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Are you a Romance Reader?

Are you unfamilar with eBooks?

Is print size important to you?

Haven't got around to get a library card?

If you answered yes to at least the first question, then the Des Plaines Public library has a special service for you.

Continue Reading "Easy Ebooks For Romance Readers With RomanceBookCloud.com" →

We know many of you take part in home book clubs because we help you find the books.

We can still do that.

I imagine many of you are reading more now that we are all home more. Perhaps you have thought:

I wish I could talk to someone about what I am reading.

Well you can and we are here to help.

Continue Reading "4 Ways to Book Club in the Time of Socially Distancing" →

World Donkey Day is May 8^th. 

What’s it about? 

It was created to bring awareness to the plight of these spunky and personable animal helpers, including their treatment. 

Learn more about World Donkey Day from DPPL's Proquest database.

Continue Reading "8 Ways to Celebrate World Donkey Day May 8th" →

 

Missing one-on-one book recommendations from your favorite 3rd floor staffers? DPPL's new Miner Recs Book Talks are the next best thing! 

Each week DPPL's readers advisory staff will "talk" their best "recs" of books, movies and more!

And while we're all sheltering in place, we're calling the first few entries in this series Grounded Recs. 

In Episode 4, Alejandro tells you about A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, a humorous but melancholy book about a curmudgeonly Swedish man.

If this sounds like something you'd enjoy, DPPL cardholders can read A Man Called Ove as an ebook or audiobook through the Overdrive links below.

A Man Called Ove ebook
A Man Called Ove audiobook

Enjoy!

The building is closed but the library is open. 

Who here LOVES to make slime? 

Well, say hello to Slime's rebel cousin, OOBLECK!  

First introduced in a Dr. Seuss book, Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid. 

It doesn't follow Newton's law of fluids having constant viscosity. 

Viscosity is how fast or slow a liquid moves. 

But Oobleck is a shape-shifter. 

Sometimes, it's a liquid and sometimes, it's a solid.

Continue Reading "It’s Wednesday. Let’s Get MESSY!" →