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....
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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...
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KATHY'S KORNER - JUNE NEW FICTION FOR GRADES 3-8
A clickable list of recent chapter books and graphic novels for elementary and middle school readers.
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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.
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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...
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Collection Connection: Space, the Final Frontier
As we welcome former astronaut James Lovell to the library this June, let's look up and out to the stars. Below are some children's chapter books with junior astronauts both real and imagined, space flight and interplanetary colonization. Sci Fi is really flying high!
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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...
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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...
Michelle's Real Reads
Younger Nonfiction The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and our National Parks by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein Caldecott medalist Mordicai Gerstein captures the majestic redwoods of Yosemite in this little- k...
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(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...
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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.
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Kathy's Korner - May New Fiction for Grades 3-8
A clickable list of recent chapter books and graphic novels for elementary and middle school readers.
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Lit Lorie Loves - Interactive Picture Books
Enjoy these playacting picture books that will both mentally and physically challenge your children by requiring them to participate in the story.
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