Illinois Reads

Enjoy some summer reading with this 2024 Illinois Reads pick for grades 6-8, It Found Us by Lindsay Currie!

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Be sure to check out this 2024 Illinois Reads pick for grades 9-12, Wolfpack: A Novel by Amelia Brunskill!

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Don't miss this 2024 Illinois Reads pick for adults, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury, Ph.D!

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Be sure to check out this 2024 Illinois Reads pick for ages birth to 4 years old, My Hair Is Like the Sun by St. Clair Detrick-Jules and illustrated by Tabitha Brown!

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Don't miss this 2024 Illinois Reads pick for grades K-2, Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year by Andrea Beaty!

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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

Happy Children’s Book Week!

Be sure to check out this 2024 Illinois Reads pick for grades 3-5, Cornbread & Poppy at the Museum by Matthew Cordell!

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Don't miss this 2024 Illinois Reads pick for grades 6-8, The Bravest Warrior in Nefaria by Adi Alsaid!

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Be sure to check out this 2024 Illinois Reads pick for grades 9-12, Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali by Marc Bernardin!

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Happy School Library Month!

Happy National Library Outreach Day!

Happy National Library Workers Day!

Happy Right to Read Day!

Happy National Library Week!

Happy National Poetry Month!

Don't miss this 2024 Illinois Reads pick for adults, Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea!

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Don't forget! Join us tomorrow for the 2024 Illinois Reads Book Festival!

The festival will be held on Saturday, February 3rd from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Westmont High School, 909 North Oakwood Dr, Westmont, IL. Plan now to bring your families, students, and all book lovers to this fun and free event. Many authors will be present. Bring your books and have them signed at this event! Books will also be available for purchase from Anderson’s Bookshops. Visit our website for more information: www.illinoisreads.org

This weekend, join us at the 2024 Illinois Reads Book Festival!

The festival will be held on Saturday, February 3rd from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Westmont High School, 909 North Oakwood Dr, Westmont, IL. Plan now to bring your families, students, and all book lovers to this fun and free event. Many authors will be present. Bring your books and have them signed at this event! Books will also be available for purchase from Anderson’s Bookshops. Visit our website for more information: www.illinoisreads.org

Don't forget! Join IRC at the 2024 Illinois Reads Book Festival!

The festival will be held on Saturday, February 3rd from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Westmont High School, 909 North Oakwood Dr, Westmont, IL. Plan now to bring your families, students, and all book lovers to this fun and free event. Many authors will be present. Bring your books and have them signed at this event! Books will also be available for purchase from Anderson’s Bookshops. Visit our website for more information: www.illinoisreads.org

Check out all of the Authors that will be joining IRC on Saturday, February 3, 2024 at the 2024 Illinois Reads Book Festival!

Save the date! Join us at the 2024 Illinois Reads Book Festival!

The festival will be held on Saturday, February 3rd from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Westmont High School, 909 North Oakwood Dr, Westmont, IL. Plan now to bring your families, students, and all book lovers to this fun and free event. Many authors will be present. Bring your books and have them signed at this event! Books will also be available for purchase from Anderson’s Bookshops. Visit our website for more information: www.illinoisreads.org

Don't forget! Everyone is invited to the 2024 Illinois Reads Sneak Peek on Friday, December 8th! This event will be held from 6:00-8:00 pm at Anderson's Bookshop in Downers Grove. Authors will be sharing a reading from their book, followed by autographing. Books will be available for purchase from Anderson's Bookshop and light refreshments will be served.

Happy Thanksgiving from Illinois Reads!

Get to know the 2024 Illinois Reads picks!

Everyone is invited to the 2024 Illinois Reads Sneak Peek on Friday, December 8th! This event will be held from 6:00-8:00 pm at Anderson's Bookshop in Downers Grove. Authors will be sharing a reading from their book, followed by autographing. Books will be available for purchase from Anderson's Bookshop and light refreshments will be served.

Tonight is Family Reading Night, an annual statewide event sponsored by the Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian, and the Illinois Center for the Book at the Illinois State Library! Spend some time reading with family tonight!

Be sure to check out this 2023 Illinois Reads pick for grades 3-5, Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp!

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Don't miss this 2023 Illinois Reads pick for grades 6-8, Underground Fire by Sally M. Walker!

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