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Books for April are at the library. You will be reading Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon. Stop by and pick up your copy.

On Tuesday, March 24, we visited the 3rd grade rooms at Pope John and Elgin Public Schools. We started with a breakout activity where students needed to work together in teams to solve the four different activities given to them. Each activity needed to be complete before starting the next one. When all activities were done, they received a key to open the breakout box. The final activity happened to be some “donut” riddles and when they opened their boxes what did they find – donuts of course! After the activity, they ate their donuts while listening to the story Don’t Be Afraid to Drop by Julia Cook. The story follows the adventures of a little raindrop who was afraid to leave his cloud. With the encouragement of his dad, little raindrop finally got the courage to breakout of his comfort zone and “expand his horizons.” We can all learn a lesson from little boy raindrop, in that we should not be afraid of change and that each of us has within us a valuable gift to share with the world.

Twenty-six busy minds and busy hands worked together at the March 16 Lego League to come up with the following creations. Enjoy the slide show!

The book for this month is at the library. Stop by and pick up your copy. You will be reading One for the Money by Janet Evanovich.

The first Maker Monday at the Elgin Public Library was a huge success! Twenty-two Kindergarten through fifth graders enjoyed board games, crafts, corn hole, play-doh, Nex Playground, Straws Building set and Magna Tiles. More fun to come on March 23!

Starting Monday, February 23, Elgin Public Library will be hosting Maker Monday, a time for children in grades Kindergarten through 5th to experience some new and different things the library has to offer. Kids can choose to play board games, put puzzles together, make a craft or play with other things hidden in the “Closet of Fun”. We hope to continue offering Maker Monday on the Monday after Lego League.

On January 20th and 21st we visited the second grade rooms at Elgin Public and Pope John. We read the story The Snowflake’s Wish by Denise Abdale. It is about a little snowflake who has a very special wish. Come check out this book to find out what that special wish is.

Deadline to sign up is January 27th.

The book for January is at the library. You will be reading One False Move by Alex Kava. Stop by the library and pick up your copy.