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(Past program) Bundle Up Bingo Winter Reading Challenge 2020–21

December 19, 2020–February 28, 2021 Read or listen to books, attend virtual library events, and complete cozy winter challenges to mark off squares on your bingo board. Earn book prizes and be entered into a grand prize drawing! Track your progress at lakeforestlibrary.readsquared.com or install th...

A Few of Kate's Favorites from 2020

Fiction Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley. This is about a very special someone, who happens to be a dog. It is heartwarming and sad and the perfect give for anyone who loves and cares deeply. The Short, the Long and the Tall by Jeffrey Archer&...

Lumpia: The Party Appetizer Favorite

by Patrick Villanueva, Media Lab Assistant and Technology Instructor
12/12/2020 For the holiday season, I'm going to do something a little different. Today, I'd like to share a Filipino dish that is one of our most popular. Lumpia, pronounced "loom-pia," is basically our eggroll ...

Lake Forest Community Cookie Cookbook 2020

Roll out your rolling pins and uncap the sprinkles ... the inaugural Lake Forest Community Cookie Cookbook is here! Thank you to everyone who submitted recipes. Preheat your oven and then print the pdf. Pick which format you'd like to print: SINGLE PAGES
(print single or ...

(Past event) Purchase Used Books at the Lake Forest Station Pop-up Shop

The Friends are excited to be selling gently used books, puzzles, and games at the Lake Forest Station Pop-up Shop. The Pop-up Shop is located at the east train station, in the building just to the west of the tracks. Hours through January 9, 2021, are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 11:00...

Best Books of 2020

Your Lake Forest librarians did a whole lot of reading this year, and these are their favorites! Interested in any of these? Put them on hold online or give us a call and we will place the books in the Foyer for you to pick up! What were your favorite books this year? FICTION Transce...

Service Update: Lobby Pick Up Only at Lake Forest Library Beginning November 23

(Service expired) Service Update: Foyer Pickup Only at Lake Forest Library beginning November 23

November 21, 2020– LAKE FOREST Ill – Due to the rapid rise in cases of COVID-19 in Lake County and surrounding areas, the Lake Forest Library building will be closed to the public for all services other than Foyer Pickup starting Monday, November 23.  The Library is taking this action with the gu...

(Service expired) Lake Forest Library shifts to Carry Out Only service to facilitate compliance with IDPH recommendation

To decrease the positivity rate and spread of COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Health is recommending that individuals limit their actions to essential activities for three weeks starting November 16. Essential activities include work outside the home, COVID-19 testing, visiting the pharmacy, an...

Tour the Art Collection at Lake Forest Library

Tour the Art Collection at the Lake Forest Library with Art Miller

Join Art Miller on a tour of the library's art collection including the Children's Library, the Rotunda, the Friends Reading Room, the Reference Annex, and the Business Collection. Considered one of the city's civic jewels, the library and its art collection reflect the historic character of Lake...

Community Cookie Cookbook: Share your favorite cookie recipe with us!

(Submissions closed) Contribute to the Lake Forest Community Cookie Cookbook!

Send us your favorite family cookie recipe! The Library will compile all the collected recipes into an online and print booklet for you to enjoy this holiday season and for years to come. You can also include a short story about why this recipe is special to your family if you’d like. Submit y...

Read the Winning Entry in the 2020 Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale Writing Contest

Congratulations to A.J. Bullough for winning the 2020 Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale Writing Contest! A.J. Bullough is a physician and writer who is preparing her first novel, "Mannequin Morgue." She currently lives in Lake Forest with her family and makes regular visits home to England, covid-permittin...

Books to Read during Native American Heritage Month!

FICTION: There There by Tommy Orange Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly ...

17 EPIC books and series to keep you reading all winter

By Michelle Doshi 10-30-2020 In case you are someone looking to escape into an epic that just keeps going and going and going and going, this blog is for you. Below you will find Sci Fi, Fiction, and Fantasy epics that are large in scope, often involve war, with heroes, villains,...

(Survey closed) Choose Your Favorite Library Card Designs

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Graphic Design and Font Fundamentals

By Kristin Ashley Media Lab Assistant and Technology Instructor Hi, I’m Kristin Ashley and I’m one of the Technology Instructors at the Lake Forest Library Media Lab. I’m also a graphic designer, fine artist and photographer. Even if you are not a graphic designer, at some point many of us...