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Happy June! I hope you all have been enjoying your summer vacation. This month, our kids Grab & Go craft is Pool Noodle Pals. I wanted to put something together sturdy enough to withstand vacations and outdoor play, and pool noodles can withstand a lot! If you have extra pool noodles lying around at home,… Read More

So you’re at home, in the car, on vacation, or taking a break from work and the one thing you want is the perfect book or movie that draws you in immediately. We get it. Which is why we are thrilled to offer a brand new service at the Deerfield Public Library called Personalized Picks.… Read More

We are proud to announce our first Read & Walk beginning on Saturday, June 5. Read & Walk is a fun, educational activity that you and your child can do at your leisure at whatever time you like. Read & Walk encourages healthy activity and learning all at once for the whole family. It also shows… Read More

Looking for new ways to keep your kids engaged and learning over the summer? Check out our newest addition to the Library of Things: Playaway Launchpad tablets! Each tablet comes pre-loaded with themed educational games and activities for specific age groups. Take a look at the list down below and put a few of your… Read More

What's been going on at the MakerSpace? Well, you've been keeping us busy with all of your great projects. From embroidering blankets to engraving canvases, we've definitely been buzzing here at the MakerSpace We also understand, many of you still have questions about the MakerSpace. So this month we are excited to offer a virtual… Read More

I’m pleased to announce that the Library building will be open to the public for more hours beginning Monday, May 24. We look forward to seeing more of our patrons more often! In the interest of continued safety for our staff and patrons of all ages, we will still require masks for entry to the… Read More

I’m very excited to announce a new daily podcast series launching this June from our library: Queer Poem-a-Day. For Pride Month, we're reinventing our regular podcast interview series as a daily poetry podcast featuring poems written and read by contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets. Our participating poets include established award-winners and emerging voices and the poems include… Read More

This month, DPL was proud to present a special storytime featuring Nadia from the YouTube channel, Ramadan Books in Nadia’s Nook. Nadia is a high school student in the process of earning her Girl Scout Gold Award. Her service project aims to increase Muslim representation in her community through books. In 2020 she started her… Read More

There is always plenty of reading to do, but when you’re on the go, audiobooks are a great way to get some reading in. Teens ages 13 and up can download and stream two audiobooks per week through SYNC for free all summer long. Each week there will be two audiobooks to download for one week… Read More

With summer coming and warmer weather, everyone is thinking of fun outdoor activities that you can do with your family and friends. Did you know that you could check out a big inflatable movie screen and a LED video projector from the Deerfield Public Library’s Library of Things Collection? These are great if you would… Read More