Meeting A & B

This program has been cancelled, but will be offered again in December … stay tuned!

(Open to all ages) Get ready to dance, shake, shimmy, groove! Make sure you're ready to move-it, move-it for this music-filled party for you and your little ones. No registration required!

Bring your lunch! We provide the guest speaker, coffee and dessert!

Learn what makes a book rare and how to research older books from Janet Elliott, owner of This Old Book. She will share information on online resources and tips for finding exact editions. Attendees may bring one book for Janet to evaluate and offer research suggestions.

Final

Bring your lunch! We provide the guest speaker, coffee and dessert!
Take an armchair tour of Northern Italy’s Coast and Plains with Ralph Danielsen. Visit the colorful jewels along the Liguran Sea and many of the most beautiful villages in Europe. Travel to the east to the River Po---the last capital of the waning Roman Empire---and other highlights including the Cinque Terra, Portofino, Lerici, the mosaics of Ravenna as well as the incredible riot of pinnacles that is the cathedral of Milan.

Bring your lunch! We provide the guest speaker, coffee and dessert!
A fun-filled tour of the charms, traditions and personalities of our Illinois towns led by the only person who has visited and photographed all 2400 of them: John Lynn.

(Open to all ages) The Caldecott Medal is like an Academy Award for Best Picture Book—it’s the highest honor an American artist can receive for children’s book illustration. We are proud to welcome Matt Cordell, winner of the 2018 Caldecott Medal for his book Wolf in the Snow, to LVDL for an all-ages event! Matt will share how he creates characters and do a live drawing demonstration, to be followed by a book signing.

(Grades 7-12) Dazzle your friends with amazing illusions! Learn the tricks of the trade from magician Gary Kantor in this hour-long, hands-on workshop. Please register.

(Grades 7-12) Curious about what it’s like to work and volunteer abroad? Educator and world traveler Brian Michalski will show you how to plan for a future adventure, with practical tips and take-home resources. Please register.

(Open to all ages) Can't make it to our special "The Moon Rocks!" event on August 4? When you're at the library for the Solar Viewing event, stop inside to examine small samples of lunar rock and soil, as well as fragments from meteorites, on loan to us from NASA's Johnson Space Center. No registration required.