Books & Reading for Kids
Book Activities
Kid-Viewers Club (grades 3-8)
Are you always looking for the next great book? Read and review new and unpublished books before anyone else can check them out! Sign up online and visit the Youth Services desk to choose your first review book. Find out more…
Graphic Novel Book Club (grades 3-5)
Wednesday, October 9, 4:15-5:15 PM • Youth Program Room
Love graphic novels? Come talk about this quarter’s title, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle and Hope Larson. In-person registration is required at the Youth Services Desk to pick up your free book, while supplies last. Open to GPL cardholders and students attending Glenview schools.
Author Chat Book Club (grades 6-8)
Friday, November 8, 7-8 PM • Youth Program Room
Have you always wondered how or why a book was made? Come and discuss this quarter’s title, Posted by John David Anderson with the author and Library staff. In person registration is required at the Youth Services Desk to pick up your free book, while supplies last. Open to GPL cardholders and students attending Glenview schools.
Battle of the Books (grades 4-5)
Registration starts October 1
Battle of the Books (BOB) is a program that invites 4th and 5th graders to form teams, read books, and participate in a meet to test their knowledge of the books. Registration is open to all 4th and 5th graders who live in Glenview or attend school in Glenview. Find out more…
Storywalk
Through Friday, November 15
Offsite: Little Bear Garden at Gallery Park, 2001 Patriot Boulevard
Welcome back to the Storybook Trail! A great read-aloud, Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed and Stasia Burrington is the perfect book for young readers who have big dreams and even bigger hearts! Just drop in. Presented in conjunction with Bike Glenview.
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
For ages birth-K
Give your child a head start in school with 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, a self-guided early literacy program, open to children with a Glenview Public Library card or who attend a Glenview school or preschool. Register and receive your folder at the Youth Services Desk. Read more…
Books & Badges
Read at home and earn badges to sew on your backpack, jacket, library bag or cap. The Books & Badges program runs from Labor Day to Memorial Day and is open to children age 4-grade 8 with a Glenview Public Library card or who attend a Glenview school.
