Posts tagged Friends of the Edgewater Library
Writing For The Love Of It

It’s truly a labor of love!

Welcome to the third issue of Writings from the Edge, the magazine of stories, poems, and essays by writers from the Edgewater Library writing group.

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Celebrating Filipino American History Month

Who knew? Chicago boasts one of the largest and most vibrant groups of Filipino Americans in the United States. Many of these individuals live in the Uptown, Edgewater, and Rogers Park neighborhoods.

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Books On The Chopping Block

These seemingly unrelated books have something in common: To Kill a Mockingbird, Beloved, 1984, and Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. They’re all on the list of most banned and challenged books.

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My First Library Book

How does a certain library book that influenced a little girl still have an impact on her decades later?

Which book is it?

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Ready, Set, Action! The Year In Review

WOW! What a year we’ve had! Ideas without action are just words on paper. Thanks to you, 2023-2024 has been a year of activity.

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Speaking of Presidents

While the third Monday in February is a day to honor present and past presidents of the United States, we’re recognizing Abraham Lincoln. The official state slogan of Illinois is “Land of Lincoln.”

Photo courtesy of CPL website; Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded In A Divided America by Steve Inskeep

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Splash your friends!

Splish Splash. It’s National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day on January 11. Read how one Friend associated this day of recognition with her childhood adventures in the library.

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Whatcha Reading?

I tell people that I literally grew up in my hometown library in central Nebraska. That makes sense because my mother was a librarian. She instilled in me my love of reading across authors and genres, and I grew to love talking with others about what they were reading.

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It's A Wrap: The Friends' Year in Review

Looking back over the past year, I decided that in many ways it was a great example of “everything old is new again.”

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My First Love - The Public Library

Libraries always have been a refuge for me. A place of limitless potential to whisk me away to another time and experience.

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Storybook Tea Time for Two

What are the ingredients for a storybook tea party? Children and their caregivers were delighted to find out.

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“The Canterville Ghost” Materializes at Edgewater Branch Library

"The Canterville Ghost" was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts on February 23 and March 2, 1887.

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The Mystery of Nancy Drew

At age 10, I remember reading The Secret of the Old Clock and The Hidden Staircase and eagerly searching for the latest book with the dark blue cover by Carolyn Keene at the library.

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Writings From The Edge

When I heard of the Edgewater writing group, I joined it hoping to have a chance to share my thoughts and get feedback on stories that were swirling in my head.

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