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Register for events on the website calendar, or call the library at 708-258-3436. Mark those calendars for the Friends Spring Book Sale – April 13-15.

Youth Services

March 2: Teen Advisory Board Meeting, Thursday, at 4:30 p.m.

March 3: Teen Book Club, Friday, at 7:45 a.m., Peotone High School

March 7: Bookworm Buddies, Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m., ages three to five years.

March 8: Little Learners Storytime, Wednesday, at 10:30 a.m., ages zero-three.

March 9: St. Patrick’s Day Slime Making, Thursday, at 4:30 p.m.

March 9: Young Adult Book Talk, online on Thursday, at 5 p.m.

Adult Services

March 2: Clue – Mystery Book Club, Thursday, at 11 a.m., Monee Historical Center; The group will discuss “The Night She Died,” by Dorothy Simpson.

March 6: Book Bingo, Monday, at 11 a.m.

March 6 – 11: Take-and-Make Craft, Monday through Saturday, while supplies last.

March 7: The Friends of the Library’s Meeting, Tuesday, at 11 a.m., at Cornerstone Coffee.

March 7: Tuesday With Books Discussion, from 6:30 – 7:45 p.m.

March 8: Computer Basics One-on-One, Wednesday, from 11-11:30 a.m. A staff member will devote 30-minute time slots to help with computer needs, including computer basics, setting up an email account and sending attachments, creating resumes, learning how to use the Internet or a word document – you decide. Call to reserve a time slot.


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