Baby Bookworms

9:00am - 10:00am
Babies (0 - 24 months)
Metamora
Closed
Registration
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Metamora
Room: Black Partridge Park
Age Group: Babies (0 - 24 months)
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited

Baby Bookworms

Stories, music, and movement activities designed specifically for our youngest readers!

Babies, caregivers, and older siblings are all welcome at Baby Bookworms!

 

Disclaimer(s)

Adult Supervision

IPDPL programming is not designed to be "drop and go" for children.  Please have a parent, guardian, or another responsible caregiver present if your child is attending this program.  Thank you!

 

Children Outdoors

Whenever possible, children's programming sessions will be held in outdoor green spaces, weather permitting.  Please call the library at (309) 921-5074 if you have questions regarding any possible weather cancellations or alternate locations.  In the event of inclement weather, sessions scheduled outdoors will be held inside the local library branch.

Story Time

10:30am - 11:30am
Toddlers (2 - 6)
Metamora
Closed
Registration
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Metamora
Room: Black Partridge Park
Age Group: Toddlers (2 - 6)
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited

Story Time

Children of all ages are invited to join us for stories and songs, movement and music, and literacy and laughter!

All ages and developmental stages are welcome.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Adult Supervision

IPDPL programming is not designed to be "drop and go" for children.  Please have a parent, guardian, or another responsible caregiver present if your child is attending this program.  Thank you!

 

Children Outdoors

Whenever possible, children's programming sessions will be held in outdoor green spaces, weather permitting.  Please call the library at (309) 921-5074 if you have questions regarding any possible weather cancellations or alternate locations.  In the event of inclement weather, sessions scheduled outdoors will be held inside the local library branch.

LEGO Club

3:30pm - 6:00pm
Youth (0 - 18), Children (7 - 11), Teens (12 - 18)
Metamora
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Library Branch: Metamora
Room: Play Space (M)
Age Group: Youth (0 - 18), Children (7 - 11), Teens (12 - 18)
Program Type: , Family Programming,

LEGO Club

Did you know that using only six 2 x 4 LEGO bricks, there are 915,103,765 possible building combinations?  IPDPL has a LOT more than six LEGO bricks, so the combinations could be endless!  Come to our drop-in LEGO Club sessions to build whatever is in your imagination!   

 

Disclaimer(s)

Adult Supervision

IPDPL programming is not designed to be "drop and go" for children.  Please have a parent, guardian, or another responsible caregiver present if your child is attending this program.  Thank you!

 

LEGO Club

LEGO Club is intended as an opportunity for children to exercise their creativity using LEGO bricks and pieces.  All supplied LEGO bricks and pieces provided during LEGO Club are the property of Illinois Prairie District Public Library and are not intended to be taken home.  Completed LEGO builds may be displayed within the library at the discretion of library staff.

WARNING! CHOKING HAZARD: Standard LEGO pieces are intended and rated for children 3 years and up.  LEGO pieces should not be placed in or near the mouth.  LEGO pieces should not be swallowed as this can present a choking hazard.

 

Central Illinois Reads Presents Author Laurie Halse Anderson

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Teens (12 - 18), Adults
Off Site
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teens (12 - 18), Adults
Program Type: Author Events, Central Illinois Reads, Current Events, Social Justice

Central Illinois Reads

The Freedom to Read is essential to our democracy, but also under attack.

Central Illinois libraries are joining together to encourage you to exercise your intellectual freedom.

  • Get a library card.
  • Read outside your comfort zone.
  • Unite against book bans.

Central Illinois Reads: Freedom to Read is a community partnership of libraries, organizations, and institutions committed to preserving everyone's Freedom to Read.

  • Bradley University
  • Chillicothe Public Library
  • Dunlap Public Library District
  • Fondulac Library District
  • Illinois Prairie District Public Library
  • Methodist College
  • Morton Public Library
  • Neighborhood House. 
  • Pekin Public Library
  • Peoria Public Library
Event Details:
Laurie Halse Anderson

Join us for an evening with internationally renowned author Laurie Halse Anderson.  Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author.  She was recently awarded Sweden’s Astrid Lindgre