Today marks the holiday of the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is celebrated by millions in East Asia. This is celebrated around the time of the harvest moon which can change each year. Many will participating in activities like moon gazing and lantern. The symbol of a rabbit on a moon is used by many Asian countries.…
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When Things Are Scary
It can be difficult to talk to your children when things are scary in the news. Youth staff have gathered some resources that could be helpful when having these conversations with your children. Rereading favorite stories or re-watching favorite movies can also be very comforting to children in times of stress. Photo by August de…
Black History Month: Performers and Artists
This week we are celebrating all kinds of artists and performers--painters, poets, pop stars, and more! Check out our list of Performers and Artists and place a hold, or come in and take something from our display!…
Black History Month: Sports and Athletics
This week we're celebrating Black excellence in sports and athletics, including everyone from Simon Biles to Mamie "Peanut" Johnson. Come and peruse the display in the library or place a hold on a great book using our catalog!
Black History Month: Inventors and Scientists
February is Black History month*, and all month long we'll have displays about Black excellence in a variety of areas. First up we have Scientists and Inventors! You can come into the library and check out items from the display or go to our reading recommendations page and place a hold! I particularly love the…
Encanto Read Alikes
Got "We Don't Talk about Bruno" stuck in your head? Check out some of the library's Encanto books and other similar books for the whole family can enjoy! Listen to the Soundtrack on hoopla app. For younger readers: Encanto by Naibe Reynoso Mirabel's discovery by Vicky Weber Family is everything by Luz Mack Kind as a Princess…
Happy Diwali!
Shubh Diwali! Happy Diwali! Diwali is a holiday that is celebrated in Southeast Asia and all around the world at the end of the Hindu calendar. This year, that falls on November 1st-6th. At the Mount Prospect Public Library, we love learning, so we invited two members of the community, Trisha and Gina, to tell…
The Tulsa Race Massacre
This spring marks 100 years since the thriving Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sometimes called Black Wall Street, was burned down and many of its residents were killed in what became known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. While this is not an easy subject to discuss with children, acknowledging and learning from this violence in…
Pilkey Apologizes for Passive Racism
In March of 2021, a Korean American father reached out to Scholastic about concerns he had about racist imagery and negative stereotypes in Dav Pilkey’s 2010 book The Adventures of Ook and Gluk. After several conversations between the father, Dav Pilkey, and Scholastic, on Monday, March 22, 2021, Scholastic halted distribution of The Adventures of Ook and Gluk with support from Pilkey. The graphic novel is written and illustrated by characters from Dav Pilkey’s…
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Cenus.gov has lots of information about the history of this monthlong celebration: "In 1978, a joint congressional resolution established Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week. The first 10 days of May were chosen to coincide with two important milestones in Asian/Pacific American history: the arrival in the United…
