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Art & Literary Magazine: Accepting Submissions!

All Day 3/3 - 4/17
Virtual Events at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Books & Authors
Age Group:
Kids, Teens
Event Details:

Are you an artist or an author? Submit your original artwork, poetry, short stories, or personal essays for a chance to be published in the Blue & Berry Bulletin, WAPL's Art an...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Virtual Events
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Books & Authors
Event Details:

Are you an artist or an author? Submit your original artwork, poetry, short stories, or personal essays for a chance to be published in the Blue & Berry Bulletin, WAPL's Art and Literary Magazine.

Book Buddies

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Kids, Teens
Event Details:

KIDS-Readers looking for a new way to gain confidence and practice reading skills? Kids will enjoy being partnered with a young volunteer buddy. Enjoy great books, a relaxed readin...

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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

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Readers looking for a new way to gain confidence and practice reading skills? Kids will enjoy being partnered with a young volunteer buddy. Enjoy great books, a relaxed reading time and making a new friend.

TEENS-

Novel Thoughts Book Club: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (In-Person)

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us as we discuss The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters.Books are available at the Adult Help Desk. About the book: A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the bl...

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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us as we discuss The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters.

Books are available at the Adult Help Desk. 

About the book: 

Mystery Book Club: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us at the library as we discuss The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton.Books are available at the Adult Help DeskFrom the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of...

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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Join us at the library as we discuss The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton.

Books are available at the Adult Help Desk

Only Murders in the Library Podcast Club

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Art, Movies & Entertainment, Books & Authors
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Ready to finally be able to talk as much as you want about your favorite true crime podcast? Join us for our first True Crime Podcast Club. For our  first time out we will dis...

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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Art, Movies & Entertainment, Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Ready to finally be able to talk as much as you want about your favorite true crime podcast? Join us for our first True Crime Podcast Club. For our  first time out we will discuss Crime Junkie, Ashley Flowers.

Book Buddies

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Kids, Teens
Event Details:

KIDS-Readers looking for a new way to gain confidence and practice reading skills? Kids will enjoy being partnered with a young volunteer buddy. Enjoy great books, a relaxed readin...

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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

KIDS-

Readers looking for a new way to gain confidence and practice reading skills? Kids will enjoy being partnered with a young volunteer buddy. Enjoy great books, a relaxed reading time and making a new friend.

TEENS-

Book Buddies

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Kids, Teens
Event Details:

KIDS-Readers looking for a new way to gain confidence and practice reading skills? Kids will enjoy being partnered with a young volunteer buddy. Enjoy great books, a relaxed readin...

Closed
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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

KIDS-

Readers looking for a new way to gain confidence and practice reading skills? Kids will enjoy being partnered with a young volunteer buddy. Enjoy great books, a relaxed reading time and making a new friend.

TEENS-

The Agitators book cover, photo of author Dorothy Wickenden

Beyond Fiction Book Club - The Agitators by Dorothy Wickenden

Monday, April 28, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month's Beyond Fiction Book Club selection, The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights by Dorothy Wickenden.  Books will ...

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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 27
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month's Beyond Fiction Book Club selection, The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights by Dorothy Wickenden.  Books will be available to check out at the Adult Help Desk.

Cookbook Lovers Bookclub

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

A special book club for food lovers! Join us as we talk food & cooking and how it brings us all together.  Flip through the wonderful stories and beautiful photography of ...

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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

A special book club for food lovers! Join us as we talk food & cooking and how it brings us all together.

Book Buddies

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Kids, Teens
Event Details:

KIDS-Readers looking for a new way to gain confidence and practice reading skills? Kids will enjoy being partnered with a young volunteer buddy. Enjoy great books, a relaxed readin...

Closed
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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

KIDS-

Readers looking for a new way to gain confidence and practice reading skills? Kids will enjoy being partnered with a young volunteer buddy. Enjoy great books, a relaxed reading time and making a new friend.

TEENS-

Cook Book Lovers Book Club

Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

A special book club for food lovers! Join us as we talk food & cooking and how it brings us all together.  Flip through the wonderful stories and beautiful photography of ...

Waitlist
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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

A special book club for food lovers! Join us as we talk food & cooking and how it brings us all together.

Celebrate our Favorite Authors - Book Club /Who Would Win

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
Kids
Event Details:

Celebrate some of your favorite showdowns, then try some of our own head to head challenges.

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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Books & Authors, STEM/STEAM
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Celebrate some of your favorite showdowns, then try some of our own head to head challenges.

Book Buddies

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Kids, Teens
Event Details:

KIDS-Readers looking for a new way to gain confidence and practice reading skills? Kids will enjoy being partnered with a young volunteer buddy. Enjoy great books, a relaxed readin...

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Books & Authors
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

KIDS-

Readers looking for a new way to gain confidence and practice reading skills? Kids will enjoy being partnered with a young volunteer buddy. Enjoy great books, a relaxed reading time and making a new friend.

TEENS-

Mystery Book Club: The River We Remember by William Kent Kruegar

Friday, May 9, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us at the library as we discuss The River We Remember by William Kent Kruegar Books are available at the Adult Help DeskAN EDGAR AWARD NOMINEEIn 1958, a small Minnesota t...

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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

Join us at the library as we discuss The River We Remember by William Kent Kruegar 

Books are available at the Adult Help Desk

2 Truths and A Lie

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Kids
Event Details:

Can you spin a good story? Think you're a human lie detector? Come in and discuss this fun series and test your skills. 

Open
Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Books & Authors
Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

Can you spin a good story? Think you're a human lie detector? Come in and discuss this fun series and test your skills. 

Novel Thoughts Book Club: Mind Games by Nora Roberts (In-Person)

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us as we discuss Mind Games by Nora Roberts Books are available at the Adult Help Desk. About the book: The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity pre...

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Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

Join us as we discuss Mind Games by Nora Roberts 

Books are available at the Adult Help Desk. 

About the book: 

Bits and Pieces book cover

Beyond Fiction Book Club - Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month's Beyond Fiction Book Club selection, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg. Books will be available to check out at the A...

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Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
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Seats Remaining: 28
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month's Beyond Fiction Book Club selection, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg. Books will be available to check out at the Adult Help Desk.