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Library Life: Have Book Will Travel; Keeping Burglars Away From Your Home; The Art of Origami; and Love Songs in the Afternoon

Carol — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:50:21 +0000

Have Book Will Travel! Take off with summer reading on this episode of Library Life. Learn how to join in the adventure of reading and win prizes along the way. Then Officer Greg Sill of the Mount Prospect Police Department shares important information on how to keep your home safe from burglars. Plus love is in the air as we swoon over some tender tunes, followed by the art of origami. Click here to watch.

Now offering Zinio Digital Magazines

MPPL — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:59:49 +0000

We are now offering digital magazines from a service called Zinio. Click Here to learn more.

Take a Visual Tour of 70 Years of Library History

Carol — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:29:59 +0000

The current building at Emerson Street and Central Road is not the first home of the Mount Prospect Public Library. Click here to see how the Library has evolved over the past 70 years.

Watch for more events as part of the Library’s year-long 70th Anniversary Celebration.

Sign Up for Our E-Mail Newsletter

Carol — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:51:35 +0000

Get information on the Library’s programs and services delivered to your e-mail box twice each month. E-news also features links to the online catalog and calendar of events as well as weekly happenings in and around Mount Prospect.

Mobile Website and BookMyne Catalog App

MPPL — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:39:02 +0000

Find our mobile website at mppl.org/mobile and search the catalog, browse events, or contact us. You can also download the BookMyne app for iPhone and Android and get more catalog capability, including the ability to place holds, renew materials, and manage your account.

Library Life: MPPL Foundation Presents Denny Diamond and the Family Jewels; Mary Todd Lincoln and Her Famous Husband, and Click & Create: Computer Animation for Kids

Carol — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:59:44 +0000

Hello New Year! Good-bye clutter! Get organized once and for all. Learn how on this episode of Library Life. Then, there’s something about Mary. Hear a fascinating tale of the other Lincoln. Plus meet computer whiz kids and revel in a Diamond-studded musical tribute. Click here to watch.

Reaching Across the Ocean With Book Crossing 2012

Carol — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:02:01 +0000

The librarians of Mount Prospect and its Sister City, Sèvres, France, work cooperatively each year to create Book Crossing, an international, intergenerational reading program. The books selected for discussion seek to spark a dialogue among different age groups, and to offer many ways to participate—with no need to speak French! Click here to view photos from and read a summary of this year’s Book Crossing events.

Try the Science Online Web Resource

Carol — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:59:46 +0000

Science Online is an information-packed, easy-to-use web resource that can help you find a great experiment for a school project or give you more insight into that topic you’ve always wondered about. The database offers science news and features and even suggests searches when you choose a subject. Science Online contains more than one-thousand science experiments and activities categorized by subject, grade range, and time required. Diagrams, illustrations, images, videos, and animations help you visualize concepts and one simple click allows you to save your research. There’s even a conversion calculator to help you solve those area, pressure, or velocity and speed equations.

Library Life: Defamation: The Play; Homeschool Connection; Training to Be Top Dog; Going “Veg;” Autumn Traditions

Carol — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:03:23 +0000

Click here to watch the latest episode of Library Life, featuring an interview with Richard Shavzin, an actor and director of Defamation: The Play, book recommendations from Library staff, tips on training your dog and on living a vegetarian life, and library visitors sharing their favorite fall activities.

Suburban Mosaic Fosters Understanding Through Literature

Carol — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:25:31 +0000

Now in its ninth year, the 2012-2013 Suburban Mosaic theme focuses on making a difference. Discussion groups are scheduled to begin in the fall of 2012 and continue through the winter. This years’ books are The Submission by Amy Waldman for adults, Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green for grades 9 and up; Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose for grades 5 – 8; How Tia Lola Learned to Teach by Julia Alvarez for grades 1 – 4; and Spork by Kyo Maclear for pre-K readers.

The vision of Suburban Mosaic is to “reach a deeper understanding of the various cultures that make up the suburbs of Cook and Lake County, Illinois, in order to reduce prejudice, racism, and the systemic marginalization of populations.”

View the books on display in the Youth Services and the Fiction/AV/Teen Services departments.