In preparation for our Make Some Noise Summer Reading Challenge, we are hosting a special promotion for kids' library cards in May. Children who get their first library card during the month of May will receive a specially-designed kids' library card as well as a youth-sized book bag, sticker, and souvenir photo. GET READY TO MAKE SOME NOISE! 

We will be giving away free comic books for all ages this Saturday, May 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. while supplies last. There will also be a comic-themed photo booth and scratch ticket giveaways. For more information about Free Comic Book Day, visit www.freecomicbookday.com. 

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience caused by the additional people and noise during this event. 

The Big Read's Visit with Philip Caputo event scheduled for Thursday, May 1, at Ashton Place in Willowbrook has been cancelled due to the author's sudden, serious illness. Members of The Big Read libraries wish the best for Caputo and a speedy recovery. 

Thank you to all who have attended the book discussions and programs centered around Caputo's best-seller The Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean, his record of an epic 16,000-mile journey to discover "what unites and divides a country as endlessly diverse as it is large." For a complete list of Big Read programs (which culminate April 30), click the Program Guide.