Blog

Walking Heel-to-Toe & One Step at a Time in 15 Books!

Walking is good for your body and your mind. You may not be surprised to hear that walking is something that most people do every day, and they don’t realize they’re doing it! Life is a journey of walking. It is also one of the many ways we can easily insert ourselves back into nature. Read on for 15 books from the Lake Forest Library to inspire you to go walking or hiking.

Books to develop leadership in yourself and your team

"Leadership development" is a broad topic that covers the span of an entire career, and maybe even a lifetime. What we learn at work may also be applicable outside of work and vice versa. Perhaps sometimes we all need a little inspiration to continue our ongoing quest for lifelong learning and growing in life and in work. I hope you find something inspiring here. Read on for nine books from the Lake Forest Library that discuss surveys of leaders across industries and get advice from the higher ups that became household names, such as Jeff Bezos and Arianna Huffington.

Hearing from You: Great Books Discussion Group Book Donation image

Putting the “Great” in the Great Books Discussion Group

Why should you consider joining the Great Books Discussion Group? "Anyone can pick up classical literature and read it, but truly understanding and absorbing it is another challenge altogether. Great Books facilitates that process. For me, the readings are commonly secondary to the discussions. O...

Seven books to a Better Game of Golf

In 2019, the United States had the most golf courses per capita than any other country in the world. Benefits to playing include reduced stress and anxiety, fresh air, physical fitness, and socialization. Golf playing boomed during the pandemic. Read on below for seven books about how to up your golf game, learn a few new tricks, get a handle on the basic mechanics, speak, and move like a golfer.

2022 Bookmark Design Contest Winners

Thank you to everyone who submitted entries to the 2022 Bookmark Design Contest! Everyone's artwork was a wonderful example of "Reading Beyond the Beaten Path," this year's Summer Reading theme. Congratulations to the winners in each age group! Winners Anabella Lockhart, Sophia Booma, Addy Col...

Grants From the Friends of the Lake Forest Library image

Supporting the Library in Fiscal Year 2023

The Friends are pleased to announce the approval of the following grants totaling $122,760 for Lake Forest Library for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2023: $40,000 toward the retention of an art and cataloging expert to work with the Library’s art collection $20,000 toward live programming f...

Highland Park Strong

Our hearts and thoughts are with our friends and neighbors in Highland Park who suffered the tragic mass shooting on July 4, 2022. We condemn hatred and violence and wish everyone comfort during this difficult time. Lake Forest Librarians compiled local resources to support our communities....

Introducing the Youth and Adult Accessibility Collections

Items in the new Accessibility Collections for Youth and Adults are now available to borrow. The goal of the Accessibility Collections is to support Library users of all ages, abilities, and diverse learning and development needs to be successful in the Library and the community. The collection...

Lake Forest Library awards President's Volunteer Service Awards to two teens

June 15, 2022 – LAKE FOREST Ill – Lake Forest Library was honored to present President's Volunteer Service Awards to two Lake Forest teens for outstanding service to our community.

Announcing the 2022 Featured Book for Lake Forest Reads

Lake Forest Reads, our One Book, One Community program, returns this fall! We are pleased to announce this year’s selection: "Her Hidden Genius" by Marie Benedict Marie Benedict’s powerful new novel shines a light on a woman who sacrificed her life to discover the nature of our DNA, a woman wh...

The Buzz on a Pollinator Garden & Pollinator Week

Thank you to everyone who completed our survey on a possible pollinator garden at the Library. We appreciated your ideas, which included creating a showcase educational garden, starting the plants from seed, inviting the community to help with planting, and more. All of your feedback will help the L...

Building Committee Presentation Documents & Recording: May 10, 2022

Posted June 9, 2022. August 10, 2021
The Library Board authorized the prioritization of the repair and restoration of the Library dome and interior rotunda (the "dome project"). August 30
The Library Board Building Committee held a public meeting to gather public input on the dom...

(Past event) Drop off Midwest Veterans Closet donations at the Library

EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE 24. Midwest Veterans Closet is a not‑for-profit organization located in North Chicago, just north of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. It operates as a super spreader of food, goods, and dignity for our military heroes, many of whom are experiencing or are...

Read off the beaten path with ten stories of trail-paving in business

Join us this summer in “reading off the beaten path”. Making the jump into entrepreneurship and life in business can be full of challenges and potholes and is riddled with risk. Follow successful high-profile businesspeople in the ten books below as they cross uncharted territory and leave behind paths that others can follow.

(Past program) Lake Forest Reads 2022

...