Experts recommend children hear at least 1000 stories before they learn to read themselves. Families who read aloud to their children strengthen their language skills and build their vocabulary. Let BPL help you celebrate your child’s progress toward this goal with the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program.

Any child residing in Bloomingdale is eligible to join the program from birth until the day they enter Kindergarten. Families can track reading with paper logs or use Beanstack, our new online reading program software. Contact the Youth Services desk for more information by calling (630) 924-2740 or emailing bdys@mybpl.org.

Join us every Friday for in-person storytime! Listen to our staff read stories, sing songs, and tell rhymes.

Registration for storytime will open one week prior to the event. Please register as a family and only for one session per week.

Click here for the Youth Services calendar to register.

Come to the Youth Services desk on the last day of spring break and make a fun April Fools craft.

This is a drop-in event - no registration necessary.

Explore the crazy world of animal (and human!) farts, how scientists study them, and then make a silly science craft.

Registration for this event is open. Click here to register.

Come get some hands-on time with tech at STEM Club! This month we will be working with programming the Root Robot and building with Snap Circuits.

Registration for this event is open. Click here to register.

Let's learn about how to care for our Earth and what we can do to celebrate its beauty.

Registration for this event is open. Click here to register.

Get ready to boogie! Join us for a storytime filled with moving and grooving.

Registration for this event is open. Click here to register.

Join us in the Makerspace to create your own magical mermaid hairpiece to keep or give as a gift.

Registration for this event is open. Click here to register.

Have you tried a Take It, Make It Kit yet? Register for any of the kits listed below, then pick up the kit during the designated pick up time and complete your own library program at home! Click on the program title to be taken to the registration page. Space is limited, so register soon.

Peter Rabbit 120th Anniversary

(Grades K-2)

Kit Pickup: April 11 - 15

Beatrix Potter loved drawing her favorite bunny, Peter Piper. Celebrate the 120th anniversary of the publication of Peter Rabbit with take home crafts and activities, plus your own Peter Rabbit book!

Sun Catchers

(Grades 3-6)

Kit Pickup: April 18 - 22

Now that spring has fully sprung, make a colorful sun catcher to hang in your window.

Mother's Day Crafts

(Grades K-2 OR Grades 3-6)

Kit Pickup: April 25 - 29

Make a great crafty gift for that special someone...Mom! Just in time for Mother's Day. Please register for the correct age group.

See all of our February/March programming in the Village Almanac (in mailboxes soon) or see just the Library portion here. You can pick up a paper version in the library, as well. You can also see our programming specifically for children on our calendar.