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18 Books You Need to Read this Summer

  FICTION: ​ The Ensemble by Aja Gabel Four young friends navigate the cutthroat world of music and their complex relationships with each other, as ambition, passion, and love in...

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Author Spotlight : Rebecca Makkai

  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! Rebecca discussed one of the most anticipated books of this summer, her new novel, The Great Believers, how to get authors t...

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(Past event) Summer Reading Kickoff Party 2018!

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...

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Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale 2018 book announced

Lake Forest Library
360 E Deerpath Rd
Lake Forest IL 60045
847.234.0636
www.lakeforestlibrary.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lake Forest Library announces Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale book May 17, 2018 – LAKE FOREST Ill – Lake For...

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Summer Reading Kick-off Party 2018

Lake Forest Library
360 E Deerpath Rd
Lake Forest IL 60045
847.234.0636
www.lakeforestlibrary.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Celebrate with the Library at the Summer Reading Kick-off Party May 15, 2018 – LAKE FOREST Ill – The La...

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What to Read Next: Before We Were Yours Edition

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 famili...

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Chef Addie Gundry made dessert at Lake Forest Library

Lake Forest Library
360 E Deerpath Rd
Lake Forest IL 60045
847.234.0636
www.lakeforestlibrary.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chef Addie Gundry made dessert at Lake Forest Library Apr 26, 2018 – LAKE FOREST Ill – Lake Forest chef and cookbook author Addie Gundry presen...

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What to Read Next: The Great Alone Edition

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 i...

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What's knot to love?

Do you love pretzels as much as Stanley from The Office? We do, too! Celebrate National Pretzel Day with us with these books to read while snacking! In Pretzel by Margaret Rey, Pretzel finds that being the longest dachshund in all the world is not enough to win the favor of Greta, the little ...

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Cooking with Addie Gundry

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 ...

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Small Business Week at the Lake Forest Library

National Small Business Week (NSBW) is April 30 to May 5 where SCORE and the Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrate small business. NSBW started in 1963 as a way to promote the growth and development of small enterprises and to draw attention to small businesses nationwide. The initiative...

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Books You Need to Read this Spring

Some suggestions of recently published titles from your Reader's Advisory librarians. Click on the title to place a hold in the catalog or give us a call at 847.810.4610. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin | Fiction 
When four young sib...

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Spring Break at the Children's Library

Spring is finally here! Celebrate Spring Break between Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 31 in the Lake Forest Library! Get out, stretch your legs and sharpen your mind! Starting on Sunday, March 25, tackle your first challenge in the Children’s library Spring Break Scavenger Hunt and part...

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