On the anniversary of Lewis and Clark's famous journey west of the Mississippi in 1804,  Children's Services staff will once again embark on their journey to Urbana School District's Elementary schools to spread the word about t

I hope you and your little reader have embraced May as Picture Book Month and spent the first week reading tons of great pict

Going, going, gone! It's a home run! Today is the 101st anniversary of Babe Ruth's very first home run on May 6, 1915. Today marks the first of his 714 home runs he hit.

If you are a fan of Mo Willems Elephant and Piggie books, I hope you are sitting down for this and have a tis

In light of the great number of amazing picture books that I've seen in the last few weeks, I have unofficially dubbed May to be Picture Bo

Pre-service teachers with Millikin University just completed their five-week course at the Library this week.

This weekend is the birthday of great children's authors. Friday is the birthday of Trina Schart Hyman.

April 12 will mark the 100^th birthday of Beverly Cleary.  When I was growing up, I was reading Cleary’s