The Book Nook - El Paso District Library El Paso, Illinois

creation station hours change in june

5/30/2019

Creation Station - what's your hours?

The Creation Station will be open for support in June onward on the following days and times:

Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 1 pm to 3 pm

The Creation Station is located in the yellow activity room of the library, on the lower level. You'll have access to an array of equipment, tools, knowledge and support. We have high-tech, low-tech, and no-tech. Come here to build your dream project, collaborate on projects with others, learn how to make new things, and work with some amazing new tools.

Ask a librarian for more information on this new creative space!

Cicadas and other beneficial bugs

5/29/2019

Kelly Allsup, University of Illinois Extension Educator, gave a great presentation yesterday on Cicadas and Other Beneficial Bugs! We had several children in the crowd and they asked many good questions. We learned quite a bit but one fact in particular stood out to me!
The year 2024 will be a great year for Cicadas. There are cicadas that we can hear every year (dog day cicadas). There are cicadas that come out every 13 years and every 17 years. In 2024, all three kinds of cicadas will be singing to us!

Thanks again, Kelly! We enjoyed having you come to our library!

tonight is the 'cicada and other beneficial bugs' presentation

5/28/2019

Cicada and Other Beneficial Bugs
by Kelly Allsup, University of Illinois Extension Educator
6:30 pm
El Paso District Library

Hope you can make it!

riot act, our book club

5/28/2019

We met last Thursday to talk about Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton and had a great discussion.

Our June book will be The Library Book by Susan Orlean.

RIOT ACT MEETS TONIGHT!

5/23/2019

We meet at 7 pm tonight to talk about Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.

the library is closed this coming monday, may 27th for memorial day

5/21/2019

Cicada and other Beneficial bugs!

5/20/2019

We really need people to sign up for this program. So far, we only have two! I'm not sure the presenter will want to come if we don't get some more! I think kids would enjoy this presentation as well as gardeners!

Cicadas and Other Beneficial Bugs
Tuesday, May 28th
6:30 pm
El Paso District Library
Presented by Kelly Allsup, Extension Educator, University of Illinois Education

Kelly will discuss the creepy crawly fliers of our back yard including:

When will the cicadas come back?
How are bugs beneficial to humans?

Kelly will contrast the gruesome details of the insect world with their awe inspiring ability to survive our Illinois landscape.

Register by stopping by the library or calling 527-4360. You must register by this Saturday, May 25th!

EXPLORE ILLINOIS LINK ON OUR WEBSITE

5/16/2019

We recently added a new link, Explore More Illinois on the main page of our library website. You have to scroll to the bottom of the screen to see it.

Explore More Illinois makes it possible for member libraries to offer free passes, discounted admission, and other deals from a wide variety of Illinois cultural attractions to library cardholders. You will need to login with your library card number and your password.

Thank you RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library Systems) for launching Explore More Illinois!

Friends of the el paso district library Used Book Sale this week!

5/14/2019

Game Club yesterday

5/4/2019

We met yesterday and played Yahtzee! It is a fun group - very relaxed and everyone is pretty easy going. We had scones from Java Eats and Sweets for a snack. Sheila had already left before I remembered to take a picture. Why is it so hard for me to remember to take pictures?

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El Paso District Library
El Paso, Illinois