Savory Summer Recipes
Whether you're an experienced at-home chef looking to expand your cuisine or a newbie in need of basic recipes, these recently released cookbooks will be sure to get your tastebuds tingling. Below is a list of new cookbooks you won't want to miss. Find more recipe books upstairs in the 641.5 section...
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Friends Quarterly Summer 2024 News
Grants to the Library The Friends of Lake Forest Library have approved a grant totaling $89,750 for FY2025. Thanks to the support of the Lake Forest community, the Friends are able to provide these funds to enhance and support Lake Forest Library. The Library Board and Staff are grateful to the Fri...
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Lit Lorie Loves – Great Picture Books for 2-5 Year Olds
Here is a wonderful list of classic and new books that you will not mind reading over and over with your children.
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(Past Program) Summer Reading: Art is All Around Us 2024
June 1–July 31, 2024 Summer Reading is a great way to build and reward reading habits. Join us for good books and fabulous prizes! All formats count: You can read printed books, read aloud to youngsters, and listen to audiobooks. All ages count: You can participate from birth onward. We...
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What will you make?
The Media Lab now has a Sawgrass SG500 sublimation printer available for Lake Forest residents. The sublimation printer works like any other inkjet printer except it uses sublimation ink. Sublimation inks evaporate when heated so they can bond to white polyester and poly-coated materials, c...
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Prepare for the Solar Eclipse
Join us at the Library on Monday, April 8 for a Solar Eclipse Viewing Party! Drop in between 10:30 am – 2:30 pm and get a pair of eclipse glasses or viewers (one per person while supplies last). Chicagoland is on the edge of the path of totality, and weather permitting, we’ll see a partial solar ecl...
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5 Libby Tips for a Better eBook Experience
Save Money with Library eBooks The Libby, cloudLibrary, and Hoopla apps are great alternatives to Amazon and Audible. Enjoy 24/7 access and borrow digital items, all free with your Lake Forest Library card. Find the apps in your device’s app store or visit www.lakeforestlibrary.org/apps &nb...
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Restoring the Remisoff Murals: Speck by Speck with PARMA Conservation
Welcome to Elizabeth, Peter, Ewa, and John from PARMA Conservation! They arrived February 5 to begin restoring the Remisoff murals. Ever since Russian émigré Nicolai Remisoff painted the final brushstroke in 1932, Homer, Sappho, Aeschylus, Virgil, Cicero, Xenophon, Diogenes, and Pythagoras (plus ...
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Friends Quarterly Spring 2024 News
Shop the Children’s Book Sale by the Friends
Stop by the Library Foyer to browse and purchase gently used, bargain-priced children’s books, just in time for the Library’s Summer Reading Program and your summer trips and staycations.
Thursday, June 6, 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Friday, June 7, 9:00...
Lit Lorie Loves – Board Books for One-Year-Olds
Here is a wonderful list of classic and new board books that you will not mind reading over and over with your children.
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(Application period closed) Now Accepting Applications for 2024 Scholarships from the Friends
Each spring, the Friends award $2,000 scholarships to up to three graduating high school seniors who clearly demonstrate a passion for reading. Students from Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, and Knollwood are eligible to apply. The Friends of Lake Forest Library inaugurated this scholarship in 2003 to recog...
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Your Reference Librarians' Top Picks from 2023
Friends and family members often comment that it must be nice to "read at work all day". While that's definitely not the case, we do get through plenty of books, movies, and TV shows in our free time. Below, you'll find some of the Adult Reference Librarians' favorite books, movies, and shows of the...
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Dig Into Your Genealogical Past
If you’re interested in genealogy, the Library can help! Check out the quick tips and research guides listed below, browse the Library’s collection of genealogy and history resources, and join us for several upcoming programs this month: Thank you for your interest in...
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Lit Lorie Loves – Seek and Find Picture Books
What a wonderful way to spend quality time with your child or grandchild is to engage in classic and modern picture books often known as Hide and Seek or I Spy. These picture books are also great to occupy your children during long car or airplane trips.
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