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If you’re anything like me, history has always fascinated you. And I’ve found that there’s no better way to put history into context than to find out what your ancestors were up to! Genealogy, the study of family history, is a fun way to delve into the past and learn more about where you come… Read More

Ten-year-old Ha’s life is about to drastically change. She is living in Saigon in 1975 during the Vietnam War and it is no longer safe. She lives with her mother and her three older brothers.  Her father was captured and has been missing for the past nine years. With the help of her father’s best… Read More

By now, most people are aware that “Robert Galbraith” is J.K. Rowling, but this book does not need a famous name attached to it in order to prove its worth:  it does that all on its own! The Cuckoo’s Calling is the first in a series of detective novels that follow Cormoran Strike, a private… Read More

Our Local Author Fair* this Saturday, June 20 from 10:30 – 12:30 p.m. is an opportunity for the Library to nurture writing and foster local talent within Deerfield and its surrounding communities. It’s also a chance for our community to meet and support local authors and vice versa. Come mix and mingle with the following… Read More

Thanhhà Lại, author of National Book Award-winning and Newbery Honor Book Inside Out & Back Again, introduces readers to 12-year-old Mai in her new middle grade novel, Listen, Slowly. Mai, a California beach girl, is not happy when her parents tell her this summer she must travel to Vietnam with her grandmother, who is going… Read More

The summer travel season is finally upon us! Whether you have plans for a family-fun road trip or an amazing European getaway (with the euro’s recent decline, now’s the perfect time!), there are plenty of great travel apps out there to help make your vacation even better. The view of Mount Vesuvius from our kitchen… Read More

Our online streaming service Hoopla allows you to check out 10 items a month. All the items in Hoopla are considered a single item. So a thirty-minute short film is considered the same one item as a four-hour long movie. It doesn't matter if the audiobook is four hours long or forty hours long, it's… Read More

Suki Kim’s fascinating memoir, “Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite”, takes us through the author’s year spent in North Korea as an English teacher in 2011. Kim is a journalist who was interested in learning more about life in North Korea. She gets a job at… Read More

This winter the Library held a Cozy Blanket Bingo contest, which was a great hit with patrons and staff. It challenged participants to read something they might not normally read. My goal was to finish every square on the Bingo card, which I did and it helped me cross a number of books off my… Read More

Are you having trouble keeping track of what items are checked out to your account?  Do you need help keeping track of due dates?  Are you on the go and then suddenly remember that you need to renew a book that’s due? Good news!  The Deerfield Public Library has a smartphone app to make managing… Read More