To Register / Para registrarse: Website: www.woodstockpubliclibrary.org Phone: 815.338.0542 In Person: 414 W. Judd St. Woodstock, IL FALL 2018 / SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER = Registration Required Beginning Wednesday, September 5 = Discover what’s new at the !

BLOOD DRIVE FRIENDS FALL WPL will host Heartland Blood Center. Donated PLANT SALE blood will benefit area hospitals. All donors must FRIENDS OF WOODSTOCK Join the Friends of Woodstock show a photo ID prior to donating. Please sign up for Public Library for their annual an appointment at www.heartlandbc.org or call the PUBLIC LIBRARY Chrysanthemum fundraiser. In library at 815-338-0542. Walk-ins are also welcome. JOIN THE FRIENDS addition to mums, a variety of fall Day/Date: Wednesday/November 28 The Friends of Woodstock Public Library plants will be on sale including kale, Time: 3:00-7:00 p.m. ornamental pepper plants, and is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, ornamental grasses. HALF-PRICE FINES WEEK AND dedicated to helping the library. Through annual membership drive and Sale Day/Dates: FOOD DRIVE Monday, September 10 through Sunday, several fundraising events a year the Friday/September 7 Friends actively support the library by 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. September 16, the library will reduce the amount of overdue fines by HALF. Pay only HALF the total funding programs and services, and Saturday/September 8 amount of your overdue fines, lost or damaged providing volunteers for library events. 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. charges, and agency fees. The library will Inquire at the library on how you can (or until sold out) waive the remaining charges. This discount covers become a part of the Friends. only Woodstock Public Library-owned materials. USED BOOKSTORE Those taking advantage of the half-price fines are Come in and check out the Friends encouraged to bring a donation of non-perishable Used Bookstore. Inventory is regularly food to the library for the Woodstock Food Pantry. updated and features best-sellers, classics, and new favorites for all ages. FREE GUITARS FOR FUTURE Music, movies, and are also STARS CONCERT included. Bookstore proceeds benefit the Area students enrolled in this non-profit organization’s community by providing library programs, program, which provides lower-income children with services, materials, and much more. free guitars and weekly lessons, will entertain the crowd with their newfound musical skills. Day/Date: Sunday/December 9 DONATIONS Time: 2:00 p.m. ACCEPTED The Friends of Woodstock Public Library accept donations of gently DIGITAL AND used , CDs, and DVDs at the SERVICES AUDIOBOOKS front desk during regular library Have you tried our new digital MyMediaMall, an Overdrive hours. Please do not place dona- and magazine service, contains thousands tions by the front door or in the service? RBDigital makes it easy of eBooks and audiobooks drops. to download audiobooks and to download. Download the magazines. Simply create an Overdrive app and sign in with Please no or encyclopedias. account on the RBDigital website your Woodstock Public Library (https://woodstockil.rbdigital. card number and PIN (same PIN com/) using your Woodstock used to log on to the library’s computers and catalog). Library card number and then Need help getting started? Our reference staff download the app and sign in. is always available to answer basic downloading The RBDigital service also includes questions in person, on the phone, or by email. Transparent Language Online. If you require extra assistance, please drop-in at the Always wanted to learn a new library for a how-to download lesson. If you are unable language? TLO makes it easy. to attend one of these sessions, you can schedule a one-on-one appointment at 815-338-0542. FRIENDS OF WOODSTOCK Drop-in Download Sessions: PUBLIC LIBRARY Tuesdays 7:00-8:00 p.m. 414 W. JUDD ST Thursdays 10:00-11:00 a.m. WOODSTOCK IL 60098 To Register / Para registrarse: Website: www.woodstockpubliclibrary.org 2 Phone: 815.338.0542 In Person: 414 W. Judd St. Woodstock, IL

Come celebrate the 200th year of the state of Illinois ADULT COMPUTER CLASSES ILLINOIS at 200 at the library with these Illinois themed programs. Registration is required for all computer classes and begins Wednesday, September 5 by phone or in THE JOURNEY TO MCHENRY person at the library. Computer class fees must be MOLLIE’S WAR: COUNTY’S paid at least five days prior to the beginning of the WACS AND WWII TALES OF THE class. Saturday classes are from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Mollie Schaffer was a member of INTERRED Women’s Army Corps during WWII. The truth is stranger than fiction INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS Discover her experiences from basic when local history is discovered Students will learn basic computer functions, tools, and training in Florida to the moment when among the headstones. Spine skills. An overview of Microsoft Word will be introduced the Statue of Liberty came into view upon tingling true stories will be as well as web navigation, email, and resume templates. her return in November 1945. Mollie’s revealed from the pages of daughter, Cyndee Schaffer, created this local history books and from the $20 payable at registration or first class (four classes) Class Fee: presentation based on her mother’s letters microfilm of area newspapers. Registration: September 6-10 priority registration will be written during WWII. She will also discuss Local historian Laurel Mellien given to participants registering for all four classes. Beginning other WACs from Illinois, including two will take you on a thrilling stroll September 11, participants can sign up for individual sessions. based at Camp Ellis in Fulton County who through the past. served as telephone operators for the Day/Dates: Saturdays/September 22, 29, October 6, 13 Day/Date: Tuesday Roosevelt-Churchill Conference. October 23

MICROSOFT WORD Day/Date: Sunday/September 30 Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. Class Fee: $10 payable at registration or first class Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m. Day/Dates: Saturdays / October 20 & 27

EXCEL Class Fee: $10 payable at registration or first class Day/Dates: Saturdays / November 3 & 10

POWER POINT Class Fee: $10 payable at registration or first class THE GILDED AGE Day/Dates: Saturdays / November 17 & 24 As part of the Debs- EUGENE V. DEBS / Pullman Festival, the library CLASE DE INTRODUCCIÓN PULLMAN FESTIVAL will be showing the 2018 PBS On November 2 and 3 Woodstock documentary The Gilded Age. COMPUTACION: A LA INTERNET Celebrates, Inc. is hosting a Eugene Descubrir los usos de la Internet Discover the titans and barons of MICROSOFT WORD V. Debs/George Pullman festival in Es requerido registrarse para y sus beneficios. Es requerido the glittering late 19th century, Woodstock. All events will be free to todas las clases de computación registrarse para todas las clases whose materialistic extravagance the public, who would be encouraged por teléfono o en persona en de computación por teléfono contrasted harshly with the to donate for the specific purpose la biblioteca. Las clases deben o en persona en la biblioteca. poverty of the struggling workers of renovating Old McHenry County ser pagas por lo menos cinco Las clases deben ser pagas por who challenged them. The vast Jail. Complete list of events will be días antes de comenzar la clase. lo menos cinco días antes de disparities between them posted on https://www.facebook.com/ Los pagos pueden ser hechos comenzar la clase. Los pagos sparked debates still raging today. WoodstockCelebratesInc/. pueden ser hechos con tarjeta con tarjeta de crédito, dinero Day/Date: Saturday/November 3 de crédito, dinero en efectivo en efectivo o cheque. Costo de Time: 10:00 a.m.-noon la clase: $20 pagaderos en el o cheque. Costo de la clase: PULLMAN CAR momento de la inscripción. $10 pagaderos en el momento COMPANY de la inscripción. DISPLAY ART OF Dia/Fecha: Sábado / Octubre 6, The Illinois Railway CIVIL WAR 13, 20, y 27 Dia/Fecha: Sábado / Museum of Union will COMMEMORATION Hora: 2:00-4:00 p.m. Noviembre 3 y 10 be exhibiting select Learn about the origins and Hora: 2:00-4:00 p.m. artifacts from the Pullman Car Company. meanings of the symbols INTERMEDIO A LA INTERNET A prominent socialist Eugene V Debs found on both monuments Continuar descubriendo los usos de la Internet y sus played a significant role during the railway commemorating the Civil War, beneficios. Es requerido registrarse para todas las clases workers strike against Pullman in 1894. headstones of its soldiers, GAR de computación por teléfono o en persona en la biblioteca. Debs served six months in McHenry commemorative stained glass Las clases deben ser pagas por lo menos cinco días antes de County Jail in Woodstock for disobeying windows found in the Midwest, comenzar la clase. Los pagos pueden ser hechos con tarjeta a court order during the strike. and the history of government- issued military headstones. de crédito, dinero en efectivo o cheque. Costo de la clase: Day/Date: Saturday/November 3 $10 pagaderos en el momento de la inscripción. Time: Noon-5:00 p.m. Day/Date: Tuesday, Dia/Fecha: Sábado / Diciembre 1 y 8 Day/Date: Sunday/November 4 November 20 Hora: 2:00-4:00 p.m. Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m. Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. = Registration Required Wednesday, September 5 3 FALL 2018 / September-December

WOODSTOCK LOCAL HISTORY WALKING TOURS HISTORIC HOUSES In case of inclement weather, please contact library for tour This walking tour includes many historic confirmation or additional information. homes and buildings. Participants will enjoy stories about our community’s past residents and way of life. WOODSTOCK SQUARE Architectural details will be noted along the way. This tour will give the backstory Sunday/October 7 of the events and characters who Day/Date: 1:00-3:00 p.m. shaped Woodstock. We will wander Time: High school and adult through the Square remembering past Age: Library entrance places and events. Tour Departs From: Day/Date: Sunday/September 9 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Age: High school and adult Location: Springhouse on the Woodstock Square

TOUR FOR TOUR FOR FAMILIES: FAMILIES: HISTORIC HOUSES WOODSTOCK This walking tour includes SQUARE historic homes and buildings within Learn the backstory of the events walking distance of the Woodstock and characters who shaped Square. Participants will enjoy stories Woodstock. We will wander about our community’s past residents through the square remembering and way of life. Architectural details past places and events. This tour is will be noted along the way. This tour geared toward younger children is geared specifically toward younger with adult supervision. children with adult supervision. Day/Date: Sunday, Day/Date: Sunday, September 30 September 23 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. CIVIL WAR CEMETERY TOURS Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Age: Families/All ages In conjunction with the County Cemetery Age: Families/All ages Tour Departs Boards, Churches, Townships, and other Tour Departs From: Springhouse on governing bodies and the McHenry County From: Library entrance the Woodstock Civil War Round Table, the library offers Square walking tours of cemeteries highlighting Civil War soldiers. In case of inclement weather, please contact library tour confirmation or additional information.

OAKLAND CEMETERY WEST END, 1ST ADDITION, AND POTTER’S FIELD Day/Date: Saturday/September 15 Time: 9:00-11:00 a.m. Tour Departs From: Olson Elementary School Parking Lot (720 W Judd St) OAKLAND CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM AND 3RD ADDITION Day/Date: Saturday/September 29 Time: 9:00-11:00 a.m. Tour Departs From: Olson Elementary School Parking Lot (720 W Judd St) To Register / Para registrarse: Website: www.woodstockpubliclibrary.org 4 Phone: 815.338.0542 In Person: 414 W. Judd St. Woodstock, IL

WORLD ONGOING PROGRAMS FILM HEALTH MATTERS NIGHT DAR GENEALOGY 10 WARNING SIGNS AT THE WORKSHOPS LIBRARY Volunteer genealogists from the OF ALZHEIMER’S: World Film Night continues with the best of Kishwaukee Trail Chapter Daughters of the EARLY DETECTION independent films from around the world. American Revolution will help prospective MATTERS These films are intended for adults and may members with applications. Members must be contain adult situations and language. The warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease descended from the patriots who assisted in All films begin at 6 p.m. the Revolution for American Independence. are often dismissed as side effects of Registration is required by contacting either normal aging. If you or someone you know Day/Date: Wednesday/September 19 Registrar Kim McGuigan at (cell) 407-580-6415 is experiencing memory loss or behavioral In Syria or [email protected] or Marcia Flanagan changes, it’s time to learn the facts. Early (2017 / Arabic / 86 min at 815-527-5049 or detection gives you a chance to begin Wednesday/October 17 [email protected] drug therapy, enroll in clinical studies Hotel Salvation and plan for the future. Program will be (2017 / Hindi / 100 min) Day/Dates: Saturdays/September 1, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association. October 6, November 3, Wednesday/December 19 December 1 Day/Date: Tuesday/September 11 Bye Bye Germany Time: 10 a.m.-noon Time: 1:00 pm-2:30 p.m. (2017 / German / 102 min)

MCHENRY COUNTY CIVIL CHAIR YOGA FRANKENSTEIN 200 WAR ROUNDTABLE Come and explore the Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is turning 200 Join the McHenry County Civil War Table for a world of yoga in a safe and this year. Join us throughout October for series of interesting and informative historical supportive way through chair yoga. some of his scariest and silliest adaptations presentations. This class will be a gentle way to stretch made for the big screen. Parental and open the body as well as teach discretion is advised. All movies begin at Day/Date: Tuesday/September 11, October 9, 6:00 p.m. November 13, December 11 some breathing to calm and focus the mind. Please come dressed in comfortable Time: 7:00 p.m. Day/Date: Monday/October 1 clothes that are easy to move in and socks Frankenstein 1931 if you aren’t comfortable with bare feet. Monday/October 8 Theresa Hay, who received her training QUILTERS DISCUSSION FORUM from the Yoga lounge on the Woodstock Alvin and the Chipmunks No idea is too simple or too complex. Bring meet Frankenstein your questions, knowledge, and show and Square, will lead the class. Monday/October 15 tell projects. Discussion is open to any topic Day/Date: Monday/September 24 relative to the art of quilting: construction, Thursday/October 11 The Bride of Frankenstein design, tools, books and more. Monday/ November 5 Monday/October 22

Day/Dates: Tuesdays/September 18, Time: 5:30-6:15 p.m. Abbott and Costello October 16, November 20, meet Frankenstein December 18 Monday/October 29 THE A, B, C, AND Time: 7:00 p.m. Young Frankenstein D OF MEDICARE: UNDERSTANDING YOUR VOLUNTEERING MEMORY MAKERS MEDICARE CHOICES Need community service hours? Love STORYTELLING GROUP When the time comes to choose a The art of storytelling is becoming more and the library? Want a FABULOUS letter of Medicare plan or review your existing more popular. Local resident Joy Aavang, recommendation from a librarian for your coverage the options can become author and storyteller, invites you to join college applications? If you said “yes” to overwhelming. This workshop presented this group to share memories, history or any of these questions, by Jane Sanchez of Aegis Resources, Inc. anything that interests you. Participants are not sign up to be a library will provide critical information about the required to share-listeners are welcome. Light volunteer. Help us with various Medicare plans. refreshments will be served. programs, storytime Tuesday/October 9 OR Day/Dates: Wednesdays/September 19, Oc- Day/Date: crafts, decorating tober 17, November 21, December 19 Tuesday/November 13 and more. Ask at the Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Reference Desk for an Time: 9:30 a.m.-noon application. = Registration Required Wednesday, September 5 5 FALL 2018 / September-December

NANOWRIMO COME WRITE-IN CAREER ADVANCEMENT PROGRAMS November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) where writers commit to writing 50,000 words in a single RESUME WRITING month. Sign up on the national level at www.nanowrimo.org to Topics covered in this workshop include be inspired by others and keep track of your words. The library what should and shouldn’t be on your will be hosting a series of drop-in writing sessions on Tuesday resume and the five categories of information nights in November. We’ll turn on the fireplace to make it cozy your resume must contain. Learn how to make and there will be free WiFi and plenty of power strips in our your resume move to the top of the stack Margaret Marchi Room. by using action verbs to highlight your work Day/Dates: Tuesdays/November 6, 13, 20, 27 experience. Examples from actual resumes will Time: 7:00-8:45 p.m. be shared and there will be a resume review with participants. Day/Date: Saturday/October 6 AUTHOR Time: 10 a.m.-noon PROGRAM: ROXIE KAMINSKI INTERVIEWING SKILLS WORKSHOP Local author Roxie Kaminski discusses Learn what “soft skills” companies are really looking for from job her book Puzzle Piece Heart: What I candidates and what to do before, during, and after an interview. learned while single parenting. Roxie Other topics covered will include the importance of appearance, punctuality, a certified parenting educator will share her insight of what and non-verbal communication. The workshop leader will discuss the five worked for her and what changes she had to make along the different kind of interviews, the 12 most commonly asked questions, and way for her family’s journey to be a success. how to have the variables within your control working for you. Day/Date: Tuesday/September 18 Day/Date: Saturday/October 13 Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Time: 10 a.m.-noon AUTHOR PROGRAM: GAIL LUKASIK Join author Gail Lukasik who will discuss her book, ADULT BOOK CLUBS White Like Her, which was inspired by her appearance on MURDER & MAYHEM BOOK CLUB AT PBS’ Genealogy Roadshow. She’ll share the story of her Murder & Mayhem meets the second THE GENERAL mother’s “passing,” her struggle with her own racial identity, Thursday of the month. Group members and how her genealogical and personal journey led her to STORE the discovery of a family read 2-3 mysteries on a certain theme per Join in a great book discussion she never knew she had. The Washington Post named White month. Book selections will be announced and enjoy tasty treats at the Like Her one of the most inspiring stories of 2017. closer to the meeting dates. General Store in Greenwood. Day/Date: Tuesday/September 25 Day/Dates: Thursdays/September 13 Day/Dates: Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. October 18, November 8 Monday/September 24 Time: 7:00 p.m. Circling the Sun by Paula McLain ENGLISH CONVERSATION CLUB LITERARY BOOK CLUB Monday/October 22 A casual small group setting in which to practice English The Literary Book Club reads critically- The Stranger in the Woods conversation skills with other adults who speak English as a acclaimed fiction from a variety of by Michael Finkle second language. genres. Selections have layered stories, Tuesdays 10:00-11:00 a.m. (at Library) well-crafted writing and/or complex characters. Come for just the book that Monday/November 26 Fridays 4:00-4:45 p.m. (at Panera) A Gentleman in Moscow interests you or for the whole series. Saturdays 8:00-8:45 a.m. (at Panera) Books and reading guides are available at by Amor Towles the circulation desk about a month prior to the meeting. Time: 6:30-7:45 p.m. ESL TUTOR RECRUITMENT FAIR Help adult learners make their lives better by helping Day/Dates: Thursday/September 27 Location: General Store them learn to make a better living for themselves, their The Immortalists (4409 Greenwood families, and their communities. Adult students in the English by Chloe Benjamin Road) as a Second Language program need your help. Thursday/October 25 – TBA Day/Date: Thursday/September 13 Thursday/November 29 – TBA Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Time: 7:00 p.m. Day/Date: Saturday/September 15 Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m. To Register / Para registrarse: Website: www.woodstockpubliclibrary.org 6 Phone: 815.338.0542 In Person: 414 W. Judd St. Woodstock, IL

AS SEEN ON PINTEREST: ADULT CRAFTS Check our online calendar for specific craft information. ALL AGES

Day/Date: Tuesday/ September 11 - String Art T-REXPLORERS Tuesday/November 27 - Fall Leaf Candle Holder Learn about Tuesday/December 18 - Paper Quilling Ornaments paleontology from Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. Dinosaur Fossil Hunters and get some experience handling dinosaur bones. Don’t miss the special opening guest! AS SEEN ON PINTEREST: FAMILY CRAFT Get ready for Halloween with our special Family Craft of Day/Date: Saturday/September 8 As Seen On Pinterest. Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m. Ages: All Ages Day/Date: Tuesday/October 30 - Paper Lanterns Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. POP-UP LIBRARY AT THE WINTER

FARMER’S MARKET WORLDVIEW: GROWING UP IN NIGERIA Get a library card, register for programs, renew materials, make Discover the culture, food, weather, educational systems, and music a craft and more. of Nigeria during this presentation by a 36-year local resident who grew up in Nigeria. They will share photographs, native artwork, and Day/Date: Saturday/November 17, artifacts. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria is home to the Yoruba tribe. December 15 Time: 9:00-11:00 a.m. Day/Date: Saturday/October 6 Location: Building D at the Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. McHenry County Fairgrounds AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE CRAFTS ON THE SQUARE Drivers 50 years and older will learn defensive driving techniques, AND TRICK-OR-TREAT proven safety strategies, and new traffic laws and rules of the road. AT THE LIBRARY The cost for this class is $15 for AARP members or $20 for non- Stop by the library to trick-or-treat at the members. Fees are payable by cash or check to the instructor at the first different service desks, and look out for class. Participants must attend both days and may be eligible for a discount Miss Mary & Miss Kate with crafts at the on their car insurance upon completion of the course. Light refreshments event on the Square. will be provided and attendees are welcome to bring a snack. Day/Date: Wednesday/October 31 Day/Date: Thursday/October 25 AND Friday/October 26 Time: Square: 3:30-5:00 p.m. Time: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Library Trick-or-Treating 2:00-7:00 p.m. FAMILY READ NIGHT REAL COSTS OF Celebrate Illinois Reads and Illinois’ 200th HOMEOWNERSHIP Birthday with us! Meet our new reading Thinking of buying a home? Make therapy dog, share books in a fort with your sure you can afford it. Think carefully and family, have some cake and hear our plan wisely. This workshop is designed guest readers. to help you assess the costs of home ownership and explore the impact of Day/Date: Thursday, November 15 home ownership on your budget. After Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m. taking this workshop, you will be better Ages: All ages able to assess home buying options and evaluate the financial and budgetary MARY POPPINS RETURNS impact of your purchase decision. ART CONTEST & MOVIE Day/Date: Tuesday/December 4 @ CLASSIC CINEMAS Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. Design an umbrella & we’ll enter you in a drawing for a ticket to the new Mary Poppins movie. Multiple tickets STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT CHALLENGES will be awarded. Learn about the best ways to address the challenge of large student loan debts. When loan payments come due, you need to know your Umbrellas Available: Starting Thursday/November 15 – options and choose correctly for your budget. Other issues covered Saturday/December 15 include deferment versus forbearance, and loan rehabilitation. Movie Date: Saturday/December 29 Day/Date: Tuesday/December 11 Time: 10:00 a.m. Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. Location: Classic Cinemas on the Square Ages: All Ages = Registration Required Wednesday, September 5 7 FALL 2018 / September-December

STUDY NIGHTS COLLEGE YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS You have to study anyway, why not do it ALTERNATIVE FAIR with friends and classmates at the library? Not sure a 4-year college is right for You bring your work, we’ll provide pizza you? Interested in a trade? Come to and drinks. Thanks to Papa Murphy’s for our 1st Annual College Alternatives donating pizza. Have an allergy? Fair. We will feature different trades, No worries, bring food from home. schools, and more that can lead to Day/Date: Wednesdays/September 12, a fulfilling career without a 4-year October 10, November 28, degree. Everyone is welcome. December 19 Day/Date: Saturday/September 22 Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Time: 11:00 am-2:00 p.m. CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Ages: Grades 6-12 READING AWAY FINES STORYTIME: DROP-IN STORYTIME Back by popular demand. Patrons 18 years and SEPTEMBER 17-NOVEMBER 9 Pop by for stories, crafts, and fun. younger have the opportunity to eliminate their Open to all. Woodstock overdue fines by reading. Details are available to the children’s desk. Young BABIES AND BOOKS Days: Fridays patrons have already ‘read away’ $62.00 of STORYTIME Time: 10:30 a.m. overdue fines. Babies and caregivers will share Ages: All ages Ages: 5-18 years old books, songs, activities, and playtime during each lap-sit program. Registration SPANISH-LANGUAGE limited to WPL cardholders. STORYTIME – NEW TIME GENERAL STORE-Y TIME Families who speak, or are learning to speak, Continued by popular demand. We’ll be Day: Tuesdays Spanish can enjoy stories, crafts, and songs at at the General Store in Greenwood on the first Time: 10:30-11:00 a.m. our Spanish-language storytime. This program Tuesday of the month with stories and activities. Ages: 6-23 months is conducted entirely in Spanish. Day: Tuesdays/September 4, CHILDSPACE 2-3 Day: Mondays October 2, November 6, December 4 Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Time: 5:00-5:30 p.m. STORYTIME 4 years and up Join us for stories, songs, and Ages: 2 years and up Ages:

crafts. This group provides an opportunity for children to meet and make new CUENTOS EN ESPAÑOL MINECRAFT MANIA friends. - TIEMPO NUEVO Beginners and advanced gamers ¡Traiga a sus niños a pasar una tarde will have a great time working on Day: Wednesdays divertida! Invitamos a las familias que challenges in the library’s first Minecraft event. Time: 10:00-10:30 a.m. hablan o están aprendiendo español a que Sunday/October 21 Ages: 2-3 years Day/Date: se acerquen a la Biblioteca para escuchar Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m. el relato de interesantes historias, realizar Ages: Grades 4-8

FAMILY STORYTIME manualidades y aprender bellas canciones. Families with children of all ages are El programa se realiza enteramente en welcome at this storytime. TURKEY BINGO español. Families play for Thanksgiving-related Wednesdays Days: Día/Hora: Los días Lunes de 5:00 a 5:30 p.m. prizes and pieces of the feast. Registra- 11:00-11:30 a.m. Time: Edad: Mayores de 2 años tion limited to Woodstock Public Library card- Ages: 4 years-Kindergarten holders and their family members. In-person or phone registration only. Day/Date: Monday/November 19 1,000 BOOKS FRIDAY FUN DAY/LEGO DAYS Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. BEFORE Friday Fun Day and Lego Night are teaming Ages: 4 years and up

KINDERGARTEN up this Fall. One day a month will be Lego Day Encourage literacy, expand - all day. We’ll have different activities every STORYTIME AT THE LIGHTING vocabulary, bond with your other Friday. OF THE SQUARE We’ll be at the Lighting of the Square with little ones and have fun with Day/Date: Fridays crafts. Storytimes at the top of the hour. this nation-wide reading challenge. Forms Lego Days: Fridays/September 28, available in the Children’s Department. October 19, November 30, December 14 Day/Date: Friday/November 23 Ages: Birth-kindergarten Time: All day Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Ages: All ages Ages: All ages FRIENDS OF WOODSTOCK PUBLIC LIBRARY NON-PROFIT 414 W. JUDD ST. U.S. POSTAGE WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 PAID WOODSTOCK, IL PERMIT NO. 39 POSTAL PATRON

GETTING A LIBRARY CARD Residents living within District 200 and who are 5 years of age or older may obtain a library card by presenting a picture I.D. and LOCATION/PHONE/FAX 414 W. Judd St. valid proof of current address. Children 13 and younger must have a parent’s or guardian’s Woodstock, IL 60098 signature on his or her registration form. Phone: 815-338-0542 Woodstock City Residents Fax: 815-334-2296 Residents who live within the City of Woodstock boundaries will receive a full service library card that allows up to 50 items to be checked out per card. WELCOMING STATEMENT LIBRARY HOURS Rural Woodstock Library District Residents The Woodstock Public Library welcomes everyone Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Residents who live in the Rural Woodstock Library District (within School District 200 but outside regardless of their age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. identities, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status. Woodstock city limits) have two options for a Sunday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (seasonally) library card. We offer many different services and they are free and available to everyone. We invite our community, A) A Rural Basic Service card that is available at fifth generation resident and newly arrived FIND US ONLINE no additional charge that allows the cardholder to immigrant alike, to visit us often. Please come join the Website: www.woodstockpubliclibrary.org check out up to 5 Woodstock items at a time. Email: [email protected] conversation. We are better together. B) A Rural Full Service Fee card may be purchased Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Instagram Approved by the Board of Trustees, June 1, 2017 for $40 per year that will provide cards for all members of the immediate family and allows up to La Biblioteca Publica de Woodstock da la bienvenida LIBRARY BOOK DROPS 50 items to be checked out per card. a todos sin importar su edad, raza, origen étnico, • Main Library HOW TO REGISTER FOR religión, identidades de género, orientación sexual o • Wonder Lake State Bank estatus socioeconómico. Ofrecemos muchos servicios (3316 Thompson Road, LIBRARY PROGRAMS Programs requiring registration are indicated with a diferentes y son gratuitos y disponibles para todos. Wonder Lake) Invitamos a nuestra comunidad, residentes de quinta next to the program title. Online registration is generación e inmigrantes recién llegados a visitarnos available for most programs. To register online go to ADA COMPLIANCE a menudo. Por favor venga a unirse a la conversación. the library’s website and click on the Calendar link The Woodstock Public Library Estamos mejor juntos. at the top of the page. Locate the program you wish complies with the Americans with to register for and click on it to register. Registration Aprobado por la junta de Síndicos, 1 de Junio de 2017 Disabilities Act (ADA) and provides links ‘go live’ at 9 a.m. on September 5. reasonable accommodations upon request to ensure services, activities LIBRARY BUILDING CLOSINGS and programs are available to people WPL’S ONLINE BRANCH IS ALWAYS OPEN September 2 & 3 November 22 with disabilities. If you have a disability www.woodstockpubliclibrary.org and need accommodations to October 12 December 24 & 25 • Renew and request books, DVDs, etc. (Staff Training) participate in a library event or class, December 31 on your library account please call 815-338-0542 or email us November 21 (Closing at 5 p.m.) • Download digital magazines, audio, at [email protected]. To allow (Closing at 5 p.m.) and eBooks January 1 us to serve you better, please provide • Access magazine, journal, and newspaper 72-hour notice prior to a program. articles using the library’s Online Databases