come to our in person English as a second language class to help you improve your reading, speaking, and writing skills. Registration is not required to attend this class.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Think you've got what it takes to be Lisle's best Mario Kart Racer? Enter and compete for the title. This game is rated E. Ending times for this event may vary by up to 15 minutes. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Do you like puzzles? What about competition? Join us for our first ever speed puzzling competition! Create a team (up to 5 people) and compete against other tweens, teens, and adults to see who can finish a 500-piece puzzle in the quickest time in two hours. Don't have a team? No problem! Register as an individual and we'll place you on a team. The fastest team to finish (over the course of the two dates) will receive a prize. Registration required. Register for either Monday or Saturday.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Storytime fun for little ones on the move! Join us for songs, books, and play. For walking children up to 2 years old. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Beat the heat and make your own ice cream. For grades 1-4. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

If you would like to attend, please contact Lori Cummins at cumminsl@lislelibrary.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- Monthly Activity: Tips and tricks for exploring the Chicago Tribune archives - bring your own laptop, or email Lori to borrow a laptop during the meeting. Join other genealogy enthusiasts to discuss various genealogy topics, share research findings, hear success stories from other members, and help each other overcome obstacles. The group meets on the second Monday of each month and will feature a guest speaker once per quarter.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Storytime for the youngest patrons! This storytime is for babies not yet walking. Join us for songs, books, and play. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Stretch, sing, dance, and jump along in this active Storytime that promotes early literacy skills while encouraging children to move and play. Each week will focus on a different form of movement. This week is MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. For ages 3-6. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Join Robin and a crew of swashbuckling pirates as they sail to find a greedy sea captain who has hoarded all the treasure and made sailing unfair for everybody. Robin and their crew must work together to set things right. With imagination, audience participation, and plenty of high-seas fun, the Mateys will have everyone cheering as the crew discovers the power of friendship, fairness, and believing in yourself - because the best crews sail together! For all ages. Registration not required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Check out our middle grade book club and join other 4th- 6th graders once a month as we discuss a different book. This month, we're reading Ungifted by Gordon Korman. Grab the book from the Youth Services Reference desk and register up to 5 weeks before the book club meeting. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Learn how to press flowers and create your own tool to press flowers at home! For grades 6-12. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Interact with engaging books, songs, and games to build a growing love for language. For ages 2+. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Storytime fun for little ones on the move! Join us for songs, books, and play. For walking children up to 2 years old. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Join the open LEGO building session designed to let imaginations lead the way—supplies are provided. For Grades K – 4. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she didn’t understand. She suspected it was because she didn’t feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. For the most part, she felt nothing. And she didn’t like the way that “nothing” felt. She did her best to pretend she was like everyone else, but the constant pressure to conform to a society she knew rejected anyone like her was unbearable. So Patric stole. She lied. She was occasionally violent. She became an expert lock-picker and home-invader. All with the goal of replacing the nothingness with...something. In college, Patric finally confirmed what she’d long suspected. She was a sociopath. But even though it was the very first personality disorder identified—well over 200 years ago—sociopathy had been neglected by mental health professionals for decades. She was told there was no treatment, no hope for a normal life. She found herself haunted by sociopaths in pop culture, madmen and evil villains who are considered monsters. Her future looked grim. But when Patric reconnects with an old flame, she gets a glimpse of a future beyond her diagnosis. If she’s capable of love, it must mean that she isn’t a monster. With the help of her sweetheart (and some curious characters she meets along the way) she embarks on a mission to prove that the millions of Americans who share her diagnosis aren’t all monsters either. This is the inspiring story of her journey to change her fate and how she managed to build a life full of love and hope. Summary courtesy of Good Reads

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Interact with engaging books, songs, and games to build a growing love for language. For ages 2+. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Storytime fun for little ones on the move! Join us for songs, books, and play. For walking children up to 2 years old. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Bring your crafting materials, and make some art! Supplies and refreshments provided.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Please join us to discuss Book and Dagger: how scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of World War II by Elyse Graham. If you would like to attend, please contact Noelle Spicher at spichern@lislelibrary.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- The riveting, untold story of the scholars, librarians, and university professors who were recruited as spies during WWII and helped turn the tide of the war At the start of WWII, the US found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today’s CIA, was quickly formed—and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly, literature professors, librarians, and historians were training to perform undercover operations and investigative work—and these surprising spies would go on to profoundly shape both the course of the war and our cultural institutions with their efforts. In Book and Dagger, Elyse Graham draws on personal histories, diaries, and declassified OSS files to tell the story of a small but connected group of humanities scholars turned unlikely spies. Among them are Joseph Curtiss, a literature professor who hunted down German spies and turned them into double agents; Sherman Kent, a smart-mouthed history professor who rose to become the head of analysis for all of Europe and Africa; and Adele Kibre, an archivist who was sent to Stockholm to secretly acquire documents for the OSS. These unforgettable characters would ultimately help lay the foundations of modern intelligence and transform American higher education when they returned after the war. Thrillingly paced and rigorously researched, Book and Dagger is an inspiring and gripping true story about a group of academics who helped beat the Nazis—a tale that reveals the indelible power of humanities to change the world. -GoodReads

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Don't make a mess at home, come to the Library! Each week we will have a different craft or sensory experience. Stay for a few minutes or the whole hour of fun! This week, we'll experiment with rubber bands! If the weather is nice, we will be outside, so plan accordingly. For ages 2-6. No registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Want to test your general knowledge? Join the LLD for Trivia! Go in a group or go alone to test your knowledge of all things! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Kids are invited to spend the morning with snacks and a movie. We'll be watching Kung Fu Panda. This film is rated PG.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Storytime fun for little ones on the move! Join us for songs, books, and play. For walking children up to 2 years old. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Make your own puffy paint and decorate a sea star. For grades 1-4. Registration required.

777 Front Street, Lisle, IL, 60532, US

Join us for an evening of board games! We'll provide games and treats, drop in with your friends and family, you're welcome to bring along your favorite game to introduce to others.