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Below are the instructions for June 2023 Grab & Go kits! Grab one at our outdoor Creation Station or stop by the Youth Department at the Library. While supplies last. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE GRADE RECOMMENDATIONS! Butterfly Suncatcher Each kit includes: A butterfly outline Pieces of tissue paper in various colors A stretch of… Read More

This summer, the Library will once again symbolically adopt an animal through the World Wildlife Fund, which will help protect the animals and their habitats. All summer long YOU can vote between 9 different animals. Vote as many times as you’d like! The animal choices are:  African Elephant Fennec Fox Orangutan Baby Orca Red-eye Tree… Read More

Calling all Children and Teens! Make sure your unique voice is heard by participating in the Find Your Voice Summer Reading Program! Track your reading, complete activities, and attend programs all summer long. To participate in weekly drawings and earn prizes along the way, be sure to update your progress each week, either at the Library or… Read More

There are SO many items available in the Library of Things collection for you to check out with just a Deerfield Library Card. This month, we want to show some hidden gems in the Outdoor “Games” category of our LOT collection: Chess Set Checkmate! Fun for beginners and experienced Chess players alike. Curling Zone: Air… Read More

We are so excited to launch the third year of our special Pride Month podcast and program series Queer Poem-a-Day. For our first two years, we presented a unique public archive of poems written and read by LGBTQIA+ poets, released each day in June. We invite you to check out our archives from year one… Read More

At the Library, we love celebrating our community—and we love celebrating poetry! We are hosting a Favorite Poem Project Reading in person at the Library on Thursday, June 1, from 7:00—8:00 pm. Hear poems that are special to your neighbors and reacquaint yourself with how vital poetry is in our lives. Join readers including celebrated… Read More

We are thrilled to announce that after a whopping, amazing, incredible, record-setting 20,875 votes, the 10th annual Tournament of Books has 8 new champions! The winners were: Picture Books:  The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak Early Readers: all of the Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems Chapter Books: The One and Only… Read More

Below are the instructions for May 2023 Grab & Go kits! Grab one at our outdoor Creation Station or stop by the Youth Department at the Library. While supplies last. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE GRADE RECOMMENDATIONS! Sun with Rainbow Streamers Happy May! This month, PreK-K kids can make a sun with a rainbow hanging… Read More

This month on the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, it is my great honor to present a conversation I had with the poet Robert Pinsky on the occasion of the publication of his new memoir, Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022). Robert Pinsky is a celebrated poet, essayist, translator, teacher,… Read More

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. According to the AAPI government webpage: "A rather broad term, Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake… Read More