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Rebecca Makkai and The Great Believers book cover

Author Spotlight : Rebecca Makkai

About Our Book Club Reception with Rebecca Makkai: We had a great event with Rebecca Makkai here at the Library on June 1st for our Book Club Reception! Rebecca discussed one of the most anticipated books of this summer, her new novel, The Great Believers, how to get authors t...

Summer Reading Kickoff Party with banners

(Past event) Summer Reading Kickoff Party 2018!

Join us for a celebration like no other on Saturday, June 2 from 10:00 am–2:00 pm! Picnics, ice cream, cake, games, magic and more! Celebrate the Library's 120th anniversary and the beginning of Summer Reading with us! ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Button Making: Make your own unique button to...

What to Read Next: Before We Were Yours Edition

Our readers can't get enough of Lisa Wingate's Before We Were Yours. This well written historical fiction novel is based on one of America's most notorious real-life scandals, in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy famili...

What to Read Next: The Great Alone Edition

Kristin Hannah has been a popular author for many years, but established herself as an author of more serious novels with her 2015 novel, The Nightingale, a story of two sisters in Nazi occupied France. Her latest novel, The Great Alone, follows a family of three trying to make i...

What's knot to love?

Do you love pretzels as much as Stanley from The Office? We do, too! Celebrate National Pretzel Day with us with these books to read while snacking! In Pretzel by Margaret Rey, Pretzel finds that being the longest dachshund in all the world is not enough to win the favor of Greta, the little ...

Cooking with Addie Gundry

A little bit about Addie We're so excited to host Addie Gundry here at the Library on April 25th and we still have some spots left if you want to register! Addie will prepare samples of recipes from her cookbook, No-Bake Desserts, as well as discuss her culinary training, working for Martha ...

National Small Business Week Apr 29-May 5

Small Business Week at the Lake Forest Library

National Small Business Week (NSBW) is April 30 to May 5 where SCORE and the Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrate small business. NSBW started in 1963 as a way to promote the growth and development of small enterprises and to draw attention to small businesses nationwide. The initiative...

Books You Need to Read this Spring

Some suggestions of recently published titles from your Reader's Advisory librarians. Click on the title to place a hold in the catalog or give us a call at 847.810.4610. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin | Fiction
When four young sib...

Spring Break at the Children's Library

Spring is finally here! Celebrate Spring Break between Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 31 in the Lake Forest Library! Get out, stretch your legs and sharpen your mind! Starting on Sunday, March 25, tackle your first challenge in the Children’s library Spring Break Scavenger Hunt and part...

Celebrate Irish Authors and Irish Culture with these Books

Are you in the St. Patrick's Day spirit? We certainly are over here at the Library! Check out some of our favorite Irish fiction authors and nonfiction books celebrating Irish culture and heritage. On St. Patrick's Day, Saturday, March 17 at 2:00 pm, join us for Railway Builders, Rogues, and Re...

Award Winning Children's Books

And this year’s winners are… The Oscars© may be over, but we’re still excited about the awards given out over the last month for the best children’s books. Some awards are given after review by a panel of professionals, others are favorites voted on by schoolchildren. The Caldecott Medal...

What to Read Next: The Woman in the Window Edition

Everyone is talking about the new psychological thriller, The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn. If you're waiting for a copy on hold or looking for something similiar to read, you might like one of these. What to Read Next: Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson Grow...

New Catalog Coming April 17

Visit the Library Catalog As of April 2018, Lake Forest Library has a new catalog system called Polaris! For assistance using the catalog, stop by the Reference Desk or call 847.234.0636. New features include: Pick up holds at any of the libraries in our consortium Enjoy automatic renew...

(Contest closed) Name the Newsletter

Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas for naming the newsletter! The contest is now closed. Over 70 people participated, and many of you offered more than one name suggestion, so we have lots of good ideas to work with! The chosen name will be revealed when the newsletter lands in your m...

Dome Wrapped for Winter

Earlier this year, the Lake Forest Library dome was inspected when unusual buckling was identified on one of the historic 1930s Nicolai Remisoff mural panels that line the interior of the library’s rotunda. The dome inspection revealed that the entire leaded-copper dome needs to be replaced. There i...