Prospect Heights Public Library

Want to share your story? The Library is looking for volunteers to be “Books” for our Human Library event on May 8! Virtual training provided. Email tap@phpl.info by Feb. 28 & for more info visit phpl.info/human-library We can’t wait to hear from you! 📚

DCFS is hiring! Join us at 11am, Wednesday, January 22 to get information on job opportunities, how to navigate the application process & best practices during the interview process. Register here: phpl.info/event/dcfs-572…

Join us at 7 PM on Wednesday, February 19, for an open and heartfelt conversation about the challenges and cultural biases that immigrants face in the U.S. 👥 Registration is now open: phpl.info/event/immigran…

Join us at 7pm on Wednesday, Dec. 4 to share how you celebrate your cultural holidays, weddings, births, and rites of passage! Register here: phpl.info/event/immigran… #immigrants #refugees #migrants #community #holidays #weddings #discussion #prospectheights #illinois #libraries

📆🎉October is #NationalBookMonth! Share and tell everyone what you're #reading to celebrate! #LibbyApp #Bookish #BookTwitter #CheckOutYourLibrary #LibraryLove

Thank you for being Elmo's friend today and every day. ❤️ #WorldMentalHealthDay #EmotionalWellBeing

Do you read every day?

Join us on Oct. 16 for our first bi-monthly discussion series, beginning with First Arrivals! All are welcome to share stories and experiences of how you, your parents, or grandparents came to the U.S. Refreshments will be provided. #immigrants #migrants #community #newbeginnings

Who are your top book boyfriends? 💖 Let us know which literary heartthrobs have captured your imagination!

Brown bears are scent-sational! 👃 With noses 75 times more powerful than ours, they can detect scents from miles away. Their olfactory bulb, a small organ that helps identify odors, is five times larger than a human's, giving them an incredible sense of smell.

which vacation spots are on your list for the rest of the year? 🌴

It's Friday! What are you reading this weekend?

Today's #WordOfTheDay is riffraff. Learn more about this word: dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-…

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘tchotchke.’ ow.ly/lLKK50SWMIY

“This is a community labor of love. We are working together through our StoryWalk project to promote literacy, family time together in nature and physical activity" - Katie O’Brian, head of youth services at @PHLibrary. @IllLibraryAssoc @RAILSLibraries journal-topics.com/articles/new-s…

Ready to deepen your understanding of the LGBTQ+ community? Join us for an in-depth exploration that goes beyond the basics. Let’s learn, grow, and support each other together! Register: phpl.info/event/lgbtq-10… #phpl #library #libraries #LGBTQ #community

🚨 Get ready to rockhop with excitement — we've got double the news! 🚨 We are welcoming two new southern rockhopper penguin chicks to the colony at Shedd and are excited to share all about them with you! 🥚 The young birds hatched just days apart on June 18 and June 20. (1/4)

Anyone else feel like they're being watched? 👀 📷 Keeper Callum #DartmoorZoo #DZS #Devon #Binturong

This is Fatman. He has an outfit for every occasion. Sometimes that outfit is a cozy blanket. But he still pulls it off. 12/10

Want to help birds keep cool through the summer? Provide a shallow birdbath with one to two inches of water. Birds will use baths as a cooling oasis to splash in and drink. Keep an eye on water levels and clean out your birdbath regularly. 📷 Courtney Celley/USFWS