This coming Wednesday, November 1 will usher in Picture Book Month.  Created by the late Dianne de Las Casas, Picture Book Month celebrates picture books throughout the month of November.  Each day

I’ve lo

Join us tomorrow,

This fall is the second anniversary of the launch of our 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program. 

Wednesday was International Day of the Girl! Here is a video of some fierce girls from around the world set to Beyonce's "Freedom" to celebrate.

From May through August, we celebrate summer reading all throughout the Library.  This summer the theme was Reading by Design – emphasizing the “doing” of reading – imagining, making, exploring.  We had a great summer!  In September, after a

The Urbana Free Library Children's Area now has some

You might think the title of this blog would take you to the big machinery section of books.  And you would be partly right.  What makes this title stand out is that the drivers and operators of the trucks are monsters themselves!