We strive to meet all your library needs.
Bring the little ones to play and build with our mega lego blocks! Let them be creative and imaginitive with a variety of building blocks.
Snacks and Juice boxes will be provided.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
As your child grows motor skills and creativity are important. Join us for our Little Artists Program, we will be creating little finger print masterpieces of their choosing! Make animals, aliens, monsters, or whatever they choose.
Join us for an evening as we watch The Bee Movie and celebrate honey month!! Bring your family and friends, wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal and enjoy the show!
Barry B. Benson, a bee just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey and subsequently decides to sue them.
Popcorn and Juice will be provided!
This film is rated PG!
Hey Teens! Do you love scheduling ahead using a planner or just writing in a journal? Do you like to be creative with your journals and planners or do you like simplicity? Join us for our monthly planner and journal club to start planning for the next month! Get ahead on your planning or jorurnaling. Bring any accents you would like to use specifically or use what we have to offer!
Plan for school, work or just things you do at home.
Have you thought about what you are grateful for lately? Challenge your mind and see if you can think of one thing that you are grateful for starting with each letter of the alphabet. Bring the whole family!
A fantastic approach to expose children to technology is through coding! Learn at your own pace! Find out the basics of coding, create apps, games and websites, and the best part, there is no experience necessary. We provide you a step-by-step approach to learning coding. Join us for some coding fun!
This event is for 3rd through 5th graders only.
Snacks and Juice will be provided.
Thornton and East Hazel Crest Libraries reserve the right to cancel or reschedule this event.
Bring the little ones to play and build with our mega lego blocks! Or the older kids can use the regular lego blocks and create someting more challenging. If you are an adult, see what you can create in an hour with the legos we have. Be creative and let your imaginations lead the way!
Join us for a action packed; adventurous movie night watching Eragon. In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realizes he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
Bring your friends and discussion your favorite book or choose a book to discuss each month. Discuss what books you loved, what books you disliked, what books you couldn’t put down and the ones you just couldn’t finish, if there are any. Watch a movie adaptaion and discuss the differences between the book and the movie. Which did you like better?
Bring the little ones for a storytime session about planes and flying, just in time for National Aviation Day! We will read some stories about planes and flying, and create a paper airplane to take home.
It's a slimy stem day at the library! Come make some colorful slime to take home! All supplies will be provided.
Come in and learn how to create your own blog on anything at interests you. It could be video games, crafting, journaling, anything of interest to you, you can make a blog for!
No experience necessary!
Come paint with us! (image coming soon!) Walk-ins painters are welcome, but seats are limited! To secure your spot, payments can be made in advance as the Thornton American Legion. Cash Only For more information, contact the Thornton Public Library at 708-877-2579.
Bring the little ones for a storytime session aboutpumpkins, just in time for the fall season! We will read some stories about Rebecca Estelle, a woman who has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl and her family had nothing else to eat, finds herself with a full crop of them, a story about four brothers who after a bountiful harvest dispose of unneeded seeds, the seeds suddenly go flying with the wind and cover the town below, but the brothers think nothing more about it, and a story about families who donate their uncarved pumpkins to the zoo, the animals chomp, chew, play, and give hearty hoorays for their favorite squishy squash.
When the stories are complete we will create an adorable pumpkin craft from https://www.simpleeverydaymom.com/pumpkin-craft-for-preschoolers/
Snacks and juice will be provided.
All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Come in and learn how to create your own blog on anything at interests you. It could be video games, crafting, journaling, anything of interest to you, you can make a blog for!
No experience necessary!
