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This month on the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we are honored to welcome Dr. Debbie Reese, a tribally enrolled Nambé Pueblo author and scholar. Dr. Reese is best known for her popular blog American Indians in Children’s Literature which “provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books.”  Our conversation offers an… Read More

This month, we’ll be featuring music from other parts of the world. “World music” is often used as a catch-all term for music that isn’t Westernized, but music is made in dozens of styles and languages in dozens of countries—for example, the Tuareg style of music from Mali is entirely different from Chilean hip hop… Read More

This month's teen Grab & Go craft is a plant terrarium that you can't accidentally kill: they're made of felt! Find instructions below, including a helpful video that will walk you through making the succulents. Pick them up in the Teen Space! Kit Includes: 1 glass globe 3 sheets of green felt 1 succulent template… Read More

This month, we are introducing new tween Grab & Go kits in addition to youth and teen ones! You can pick up either kit from the Creation Station outside the library or in the Youth Department, while supplies last. Here are the instructions for both the Tween and Youth crafts. Tween Craft For our tween… Read More

As part of the Library’s commitment to the Dementia Friendly Community initiative of West Deerfield Township, we have added another new feature to our collection: Memory Kits. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 6.2 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. By 2050 the… Read More

This month on the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we are thrilled to welcome as our guest the poet Richie Hofmann, whose beautiful second collection A Hundred Lovers was just published by Knopf earlier this month. Hofmann is also the author of Second Empire (Alice James Books, 2015). He teaches at Stanford University and lives in… Read More

For each musical recommendation, we will include a link to the album and a sample song from that album. We hope you enjoy and discover some new artists! If you feel so inclined, please email us at reference@deerfieldlibrary.org with your own recommendation. We’d love to hear them!  Sam’s Picks: ARTIST: Noga Erez ALBUM TITLE: KIDS… Read More

BrainHQ is your personal gym for brain training! We’ve all heard that keeping your brain sharp may help delay the onset of memory loss and that crossword puzzles and sudoku are great ways to do that. However, the scientific evidence doesn’t totally support that. Crossword puzzles flex only one specific piece of cognition: the ability… Read More

We are excited to announce that the Deerfield Public Library will be working in collaboration with multiple area libraries to bring to you another exciting virtual event: An Evening with Madeline Miller Thursday, March 3 from 7-8 p.m.!  Deerfield Public Library staff favorite, Madeline Miller, is one of the leaders in Greek retellings, a New… Read More

Have a preschool-aged child in your life? The brand new Preschool Pages newsletter is for you! Each month, Kary and Megan from Youth Services will share four book recommendations for you and your preschooler to enjoy! Preschool Pages will also offer early literacy tips and feature an author or illustrator, whose entire body of work… Read More