Palatine Public Library 

 700. N. North Court, Palatine, IL    847-358-5881

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Young Adult Programs

To register please call 847-358-5881 ext. 132, or visit our online calendar.

Unless otherwise noted, these programs are for valid District cardholders in grades 7-12.

Click here for information about ADA Accommodations.

Want to join the 2010-2011 Teen Advisory Board?

Applications are available online and at all Library

locations. Please turn in your completed application by October 1. TAB will hold its first meeting during Teen Read Week in October. TAB meets the second Monday of every month from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

All district cardholders, ages 2 through adult are invited to join the Summer Reading Program Scare Up a Good Book at the Palatine Public Library District. Take part in this summer’s monster-ous mashup of reading, fun and prizes. Bring your Palatine Public Library District card and sign up at the Main Library, Freeman Road Branch or Rand Road Branch beginning Tuesday, June 1. Bookmobile sign up will begin Friday, June 11. Everyone who completes the program will receive a grand prize T-shirt, generously provided by the Friends of the Palatine Library. The program ends on Saturday, July 31 at the respective closing time of each location. As always, participants will have an opportunity to "Read On" for a chance to win prizes in August.

Niños de 2 años en adelante hasta adultos están invitados a ser parte del Programa de Lectura de Verano de nuestra sucursal de Rand Road. La inscripción comienza el 1 de junio. Los participantes que completen todos los requisitos de lectura ganarán el premio mayor de una camisa playera.

Are werewolves real or imagined? Set aside your disbelief and enjoy a riveting and spine-tingling presentation by journalist and published author Linda Godfrey. Hear stories about her experience as an investigative journalist of the paranormal! Her interviews with people who have encountered werewolves in Wisconsin and Michigan are well-documented and fascinating. Godfrey has appeared on many national television and radio programs to speak about her work. She is the author of The Beast of Bray Road  and Hunting the American Werewolf. For Teens and Adults. Please register; call 847-358-5881 ext. 132 or register online.

Let summer go out in style with The Sidekicks, a local high school Ska band, and celebrate the end of the summer reading program with your friends. The concert will be outside in our parking lot, weather permitting. Refreshments provided.

This page was last updated Friday, July 23, 2010.