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Discover & explore for grade schoolers: Our favorite virtual activities
This fall, we’ve been sharing some of our favorite virtual activities with our Discover and Explore posts. Have you missed any? Check out this list ...
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Virtual learning for early learners: Take a sad year & make it better
By Children's Librarian Shelley Harris Every year, our final Early Bird Reader tip we send via text (Want weekly early learning tips from the Oak ...
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Discover & explore for grade schoolers: Exploring your neighborhood
Feeling stuck in your own neighborhood? Let's visit Mr. Jose as he walks us around his Chicago neighborhood, Belmont Cragin, and shows us some of his ...
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Holidays Around the World 2020
Our annual event has gone virtual! This year, library staff members recorded videos and wrote stories to share their holiday traditions and memories with you, ...
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Discover & explore for grade schoolers: Using technology responsibly
By Middle School Services Librarian Beronica Puhr This winter, be safe with what you send over your digital device and where your devices end up ...
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We suggest: Best of 2020 kids & picture books
Introducing Oak Park’s Best of 2020, a librarian-curated selection of titles, featuring some of the titles most requested and checked out by Oak Parkers! See ...
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We suggest: Best of 2020 adult fiction & nonfiction
Introducing Oak Park’s Best of 2020, a librarian-curated selection of titles, featuring some of the titles most requested and checked out by Oak Parkers! See ...
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We suggest: Best of 2020 teen fiction
Introducing Oak Park’s Best of 2020, a librarian-curated selection of titles, featuring some of the titles most requested and checked out by Oak Parkers! See ...
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