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Below are the instructions for the January 2025 Grab & Go kits! Grab one only in the Youth Department at the Library. While supplies last. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE GRADE RECOMMENDATIONS! A Winter Window Directions:  You will need scissors and a glue stick. About 1” inch in from the top and side of the white paper,… Read More

Another year has passed by and it is time to review what Deerfield has been checking out! Here are some of the top titles that have been read, watched, and listened to by our patrons. The following are the 2024 top ten items that have been checked out in select Adult, Teen, and Youth categories.… Read More

The Preschool Pages newsletter is full of new book recommendations, early literacy tips, news you can use, and a feature on one of our favorite authors or illustrators. Check out the latest issue. Read More

Below are the instructions for December 2024 Grab & Go kits! Grab one only in the Youth Department at the Library. While supplies last. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE GRADE RECOMMENDATIONS! Winter Character Paper Chains Instructions for the Pre K & K activity are in each kit. Scratch-Art Snow Friend! Kit contains: Snow Friend Stylus Ribbon Instructions:… Read More

  At DPL, we have compiled a list of resources for Native American Heritage Month. Click the link below to find your next read or watch. Book and Movie List Youth List Events Native American Heritage Month Scavenger Hunt in Youth Services - Come explore the Native American books in Youth Services by completing our… Read More

  The Preschool Pages newsletter is full of new book recommendations, early literacy tips, news you can use, and a feature on one of our favorite authors or illustrators. Check out the latest issue.… Read More

Below are the instructions for October 2024 Grab & Go kits! Grab one only in the Youth Department at the Library. While supplies last. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE GRADE RECOMMENDATIONS! Instructions for the Pre K & K activity are in each kit. Instructions for the Grades 1-4 activity are in each kit. Mini Pumpkin String Art… Read More

On this month’s episode of the The Deerfield Public Library Podcast, I have the great honor to share a conversation with Richard Powers about his new novel Playground (W. W. Norton & Co., 2024). Playground gives us a masterful braided narrative of lives devoted to oceanography, computer programming, art, and literature, taking us from French… Read More

At DPL, we have compiled a list of resources for Hispanic Heritage Month. Click the link below to find your next read or watch. Book and Movie List Youth List Events Deerfield Public Library has partnered with the Highland Park and Highwood libraries to bring you a series of special events, including Folkloric Dance Class,… Read More

Below are the instructions for September 2024 Grab & Go kits! Grab one only in the Youth Department at the Library. While supplies last. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE GRADE RECOMMENDATIONS! Sunflower Craft Teach kids the importance of being kind with this Sunflower craft kit.  Kids can list all the ways to be nice while making the… Read More