Love Your Library Reading Program

January 15 - February 28, 2019 Get cozy with a book and earn chances to win one of four gift baskets in our winter reading challenge! For every hour of reading completed, you will receive a ticket for the prize drawing. The challenge is open to all ages from baby (read-to-me) to adult. Stop by the Adult or Children's desk to sign up and receive your registration prize. Limited to Lemont Library Cardholders.

Rescheduled** Adult After Hours: Improv Game Night

Friday, February 8th, 2019 6:00 - 8:00 PM Join us for some after-hours fun! Improvisation, or improv, is a form of live theatre in which the plot, characters and dialogue of a game, scene or story are made up in the moment. Join in and play or just watch and enjoy. Snacks and soft drinks provided. Beer or wine available for a $5 donation to support future library programming. Ages 21+. Registration required.

NEW Teen Book Club!

Wednesday, January 30, 2019  7:00 PM - 8:00 PM A book club focused on materials for middle school and high school students. Attendees will be expected to have read the chosen book by the time of the meeting so they can fully discuss their thoughts and feeling about the story. Copies of the book are available at the patron services desk right now! Snacks will be provided at the book club meeting, since we all know a good book discussion works up an appetite! If your child has any food allergies, please let us know when you register. Ages 11- 17. This month's book: Want...

My Library Rewards is Here!

Sign-up for My Library Rewards Your library card just became an even better bargain with My Library Rewards. In addition to free access to items such as books, movies and music, starting in June, you can earn discounts on food, recreation, gym memberships and more. Here’s how it works: Whenever you check out an item from the Lemont Public or any library within the Pinnacle Cooperative whether it be a book, video game, or movie you will get 10 points. If you check out five items, you get 50 points, and so on. You can earn up to 100 points...

All Levels Available in Rosetta Stone!

Lemont Library patrons now have access to more levels in Rosetta Stone! Rosetta Stone Library Solution Plus offers the same access to 30 languages, but ALL correlating levels! Remember to log in through the library link to start learning! http://lemontlibrary.org/rosetta-stone/ 1 Level Only Swahili Pashto Indonesian Dari Urdu   3 Levels Only Arabic Dutch Filipino (Tagalog) Greek Hebrew Hindi Irish (Gaelic) Japanese Korean Latin Persian (Farsi) Polish Portuguese Swedish Turkish Vietnamese   5 Levels  Spanish, Latin America Spanish, Spain English, American English, British French Italian German Chinese Russian

Online Education Service: Gale Courses

Never stop learning.  Whether you’re looking for college-level, professional development, or personal enrichment courses, the Lemont Public Library now offers hundreds of online courses that are accessible anywhere online, 24/7. Gale Courses offer well-crafted lessons, expert online instruction, and interaction with fellow students. Gale Courses offers access to online learning courses that are available anytime, anywhere, any place. Other benefits include: Courses are free for all patrons interested in any discipline Gale Courses is easy to use; you use your library account to sign up and log in With six-week courses, you can join programs year-round To enroll, visit the Gale Courses...