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Summer Storytimes Bilingual Event AR

Raise a Reader. Storytime sessions feature activities designed to foster pre-reading skills. B English-Spanish
Youth Services
Activity Room
Registration begins Monday, May 1 – Sunday, May 7, for Highland Park and Highwood library cardholders.
R Registration begins Monday, May 8, for those without a Highland Park Public Library card or a Highwood Public Library card.
Register in the Youth Services Department or by calling 847-681-7030. A library card number will be required.

R Summer Baby Booktime R Summer Rock & Read R Summer Storytime Live!
Babies and their caregivers can Let’s rock! Join us for a musical Read stories, sing songs, and more.
AR enjoy stories, rhymes, and songs. AR storytime where you can make AR 2nd & 4th Mondays
1st & 3rd Fridays lots of noise. Explore instruments,
listen to stories, and sing along!
June 12, 26
June 2, 16 July 10, 24
July 7, 21 1st & 3rd Thursdays August 14, 28
August 4, 18 June 1, 15 10 – 10:30 a.m.
10 – 10:30 a.m. or July 6, 20 For ages 3 – 5 accompanied
1 – 1:30 p.m. August 3, 17 by a caregiver.
For babies up to 18 months old 10:30 – 11 a.m. or
accompanied by a caregiver. 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
For 18 months – 3-year-olds
accompanied by a caregiver.

Grab & Go Ongoing Book Clubs


Crafts
Pick up your kit at the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Youth Services desk Reading aloud to children from birth helps to strengthen
while supplies last. language skills and build vocabulary. Pledge to read 1000 books
to your child before they start kindergarten. There’s no required

B 3D Pumpkin Craft R reading list — any book counts. Earn prizes along the way.
Sign up at the Youth Services desk to get started.
Make your own paper polka-dotted
pumpkin inspired by the sculptures
of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama! You
will need scissors and glue at home. Children’s Choice Book Club
Monday, June 12 – Join our Children’s Choice Awards book club! Earn prizes for reading
Sunday, June 18 books on the Bluestem and Rebecca Caudill Award lists for 2024. All
Ages 5 – 14 books are available at the Highland Park Public Library.
R Entering grades 3 – 8.
Register at the Youth Services desk to receive a reading log.

B Shark Craft
Just when you thought it was safe to go
back in the water! Celebrate Shark Week 100 Books Before High School
by creating your own cardboard shark. Pledge to read 100 books before your first day of high school. There’s no
Monday, July 10 – required reading list — any book counts! Earn prizes along the way.
Entering grades 4 – 8.
Sunday, July 16
Ages 5 – 14
R Register at the Youth Services desk to receive a reading log.

Highland Park Public Library • 494 Laurel Ave • Highland Park, IL • 847-681-7030 • hplibrary.org

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