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Animals provide lots of fun discussions about sounds and colors, but height is another way to look at animals too. 

This month at the Des Plaines Public Library, we are exploring the idea of measurement using animals.  Come check out our alcove area on the second floor, where we invite kids to mark how tall they are and compare their heights to actual sizes of animals and other kids. 

Continue Reading "How Do You Measure Up? Measuring by Animal" →

Join us at the library on these days to find out what we have in store for you. 

Will it be a holiday book display?  Vintage recipes?  Tech fun?  Creative gift ideas? 

Continue Reading "Celebrate the Season @ Your Library" →

I have loved horror stories since I was a little monster.

I cut my baby fangs on R.L. Stine's Goosebumps books before ripping through the stories of Shirley Jackson and H.P. Lovecraft. I murdered most of Dean R. Koontz's novels before devouring all the works of Stephen King.

Like a ravenous vampire, I'm always thirsting for more, and I lap up horror stories like, well, like a small pool of blood collecting in the hollow of a throat.

Continue Reading "Books That Go Bump in the Night" →

As an avid reader of books, most often books for teens, I find myself getting tired of reading the same tired plot over and over again.   

Continue Reading "Weird YA" →

On a special Halloween-themed episode of the Pint and Click Podcast, Dave, Tony and Joel begin by discussing the writing and legacy of H.P. Lovecraft, specifically his short stories The Call of Cthulhu, The Whisperer in Darkness and The Dunwich Horror. In the second half of the episode, they dissect Stephen King's It - the 1986 novel, the 1990 miniseries and the 2017 feature film. Take a listen below!

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