Announcing our newest pop-up library location: The Daly Bagel, 130 Chicago Ave., Oak Park!
Pop-up libraries allow community members to use the library when they’re out and about, no library card or checkouts needed.
“We are thrilled and honored to be part of the Pop-Up Library initiative!” said Adrienne Guldin and Amanda Daly of The Daly Bagel. “As longtime lovers of books, reading, and libraries in general, this just feels like a natural partnership.”
Books about baking & sharing food
The pop-up library at The Daly Bagel is our first food-related partner site, and our first location to host a versatile, smaller bin of books versus a larger shelf.
For the launch of this collection, Youth & Family Outreach Librarian Sarah Yale curated a bunch of diverse titles (a baker’s dozen and then a few more!), many of which highlight baking and sharing food together. Books include How We Eat, Dad Bakes, Cómo se come un mango, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, and Umami.
That last one, Umami, is by local author and artist Jacob Grant, who’s also the creative force behind our Pop-Up Library mascot, Cornelius Acorn (pictured on the front of the book bin and on pop-up library shelves around town)!