T he I nside P age Volume 17, Issue 3 Fall 2021 New Virtual Newsstand Announcements Our website has a new feature: a virtual newsstand, with details and login information for all our digital news resources. When you visit www.winfield.lib.il.us, click the • Be sure to visit our website at Newsstand button on the navigation bar at the top of the page. www.winfield.lib.il.us and follow us at Facebook.com/WinfieldLib America's News Magazines has access to more than 25 national for the latest updates on library news magazines, including Newsweek. Check out hot topics, programs and services. daily headlines, and special reports, with articles, images, videos, and other content about today's important topics. Issues of the Daily Herald from 1995-2021 are available in full text. No pictures or ads are included before February 22, 2021. From that date forward, you have access to the full image edition • If you are homebound, we deliver. of the paper. Download, save and email your favorite articles. Please email the library at [email protected] or call Our most recent subscription is The New York Times online. Get the (630) 653-7599, and a staff same experience as an individual subscriber, with politics, business, member will deliver your library books, food, and more. Get up to date information on the issues people materials. are talking about. Be sure to read the login instructions for The New York Times on the Newsstand page. • The library now accepts credit PressReader has unlimited access to more than 2,000 newspapers and cards for charges over $1.00. 3,000 magazines in 60 languages. PressReader includes the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and • To protect the youngest among us more. You may also use the PressReader app! When you sign in, be who cannot yet get vaccinated, sure to choose "Library or Group" our PIN is the same password you masks are required to use the use for the library catalog. You will need to log in again after 30 days. library. Thank you for helping us keep our community safe. We added PressReader and The New York Times last year, as we searched for ways to expand our resources that are accessible from anywhere with your library card. The • Not sure what to read next? Try response from our community has been so positive that we will be keeping these our Grab Bag service! Email your subscriptions. We hope you take advantage of these and all our digital resources. name, age (if not for an adult), and what type of books you want to read. We'll place some items on hold for you to pick up. Email us Find More Illinois with subject line "Grab Bag" to [email protected] and One of our most popular services is interlibrary loan, which allows the library to let us surprise you. borrow materials and have them shipped to Winfield for our members. Find More Illinois is an expansion of interlibrary loan that allows Winfield library cardholders to • Creativebug has thousands of directly request materials from other libraries. award-winning art & craft video First, login and check the Winfield Library catalog. If you don’t find the item you are classes taught by recognized looking for, you may now use Find More to give you more libraries to search. Click on design experts and artists. Click the stack next to the search box. the link on our home page at www.winfield.lib.il.us and log in with your library card number. This will open a drop-down menu that will allow you to turn on the ILL (interlibrary loan) option. Check the ILL box, repeat your search, and you’ll see which of our partner libraries own the item. If the item shows as available, place a hold on that item just like you do in our regular catalog. Still can’t find it? Place your interlibrary loan request via phone or email, and a librarian will locate your item. Youth and Family Events Outdoor Family Storytime & Fun Book Buzz Zoom Club Mondays and Thursdays, 10:00-10:45 a.m. Live on Zoom September 13—October 14 Children ages 8-12 are invited to the Book Buzz Zoom Club. Storytime is moving outdoors! Join us for an interactive Registration is required to receive a FREE copy of the book family storytime that includes stories, rhymes, songs, to be discussed. You will be contacted by the library to scavenger hunts, and more while promoting reading receive the meeting ID and password and a free copy of the readiness. Each child will receive a free take-home craft kit book. for little hands to practice fine motor skills. Sat., Sept. 11, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Please bring chairs or a blanket as the grass may be wet. In I Can Make this Promise by Christine Day case of bad weather, storytime will be cancelled. Adults and Sat., Oct. 9, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. children over the age of two must wear masks since children Framed by James Ponti under 12 cannot be vaccinated yet. To encourage social distancing, space is limited and registration is required. Sat., Nov. 13, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Recommended for children up to 6 with a caregiver. Pax by Sara Pennypacker Grab and Go Craft Kits We will be continuing our Grab and Go Craft Kits while supplies last. Watch the program craft videos for clear instructions on how to complete each project. Craft kits can be picked up the day the video premieres and are perfect for all ages. Halloween Windsocks The Art of Printmaking Thanksgiving Tea Towels Wednesday, September 15, Wednesday, October 13, 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 10, 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Facebook & YouTube Facebook & YouTube Facebook & YouTube Printmaking allows artists to Design a special Thanksgiving tea towel Boo! It’s that time of year! make multiple original works with fabric markers. Use Halloween windsocks are super of art by transferring images it to decorate the kitchen, cute, easy to create, and a to another surface such as wrap your baking goods, welcome sight to decorate your fabric or paper. Traditional or give a meaningful gift. entrance. Watch the video and techniques include etching Watch the how-to video, pick up a kit as long as supplies and engraving, which will be and pick up a kit while last. For all ages. featured and demonstrated in supplies last. For all ages. this video. Watch the video, and pick up a kit while supplies last. For all ages. Oliver’s Animal Adventures Facebook & YouTube Families are invited to watch Oliver’s Animal Adventures presented by Alex and Friends. This virtual puppet program mixes the silliness of puppetry with live exotic animals for an educational and entertaining program! Each weekly link will be active Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. through Monday at 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 21, 10:00 a.m. – Alligator Tuesday, September 28, 10:00 a.m. – Lemur Tuesday, October 5, 10:00 a.m. – Groundhog Tuesday, October 12, 10:00 a.m. – Kangaroo Tuesday, October 19, 10:00 a.m. – Owl Register for Programs: Facebook Events: YouTube Channel: winfield.evanced.info Facebook.com/WinfieldLib YouTube.com/WinfieldLibrary Adult Events Off the Shelf Book Group Mysteries at Lunch Book Group First Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Third Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. Books available one month in advance. Books available one month in advance. All meetings will be held at the Barber Shoppe and via Zoom! Meet at East Street Park, 0S275 East St. in September Zoom meeting ID 889 6444 3195 and passcode 473850. and October. TBD for November. Call in to Zoom at (312) 626-6799. Sept. 15 Before She Was Helen by Caroline Cooney Sept. 7 Blue Stars by Emily Tedrowe Oct. 20 The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey Oct. 5 Alice Adams - Winfield Centennial Read by Booth Tarkington Nov. 17 The Widow’s House by Carol Goodman Nov. 2 The Women with the Silver Ring by Katherine Sharp Landdeck Winfield Centennial Programs Winfield Centennial St. James Farm Series The Library is excited to celebrate Winfield’s Centennial with special history programs. When a Pebble Starts an Avalanche: the Origins of the History of St. James Farm Illinois Prairie Path and What the IPP Means to Us Today Sunday, September 12, 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 19, 7:00 p.m. St. James Farm, 2S541 Winfield Rd., Warrenville Zoom Program - Registration Required Kevin Davis gives an in-depth look into the forest Learn about the Illinois Prairie Path (IPP) from the President preserve’s history through stories, historic of IPP, Erik Spande. Spande will share the legacy of the IPP’s photographs, and the people who were part of its founders and volunteers and the urban infrastructure that we legacy. Register at dupageforest.org or 630-933- all enjoy today, promoting health and wellness, a connection 7248. to the environment, and the economic vitality of our region. The International Harvester Company Flappers and Fedoras! Songs of the Roaring 20s Sunday, September 19, 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 26, 7:00 p.m. Warrenville Library, 28W751 Stafford Place YouTube Program - Registration Required Historian Chaim M. Rosenberg will discuss his It’s the Bees Knees! Matt and Cynthia Gruel make the book, The International Harvester Company: A Flapper Age come alive musically through tunes like History of the Founding Families and Their “It Had to Be You,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’, “Puttin’ on Machines.