Lake Forest Library
360 E Deerpath Rd
Lake Forest IL 60045
847.234.0636
www.lakeforestlibrary.org

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Library Hires Architect to Conduct Feasibility Study

March 14, 2018 – LAKE FOREST Ill – The Lake Forest Library Board of Trustees voted Tuesday, March 13, to retain the services of Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc. (HGA) to conduct a feasibility study exploring possible renovations and improvements to the Library building to benefit Library patrons and the Lake Forest community.

In honor of #BestFriendsDay we wanted to share ten of our favorite books about friendships- all kinds of friendships, the good, the bad, and the complicated. Who are some of your favorite literary friends?

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360 E Deerpath Rd
Lake Forest IL 60045
847.234.0636
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About Our Book Club Reception with Rebecca Makkai:

We had a great event with Rebecca Makkai here at the Library on June 1st for our Book Club Reception!

Join us for a celebration like no other on Saturday, June 2 from 10:00 am-2:00 pm! Picnics, ice cream, cake, games, magic and more! Celebrate the Library's 120th anniversary and the beginning of Summer Reading with us!

ALL DAY ACTIVITIES:

Button Making: Make your own unique button to add to your purse, backpack, or clothing this summer in the Foyer

LEGOs: Make a tower using Legos in the Reed Room

Coloring: Add to our community coloring project in the Rotunda

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360 E Deerpath Rd
Lake Forest IL 60045
847.234.0636
www.lakeforestlibrary.org

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Lake Forest Library
360 E Deerpath Rd
Lake Forest IL 60045
847.234.0636
www.lakeforestlibrary.org

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Celebrate with the Library at the Summer Reading Kick-off Party

May 15, 2018 – LAKE FOREST Ill – The Lake Forest community is invited to attend the second annual Summer Reading Kick-off Party at Lake Forest Library from 10:00 am–2:00 pm on Saturday, June 2.

Join us to kick off a summer of celebration with:

Our readers can't get enough of Lisa Wingate's Before We Were Yours. This well written historical fiction novel is based on one of America's most notorious real-life scandals, in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country. If you loved this book, you'll probably like these books as well!

What to Read Next:

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360 E Deerpath Rd
Lake Forest IL 60045
847.234.0636
www.lakeforestlibrary.org

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Chef Addie Gundry made dessert at Lake Forest Library

Apr 26, 2018 – LAKE FOREST Ill – Lake Forest chef and cookbook author Addie Gundry presented to a crowd of over 40 people at Lake Forest Library on April 25. She shared her life experiences and culinary training including working for Martha Stewart, winning Alton Brown's Cutthroat Kitchen, and competing on The Food Network Star.

Kristin Hannah has been a popular author for many years, but established herself as an author of more serious novels with her 2015 novel, The Nightingale, a story of two sisters in Nazi occupied France. Her latest novel, The Great Alone, follows a family of three trying to make it in rural Alaska.

Do you love pretzels as much as Stanley from The Office? We do, too!

Lake Forest Library
360 E Deerpath Rd
Lake Forest IL 60045
847.234.0636
www.lakeforestlibrary.org

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Meet Chef Addie Gundry at the Lake Forest Library on April 25

A little bit about Addie

We're so excited to host Addie Gundry here at the Library on April 25th and we still have some spots left if you want to register! Addie will prepare samples of recipes from her cookbook, No-Bake Desserts, as well as discuss her culinary training, working for Martha Stewart, and competing on The Food Network.

National Small Business Week (NSBW) is April 30 to May 5 where SCORE and the Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrate small business.