Bookmark Design Contest- Grades K-8 without parent/caregiver

Create a bookmark to enter in our design contest! Winners will have their bookmark printed and distributed at the EGVPL during National Library Week, April 19-25, 2026.

Beginning Wednesday, February 4, 2026, stop by the Youth Services Reference Desk to pick up your design template and then use your creativity to make a bookmark with any art supplies you choose. Turn in your artwork by Tuesday, February 24 to enter your bookmark in our design contest. Winners will be selected from the following grade levels: K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. The winner from each grade level will have their bookmark printed and distributed at the EGVPL during National Library Week.

One entry per person.

For more information, visit: https://bit.ly/4qXKZze

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Suspicious Emails Claiming to Be from the Elk Grove Village Public Library

The Elk Grove Village Public Library wants to make our community aware that some individuals have recently received emails that appear to come from Library staff. These messages were not sent by us and may contain harmful links or attachments.

Please remember:

• Do NOT click any links in these emails
• Do NOT open or download any attachments
• Delete the message immediately

If you're ever unsure whether an email truly came from the Elk Grove Village Public Library, please contact us directly at library@egvpl.org or (847) 439-0447 before interacting with it.
 

The issue is currently being investigated, and we appreciate your patience and caution as we work to resolve it.

2025 Library Card Sign-Up at EGVPL

 

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month!

Sign up for a new Elk Grove Village Public Library card or renew your current one any time during the month of September, and you'll be entered for a chance to win a Comic Con swag bag. Even better, the winner also gets a 10-minute ride in a DeLorean Time Machine from Back to the Future!

The Library will select one winner on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. In order to claim the prize and ride, the winner must attend Elk Grove Library Comic Con on Saturday, October 4, 2025.

The ride will take place at Comic Con at 3 pm (weather permitting).

So, stop by the Circulation Services Desk to obtain a new Elk Grove Village Public Library card or renew your current one, and maybe take a quick trip through time.

Elk Grove Library Closing Early for Summer Concerts in July 2025

 

 

Due to the Village's Mid-Summer Classic Concert Series, the Library will close early at 5pm on Tuesday, July 22 and Tuesday, July 29, 2025

PARKING INFORMATION

The Library's Wellington Avenue main entrance by the Clock Tower will close at 5 pm. Vehicles may remain parked in the Library's parking lot until 5 pm, but must exit through the shopping center (Elk Grove Town Center) by the splash pad (Fountain Square Park) after both entrances close.

Additionally, handicapped parking will be available starting at 3 pm for patrons attending the Summer Concerts. Handicapped parking will be allowed in the Library's lot located near the splash pad.

Can't find a spot during Library hours? Additional parking is available across the street at the Pavilion and in the shopping center (Elk Grove Town Center).

Library Parking Map
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2025 Summer Reading at the Elk Grove Village Library

Summer Reading is here! Check out this year's themes for Adult Services and Youth Services at the Elk Grove Village Public Library! Read, watch, or listen for a chance to win prizes and to earn a special program t-shirt.

2025 Student Art Showcase Coming to the Elk Grove Village Library

 

We're thrilled to announce an exciting new art showcase coming to the Elk Grove Village Public Library! This special exhibit, made possible through the collaboration of Dr. Coy from Mead Jr. High and Erin Wood from Grove Jr. High, will celebrate the creative talents of students from these schools.

Join us on Opening Day on Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 11am to 2pm for hands-on DIY art activities, a meet-and-greet with Dr. Coy and Erin Wood, interactive art experiences, and light refreshments.

This free event is the perfect opportunity for families, friends, and the community to come together, celebrate the arts, and support our young artists.

Can't wait to see you there!

Foodie Fall Fest Returns to Elk Grove Village Library

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 @ 12PM - 4PM

Calling all Foodies! Celebrate the beginning of Fall at Foodie Fall Fest. We'll have a variety of food trucks, exciting entertainment, family-friendly activities, and more! Takes place outside in the Library's parking lot and inside in the Lee Maternowski Meeting Room and Youth Services. Free event for all ages and families. Sponsored by the Friends of the Elk Grove Village Library.

 

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FOOD TRUCKS

ALL DAY 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Library Parking Lot

• 5411 Empanadas
• All Belgium Waffles
• Culinary Gangster
  
• Doctor Dogs
• Fat Shallot
• Hello Boba
• Pinoy Grill

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

1:00 PM
Chicago Boyz Acrobatic Team
Library Parking Lot

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Are You Ready for It? A Taylor Swift Experience
Library Parking Lot

(Bring your own chair!) 

 

ACTIVITIES

ALL DAY 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Library Parking Lot

• Airbrush and glitter tattoos
• Friends of the Library used video game sale
  
• Friendship bracelet trading
• Mini golf
• Photo ops
• Reading Program t-shirt sale
  

12:00 PM
Broadcast of the Chicago Bears game

Lee Maternowski Meeting Room

 

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Put the Paint on the Record craft
Youth Services Department

 

Roll Out to the Elk Grove Village Library for Library Card Sign-Up Month

Celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month all September long with the Elk Grove Village Public Library! Whether you're looking to enhance your skills, find valuable information, or connect with fellow avid readers, a library card unlocks a world of possibilities.

Participate to Win Prizes

Visit the Circulation Services Desk in the Lobby and play a game of Plinko! Anyone who signs up for a new full-service library card or renews their current library card can participate. You could win a $50 Amazon gift card or an Optimus Prime action figure. The raffle winner(s) will be announced on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Plus, enjoy instant prizes like Transformers bookmarks, stickers, or temporary tattoos when you play.

Meet Optimus Prime

This year, we're thrilled to have Optimus Prime from the Transformers franchise as our special ambassador, highlighting that there's "more than meets the eye" at the Library. Come meet him in person on Saturday, September 14, 2024 from 1pm to 3pm.

Play, Picnic, and Party with the Elk Grove Village Library on July 14, 2024

 
 

Sunday, July 14 at 12pm - 4pm | Indoors and outdoors | All ages

Come play, picnic, and party with the Elk Grove Village Library!

Enjoy a fun-filled day with ice cream treats, live music, crafts, games, and activities for the whole family to enjoy at this special event sponsored by the Friends of the Library co-hosted by the Village, Park District, and the Library.

🎵🎸🤘

Live music will be provided by alternative rock cover band Blind Reality at 2pm - 3:30pm. The concert will take place outdoors in the Library's parking lot. We encourage you to bring your own lawn chair to guarantee a seat for the band's performance as limited seating will be available.

🍧 🍨🍦

Stop by the Eiffel Waffle Truck for delicious bubble waffle ice cream, available for purchase all day. Need to quench your thirst? Cold bottled water will be available for free at the Friends of the Library's tent. Be sure to also check out the Friends' TV series DVD sale and a chance to score some amazing freebies.

🖌️✨💎

Celebrate summer with a colorful face paint design by Trish Page. She will provide face, glitter, and gem painting all day (12pm - 4pm) inside the Library.

🔎⛳🎨

Cool off indoors with a variety of activities throughout the Library. Stop in the Large Meeting Room for two sessions of Bingo at 12:30pm - 1:15pm and 1:30pm - 2:15pm. Try your hand at our Putt Put Golf Challenge in Adult Services for a chance to win prizes. Youth Services will also have fun activities all day including appearances by Elephant and Piggie, a scavenger hunt, and a color-mixing science craft.

For a complete list of activities, food and drink, live entertainment, and more, visit the Play Picnic Party website.

Elk Grove Village Library Closing Early for Summer Concerts in July 2024

 

CLOSING DATES AND TIMES

Due to the Village's Mid-Summer Classic Concert Series, the Library will close early at 5pm on the following Tuesdays in July, 2024:

• July 9
• July 23
• July 30
  

PARKING INFORMATION

The Library's Wellington Avenue entrance by the clock tower and along the Village Green will close at 2pm. Vehicles may remain parked in the entrance lot after 2pm, but must exit through the shopping center (Elk Grove Town Center) by the fountain (Fountain Square Park).

Both the Library's front entrance and back/south parking lots will close at 5pm. All vehicles must be removed before 5pm. Again, please exit through the shopping center. The Library's parking lot is accessible after 5pm only for handicapped parking during the concerts.

Can't find a spot during library hours? Additional parking is available across the street at the Pavilion and in the old Dominick's parking lot. The Library's back lot is accessible through the shopping center (Elk Grove Town Center) by the fountain (Fountain Square Park).

As a courtesy to our patrons, library materials will not be due on concert days.

Library Parking Map
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2024 Summer Reading at the Elk Grove Village Library

Summer Reading is here! Check out this year's themes for Adult Services and Youth Services at the Elk Grove Village Public Library! Read, watch, or listen for a chance to win prizes and to earn a special program t-shirt.

Chalk It Up to Character Week at the Library

Help us spread kindness and positivity in Elk Grove Village! 

In collaboration with the Community Character Coalition (CCC), the Elk Grove Village Public Library will be participating in Chalk It Up to Character Week (May 12 - May 18) to celebrate our exceptional community through colorful chalk art drawn and written on sidewalks throughout the Village. All residents are invited to participate no matter your skill level in art.

Stop in the Library to pick up a 5-piece packet of jumbo chalk in Adult Services, Circulation Services, or Youth Services. One packet per family. Then, draw family-friendly pictures or write positive sayings or messages on the sidewalk outside the Library or at your own home. No registration is required. When you're finished with your chalk art, we encourage you to take a picture of it and email it to treasurer@ccceg.org to be shared on the CCC website and social media.

Questions? Contact Tammy Miller at millertammy660@gmail.com.

Free Comic Book Day / Star Wars Day @ Elk Grove Village Public Library

 

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... Free comic book day (FCBD) at the Elk Grove Village Public Library!

Stop in the Library during regular hours on Saturday, May 4, 2024 to celebrate the day that's dedicated to comic books. We'll have a variety of titles available to take home for FREE, courtesy of Keith's Komix.

Since FCBD falls on Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) this year, we'll also have fun Star Wars-themed activities and giveaways. Bring a clean blank T-shirt and drop in Elk Lab Makerspace in Adult Services to screen print a special edition Star Wars Day / Elk Grove Library design on it. While you're there, pick up a free Star Wars Day acrylic keychain, made using our laser cutter. Feeling creative? Stop in Youth Services at Elk Grove Village Public Library to make a baby Yoda puppet. All supplies will be provided while they last.

Want more from your library? Check out a comic book, graphic novel, manga, superhero or anime movie or TV show from our print and/or digital collections!

Browse our online catalog:
https://egvpl.bibliocommons.com/

Download and stream content:
https://www.egvpl.org/download-stream

May the Fourth be with you! 

Foodie Fall Fest at Elk Grove Village Public Library

Calling all Foodies! Come out and join us at our first Foodie Fall Fest! We'll have an assortment of food trucks to delight your palate, family-friendly activities, photo-ops, the Bears game broadcasting on the big screen in the Lee Maternowski Room, and more. Takes place outside in the Library's parking lot. Free event for all ages and families.

ACTIVITIES

12:00-4:00

• Food trucks
• Photo ops
• Friends of the Library used book sale
• Airbrush artist
• Caricature artist

12:00
Broadcast of the Bears game

12:30-2:00
Live music by Fruteland Jackson

2:00-4:00
Almost Home Foundation Dog adoption

3:00
Chezaday Magic Show

FOOD TRUCKS

• Brown's Chicken (newly added!)
• Churros & Chocolate
• Doctor Dogs
• Fat Shallot
• Yum Dum Truck

Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month at the Elk Grove Village Library

Hats Off to Reading ... it's National Library Card Sign-Up month!

We're celebrating the occasion all September long with drop-in activities for all ages, crafts, giveaways, and prizes.

Stop by the Circulation Services Desk during regular hours to register for or renew your Library card and play PLINKO to win prizes, including a $50 Amazon gift card. The Library will choose one random winner of the gift card on October 1, 2023.

Then, stop by Youth Services where we're all about hats. Visit the Youth Reference Desk and show us your Library card to receive a special bookmark featuring Bear, the star of Jon Klassen's book "I Want My Hat Back". Be sure to also try out our drop-in, hat-themed activities for families and children of all ages:

"Hat" and Seek Scavenger Hunt
September 1 - 12

"Whose Hat is This?" Seek and Find Game
September 19 - 30

Hat-themed crafts and color (while supplies last)
September 1 - 30

Hats off to reading! 🙌

Play Picnic Party at the Elk Grove Village Library on July 16

 
 

Sunday, July 16at 12pm - 4pm | Indoors and outdoors | All ages

Come play, picnic, and party with the Elk Grove Village Library!

Enjoy a fun-filled day with free activities for the whole family at this special event co-hosted by the Village, Park District, and the Library. Rock out to the groovy 70s music of Strung Out at 2pm, create fun DIY crafts for all ages, conduct a science experiment for kids, play a game of BINGO at 1pm and 2pm in the Large Meeting Room, check out the Friends of the Library tent for a DVD sale, and visit the Friends of Cycling in Elk Grove at their information booth.

We'll also have delicious funnel cakes, ice cream, and fried Oreos catered by My Funnel Truck. All menu items are $3 each. Cash only, but credit cards are accepted on orders over $10. Cotton candy will also be available for purchase table for $1 (cash only) and cold bottled water will be available for free at the Friends of the Library's tent.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

For a complete list of activities, food and drink, live entertainment, and more, visit the Play Picnic Party website.

Elk Grove Village Library Closing Early for 2023 Summer Concerts

CLOSING DATES AND TIMES

Due to the Village's Mid-Summer Classic Concert Series, the Library will close early at 5pm on the following dates in 2023:

• Tuesday, July 11
• Tuesday, July 25
• Tuesday, August 1
  

PARKING INFORMATION

The Library's Wellington Avenue entrance by the clock tower and along the Village Green will close at 2pm. Vehicles may remain parked in the entrance lot after 2pm, but must exit through the shopping center (Elk Grove Town Center) by the fountain (Fountain Square Park).

Both the Library's front entrance and back/south parking lots will close at 5pm. All vehicles must be removed before 5pm. Again, please exit through the shopping center. The Library's parking lot is accessible after 5pm only for handicapped parking during the concerts.

Can't find a spot during library hours? Additional parking is available across the street at the Pavilion and in the old Dominick's parking lot. The Library's back lot is accessible through the shopping center (Elk Grove Town Center) by the fountain (Fountain Square Park).

As a courtesy to our patrons, library materials will not be due on concert days.

Library Parking Map
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2023 Summer Reading at the Elk Grove Village Library

Summer Reading is here! This year, both Adult Services and Youth Services are celebrating U.S. National Parks at the Elk Grove Village Public Library. Read, watch, or listen for a chance to win prizes and to earn a special program t-shirt.

 

Adult Services Take a Hike: Read Explore Discover June 12 - September 10, 2023 Ages 14 years and older Take a hike away from your reading comfort zone with our National Parks-themed reading program. Read 5 books from 5 of the 12 categories that feature a different National Park to earn a program t-shirt. Choose from our suggested reading lists or displays, or choose any title that fits the category descriptions. For each book or category you complete, you will earn a ticket to enter in our prize drawings. Prize winners will be announced September 10. Sign up in person at the Adult Services Reference Desk or online through Beanstack. Learn more

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Youth Services National Parks 4 U.S. June 12 - July 28, 2023 Ages birth to grade 8 Experience the National Parks this summer at the Elk Grove Village Public Library and hike along with us on an adventure during our Summer Reading Program. Read a good book, learn something new, be creative, or play games. Opening Day includes a meet-and-greet with costumed characters and a trail treat for those who sign up on June 12. A total of eight (8) tickets will be given to those who register for the reading program. For each book you read from one of our categories, place one ticket into the prize bin of your choice. The drawing of prizes will take place on July 28. Sign up in person at the Youth Services Reference Desk or online through Beanstack. Learn more

Celebrate National Library Week 2023 with EGVPL!

Celebrate National Library Week with Us!
April 23 - 29, 2023

There's more to the story at Elk Grove Village Public Library -- and YOU are a big part of the story! Help us celebrate National Library Week (April 23-29) all throughout April by sharing what you love about the Library. Drop off your submission at the reference desks in Youth Services or Adult Services for a chance to win a special gift.

Youth Services
Grade 8 and younger

What's your favorite way to use the Youth Services Department? Let us know by bringing a picture, either a drawing or a photo, of you enjoying your favorite Library activity. We will display your picture, at the Youth Services Reference Desk, to help us celebrate National Library Week. Your picture will also enter you for a chance to win special Elk Grove Village Library t-shirts for you and your family.

For more information, please contact Youth Services at (847) 725-2167.

Adult Services
For high school and adults

Share your story your way: write it, draw it, or record it (video or audio). Submissions will be accepted all throughout the month of April and can be dropped off at the Adult Services Reference Desk or emailed to Jake Pajor at jpajor@egvpl.org. Digital files should be formatted as PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, MP3, or MP4 or a link to a video on YouTube or another video-based platform. Need help creating a digital file? Drop in the A/V Recording Studio for expert help on Friday, April 7, 14, or 21 from 2pm to 4pm. No appointment is required.

Open to adults - high school and older. All who submit a story will receive a special gift for participating and a chance to win a $25 gift card. One winner will be randomly selected and announced on Monday, May 1.

For more information, please contact Adult Services at (847) 725-2171.

Elk Grove Village Public Library Named a 5-Star Library for 2022

The Elk Grove Village Public Library (EGVPL) has been recognized as one of America's Star Libraries for 2022, according to Library Journal, a prestigious national publication. EGVPL ranked #4 compared to other public libraries in the $5-9.9M budget category, earning it a 5-star rating, the highest honor possible.

"We all work together as a team and I am so very proud of this accomplishment," said Library Board President JoAnn Shafar.

The 2022 scores and ratings are based on fiscal year 2020 data from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Public Library Survey (PLS). This year, 5,359 public libraries received Library Journal Index scores, 85 of which received 5-star status, placing EGVPL in the top 1.6% in the United States.

"This top honor is confirmation of the extent our patrons use our library. We provide the services and resources the community wants and needs," said Debra Nelson, Director of the Elk Grove Village Public Library. "It is immensely gratifying to have such support from the community and especially rewarding to be recognized for our productivity during the challenging times of the pandemic. EGVPL's talented staff proved themselves nimble and creative by reconstructing service models to provide new ways to serve patrons."

The Library Journal Index of Public Library Service annually rates public libraries nationwide by measuring outputs such as circulation of physical and digital materials, library visits, program attendance, public computer use, Wi-Fi sessions, usage of online resources such as databases, and website visits based on per capita spending. The index compares public libraries with similar funding and determines the top in each budget category. Learn more about all of our services at www.egvpl.org.

Visit the Library Journal website to read the full article.