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Hey, Kiddos! It's time for a new edition of DIY with DPPL!

This time, you'll learn how to make your very own spiderwebs.

Starting on Saturday, October 26th, stop by the Youth Services desk on the second floor of DPPL to pick up a kit (while supplies last!), and then use the materials to do the project we show you step-by-step in the video.

(Grade 1 and up.)

The Youth Services Team loves going on adventures together through books, movies, video games, and much more. Find out where your favorite librarians have traveled this month!

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Here's what DPPL's Readers' Advisory staff recommends you read, watch, or listen to this month!

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Calling all ghosts and ghouls!  Do you like to write?

Then creep your way into our Wicked Good Writing Contest!

The Youth Services Department challenges all warlocks, vampires, ghosts, and children to write a two-sentence, scary (or not so scary) story.

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What is Indigenous Peoples’ Day?

This October 14^th is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a time where we celebrate and honor the complex histories and many cultures of the Indigenous people of the United States.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes Native Americans as the original inhabitants of the land.

Here in Cook County, we are on the land of the Council of Three Fires—the Ojibwa, Ottawa and Potawatomi—as well as the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sauk and Meskwaki peoples.

See the official Land Acknowledgement from the Forest Preserves of Cook County HERE.

Beyond commemorating the past, there is a necessity to celebrate Native peoples’ of today by appreciating Native art, culture, and continued environmental efforts.

As Indigenous nations still face inequity and discrimination, we all must share the duty of educating ourselves and continuing the spirit of care and community.

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