Programs and Events This Week Owls at the Library: Hooo Knows / Saturday, January 6th, 1:00—2:00 p.m. The Anita Purves Nature Center is bringing a fun, interactive program about owl biology to the Tolono Library! The program will include a live owl friend. Recommended Ages: 0-5. Kids Take-Home Winter Crafts / January 7th—10th Come to […]
The Library will be closed Monday, January 1st for New Year’s Day. Need a cozy indoor activity for the cold weather? The Library has jigsaw puzzles! Until January 12, find our Puzzle Swap Cart beside the front entrance. Bring in puzzles from home that you already completed and swap them out for new challenges. Or […]
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The Library will be closed Sunday, December 24th through Tuesday, December 26th. We will reopen on Wednesday, December 27th. Looking for something to do over the holiday break? The Library has jigsaw puzzles! For the next three weeks, find the Puzzle Swap Cart beside our front entrance. Borrow a puzzle and bring it back when […]
Programs and Events This Week Kids Craft Time: Paper Woven Placements / Thursday, December 14th, 4:00—5:30 p.m. Weave a colorful placemat by interlacing strips of paper. Recommended Ages: 6-11. Teen Lounge / Thursday, December 14th, 6:00—7:00 p.m. Come and let us know what you’d like to see happen at the Library. Chat with us over […]
The Library will close early at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 12th. Programs and Events This Week Coffee Talk / Wednesday, December 6th, 9:00—10:00 a.m. Twice a month, seniors are welcome to visit for coffee and light refreshments in the company of other seniors in the community! This week, the talk is hosted at Tolono […]
The Library will be closed Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, the 24th for Thanksgiving. 3D Printer Spotlight One of our patrons loves role playing adventure games in the style of Dungeons and Dragons. They sent in a design for our 3D printer using white filament to manufacture their own lava monster. After a base layer […]
The Library will be closed Thursday, November 23rd and Friday, the 24th for Thanksgiving. New Furniture The small study room is available again! Thank you for your patience as we renovated and updated the space. The archival materials of Unity High School yearbooks, backlogs of the County Star newspaper, Tolono Township records and maps, and […]
The Library will be closed Saturday, November 11th for Veterans Day. The Page Turners Book Club will meet again for December! Join other readers at the Tolono Library to chat about a novel over light refreshments. No registration necessary. On December 2nd we will be discussing “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt. Call or […]
WorldCat Services Available Can’t find your desired book or DVD in the online search catalog? Ask at the circulation desk for help in filling out a WorldCat request. The WorldCat service can access more than the Illinois Heartland Library System offers and bring that unique or rare item to you locally. And it’s free! Programs […]
5th Annual Library Crawl is Wrapping Up During the month of October, our patrons have been reporting back to us about the fun they have had on the Library Crawl. We hear some of you went as far as Danville, Arthur, and even Paris, Illinois. And the visitors we’ve received from other libraries have hailed […]
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