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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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