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Main Library
128 N. County Street
Waukegan, IL 60085
P-847-623-2041
F-847-623-2094
Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Hinkston Park Fieldhouse Branch
800 N. Baldwin
Waukegan, IL 60085
P-847-263-8077
F-847-263-8043 Monday through Thursday: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday & Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 2:30 - 4 p.m. |
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Greetings!
Start your New Year off right, visit the Library! |
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Read to Grow - Preschool Program
Tuesday, January 18 and 25, 6:30-7:30PM
Bradbury Room
Come learn the essential pre-reading skills your child needs to become a lifelong reader. This program is recommended for parents of 3, 4, and 5 year-olds. Parents and children attend together. Spanish translation available. January 18: Vocabulary, Narrative Skills, and Print Motivation. January 25: Print Awareness, Letter Knowledge and Phonological Awareness. Register here. |
Animal Homes Storytime - Preschool Program
Tuesday, January 18, 10:30-11AM
Early Learning Center
Join the fun and learn about the different places animals call home. Presented by the Lake County Forest Preserve. Recommended for children ages 3-5. Registration required. |
Under the Sea Art - Preschool Program
Monday, January 24 and 31, 7:15 - 7:45PM  Early Learning Center Come and Play and Learn at our Under the Sea Camps. For grades K-2. Each camp session is limited to 15 children and their caregivers. Registration required. |
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Terrific Twos - Preschool Program
Monday, January 24 and 31, 9:30-9:50AM
Early Learning Center
Parents/Caregivers and their two-year-old child will have fun using different art materials to create a variety of art projects. Register here. Each camp session is limited to 10 children and their caregivers. |
1,000 Pages Under the Sea Reading Club - Youth Program
December 5, 2010 until February 28, 2011 Dive into an ocean of reading and join the Under the Sea reading club! Complete each level for prizes and enter in for the Grand Prize drawing. Entry form and more info available in Children's Department. For all ages. |
Homeschoolers Storytime - Youth Program
Tuesdays 4:30-5PM
Early Learning Center
Homeschoolers and their families are invited to come and listen to wide variety of stories from traditional folk tales to fractured fairy tales. Recommended for children of all ages. |
Game Time - Youth Program
 Monday, January 10, 4-6PM Bradbury Room Join us for an afternoon of fun and games! 3rd - 5th graders welcome. Registration not required.
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Harry Potter Celebration - Youth Program
Saturday, January 15, 1-4PM Bradbury Room Join us for the first Harry Potter celebration of the year! This month we start with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, with fun activities, crafts, snacks, and a special reading from Professor Dumbledore! Sign up here.
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Winter Picnic - Youth Program
Monday, January 31, 5-6:00PM  Bradbury Room Bring along your favorite book and join us for a mid-winter picnic! Talk about your book, have some snacks, and do a craft. 3rd - 5th graders welcome. Registration required. |
Share a Book, Share a Smile - Youth Program
 Read a good book lately? Email us and let us know! We'll post your review in the library. Children's program. |
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Blinded by Science (Rm4U Program) - Teen Program
Wednesday, January 19, 4:30-6:30PM
Bradbury Room
Invoke your inner mad scientist and create your own slime, snow crystals, and ice-cream. Grades 6 to 8.
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Vacation Getaway (Rm4U Program) - Teen Program
Wednesday, January 26, 4:30-6:30PM
Bradbury Room
Escape the winter blues and join us for Pirate Island trivia, limbo contest, sand art, fruit kabobs and tropical coladas. Grades 6-8.
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Digital Divide - Adult Program
Begins week of January 3
North Shore Gas Adult Literacy Suite
New Digital Divide classes in English or Spanish. Each class is limited to ten people. Individuals who attend all four classes within in a four-week session will have their names entered into a drawing to win a USB drive. Classes are offered at both daytime and evening hours. Register here or call 847-623-2041 x 238 or 239 for more information. |
Bound to Please - Adult Program
Tuesday, January 25, 2-3:30PM Bradbury Room
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
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Tutor Orientation Session - Adult Program
Wednesday, January 26, 7-8:30PM
College of Lake County Grayslake Campus
This orientation session will give you an overview of how our literacy tutor program works. Tutors must attend 5 sessions of tutor training and usually involves a commitment of about 3 hours per week. The literacy program matches volunteer literacy tutors with adults who want to improve their basic skills in reading, writing, math or speaking English. We only tutor adults. If you are interested or for more information, please contact Barbara Babb at 847-623-2041, ex. 222 or barbarababb@waukeganpl.info. |
Families Learning Together - Family Program 
Class starts January 18, 2011
16 weeks of learning and fun for adults and their children, age 1 month to 6 years. Parents, improve your reading, writing and math or earn your GED. Class is taught by College of Lake County Instructor. Children are introduced to letters, colors, numbers, etc., through books, games and music. Children must attend with parents. Parent can not have a high school diploma or GED. No Cost! English only. For more information call 847-623-2041, ext 223. Required placement testing and registration on Thursday, January 13, 2011, at 12:30 in WPL's Literacy Suite.
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First Friday Concert - Family Program
Friday, January 14, noon-1PM
Bradbury Room
Robbie S. Malkowski and pianist Dave Turner will perform songs of the "Great American songbook" and "Old Broadway". Free performance. Concerts sponsored by Friends of the Waukegan Public Library.
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The Waukegan Public Library has served the community of Waukegan for more than 112 years providing opportunities to learn, gather, be informed and entertained. The library houses one of the largest collections of materials in Lake County. Free parking for two hours is provided at the downtown branch in the City of Waukegan's parking garage located at the corner of County and Clayton Streets.
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| The Waukegan Public Library |
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