Women's History Month

March is Women’s History Month. In honor of this cultural celebration, here is the fabulous Maya Angelou reading one of her most famous poems, “Phenomenal Woman.”

Don’t forget to check out the Library’s awesome Women’s History Month display, directly behind the Fiction/AV/Teen desk.

 

What Are You Reading? Tell Us and Win!

We want to hear from you — tell us what you are reading!  Be a part of Mount Prospect’s Winter Reading challenge by reading something (almost anything) and completing a raffle slip.  You’ll automatically be entered into our drawing for gift cards and more.  Books, audiobooks, ebooks, newspapers, and magazines all can make you a winner!  No reading logs.  You choose what you want to read, or ask us for a suggestion.  It couldn’t be easier.  Stop by Fiction/AV/Teen Services during the month of February, and enter to win.

Watch Movies & Win Prizes!

Documentary Days
November 1 - 30

Do you like true crime, music, sports or architecture? Maybe you're a foodie, environmentalist or animal lover. Whatever your interests, the Library has a documentary for you.

Discover our hidden treasure of nonfiction DVDs during November’s Documentary Days and you could win a free portable DVD player!

It’s easy:

1. Stop by the Fiction/AV/Teen desk to draw a suggestion from a jar or choose a nonfiction DVD from our collection.
2. Watch the movie.
3. Come back to the Fiction/AV/Teen desk and enter our raffle.

Summer Reading Begins!

Whether you enjoy romance, mystery, comedy, or history, the Library, like Shakespeare, has it all.  Join our Summer Reading program and read your way to prizes.  Between June 1 and July 31, pick up a book, DVD, CD, or magazine to begin your pursuit of mini-prizes and qualify for drawings to win even bigger prizes.  The more you read, the more you can win.  Where else can you be rewarded for doing something you love?  What fools these mortals be…that do not join our Summer Reading program!  Click Here to learn more.

A French Connection

Irène Némirovsky’s perfect portrait of the French people during the terrible years of 1940-1942, Suite Française, is vividly enacted by performers Daniel Oreskes and Barbara Rosenblat.  AudioFile magazine, which named the recording an Earphones Award winner, describes it as “a virtually flawless production that will repay multiple listenings.”  Transport yourself first to Paris during a chaotic evacuation and then to a small village struggling to adapt under German occupation.

Suite Française, along with The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, is a featured selection of Book Crossing, an intercontinental event shared with our sister city, Sèvres, France.  Come join the discussion on October 10 or comment online.