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Great DPPL Bake-Along

Legolas’s Lembas Bread

Lembas
This week on The Great DPPL Bake-Along:

We bake lembas bread, the famous food of the Elves from The Lord of the Rings. 

According to Legolas, one bite can fill the stomach of a grown man!

We’ll share our results, our recipes, and a little bit about our chosen stories on this blog.

AND we invite YOU to bake along with us.

Share what you make by tagging us with #DPPLBakes, send us your favorite recipes, or just enjoy reading our entries.

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DPPL On Demand

Using HelpNow To Write An Effective Resume

Even if you’re not actively searching for a job, it’s always a good idea to have your resume up to date.  The library has many tools on our website that can help you with creating or updating your resume and planning your job search strategy.  Even though the library is closed, all of the resources are accessible from outside of the library, 24 hours a day.

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Staff Picks

Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month All Year Long

Every year I look forward to May because it’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (also referred to as Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month).

It puts a spotlight on my cultural background— one that can sometimes feel overlooked during the rest of the year. It allows me to commemorate my Japanese, Taiwanese, and Okinawan ancestry. 

This May, however, felt different to me than every other May.

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Family Fridays

Family Fridays - Chicago Building Challenge

Calling all lego lovers, block builders and future architects. 

Our Family Friday challenge this week is to build a model of a favorite Chicago landmark to share with the Des Plaines community.

Building blocks, cups, boxes, legos and toothpicks are all fair game along with playing cards, magnatiles and craft sticks or really anything your imagination allows and your home has available. 

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DPPL Storytime

Virtual Storytime: La Llama Llama Rojo Pijama

Hey Kiddos! It's Thursday and time for DPPL Storytime. We miss you all and hope you will tune in for a new episode each week! On this episode, Miss Becky reads "La Llama Llama Rojo Pijama" by Anna Dewdney (by kind permission of Penguin Random House) and Miss Esli pops up to present a rhyme called El Chocolate. Enjoy! Don't forget, you can follow us on Facebook or Instagram to see more virtual programming like this!