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Preschool Pals

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Hear stories, sing songs, and have fun with friends! This storytime highlights early literacy skills that prepare children for reading independently. Children attend this storytime without adults so they can practice being independent. 

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Hear stories, sing songs, and have fun with friends! This storytime highlights early literacy skills that prepare children for reading independently. Children attend this storytime without adults so they can practice being independent. 

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime without Adults

Children attend this storytime without their grown-ups so that they can practice independence.

This event is in the "Children" group

Read and Create: Hedgehugs

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Program Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Hands On, Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Come listen to a reading of Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper’s Hedgehugs. Afterwards, we will create a Valentine’s Day hedgehog craft to take home.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Hands On, Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come listen to a reading of Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper’s Hedgehugs. Afterwards, we will create a Valentine’s Day hedgehog craft to take home.

Disclaimer(s)

Safe Child Policy

Parents/caregivers of children 8 years and under are required to stay in the Youth Services Department for the duration of the program per library policy.

This event is in the "Children" group

Lapsit Storytime

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime Accompanying Adults

This storytime works best if there is one child to one adult. Participation of caregivers with their child is important in order to help them learn while they are having fun.

This event is in the "Children" group

Lapsit Storytime

Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime Accompanying Adults

This storytime works best if there is one child to one adult. Participation of caregivers with their child is important in order to help them learn while they are having fun.

This event is in the "Children" group

Lapsit Storytime

Friday, February 13, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime Accompanying Adults

This storytime works best if there is one child to one adult. Participation of caregivers with their child is important in order to help them learn while they are having fun.

This event is in the "Children" group

Toddler Time @ 10

Monday, February 16, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Introduce your toddler to early literacy and help build a foundation for reading. We pair engaging books with songs and rhymes. Toddlers and caregivers love to dance and listen during our time together.   

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Introduce your toddler to early literacy and help build a foundation for reading. We pair engaging books with songs and rhymes. Toddlers and caregivers love to dance and listen during our time together.   

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime Accompanying Adults

This storytime works best if there is one child to one adult. Participation of caregivers with their child is important in order to help them learn while they are having fun.

This event is in the "Children" group

Toddler Time @ 11

Monday, February 16, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Introduce your toddler to early literacy and help build a foundation for reading. We pair engaging books with songs and rhymes. Toddlers and caregivers love to dance and listen during our time together.   

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Introduce your toddler to early literacy and help build a foundation for reading. We pair engaging books with songs and rhymes. Toddlers and caregivers love to dance and listen during our time together.   

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime Accompanying Adults

This storytime works best if there is one child to one adult. Participation of caregivers with their child is important in order to help them learn while they are having fun.

This event is in the "Children" group

Toddler Time

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Introduce your toddler to early literacy and help build a foundation for reading. We pair engaging books with songs and rhymes. Toddlers and caregivers love to dance and listen during our time together.   

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Introduce your toddler to early literacy and help build a foundation for reading. We pair engaging books with songs and rhymes. Toddlers and caregivers love to dance and listen during our time together.   

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime Accompanying Adults

This storytime works best if there is one child to one adult. Participation of caregivers with their child is important in order to help them learn while they are having fun.

This event is in the "Children" group

Preschool Pals

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Hear stories, sing songs, and have fun with friends! This storytime highlights early literacy skills that prepare children for reading independently. Children attend this storytime without adults so they can practice being independent. 

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Hear stories, sing songs, and have fun with friends! This storytime highlights early literacy skills that prepare children for reading independently. Children attend this storytime without adults so they can practice being independent. 

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime without Adults

Children attend this storytime without their grown-ups so that they can practice independence.

This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Families" group

Blues Beats for Little Feet

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Program Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Music, Performers
Age Group:
Children, Families

Join this interactive program that introduces young children to music through the principles of blues.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Music, Performers
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join this interactive program that introduces young children to music through the principles of blues.

This event is in the "Children" group

Lapsit Storytime

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime Accompanying Adults

This storytime works best if there is one child to one adult. Participation of caregivers with their child is important in order to help them learn while they are having fun.

This event is in the "Children" group

Bird Watching

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Program Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Hands On, STEAM
Age Group:
Children

Come read bird stories, learn how to protect them, where they go when it gets chilly, and the basics of bird watching. At the end of the program, we will make a bird-related craft to take home.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Hands On, STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come read bird stories, learn how to protect them, where they go when it gets chilly, and the basics of bird watching. At the end of the program, we will make a bird-related craft to take home.

Disclaimer(s)

Safe Child Policy

Parents/caregivers of children 8 years and under are required to stay in the Youth Services Department for the duration of the program per library policy.

This event is in the "Children" group

Lapsit Storytime

Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime Accompanying Adults

This storytime works best if there is one child to one adult. Participation of caregivers with their child is important in order to help them learn while they are having fun.

This event is in the "Children" group

Ford LEGO Creators

Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Program Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Clubs & Groups, Hands On, STEAM
Age Group:
Children

Bring your ideas and imagination to the library to create a LEGO model, then share a short story about it. The library will provide LEGO bricks for this program.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Clubs & Groups, Hands On, STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Bring your ideas and imagination to the library to create a LEGO model, then share a short story about it. The library will provide LEGO bricks for this program.

Disclaimer(s)

Safe Child Policy

Parents/caregivers of children 8 years and under are required to stay in the Youth Services Department for the duration of the program per library policy.

This event is in the "Children" group

Lapsit Storytime

Friday, February 20, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Help your baby grow up to love books! Caregivers and little ones share stories, songs, and rhymes in this lapsit program. Introduce them to a lifetime of reading and language enjoyment.

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime Accompanying Adults

This storytime works best if there is one child to one adult. Participation of caregivers with their child is important in order to help them learn while they are having fun.

This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Families" group

Nature Storytime with the Morton Arboretum

Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Program Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Families

A guest presenter from The Morton Arboretum will join us to share fun nature stories that help us notice how weather, trees, and animals change with the season! Recommended ages 2-6 with adults

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

A guest presenter from The Morton Arboretum will join us to share fun nature stories that help us notice how weather, trees, and animals change with the season! Recommended ages 2-6 with adults

This event is in the "Children" group

Read to Gracie

Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Storytime Room at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Program Type:
Clubs & Groups
Age Group:
Children

Children in grades Kindergarten through 4th Grade are invited to register for 10-minutes of reading with our new therapy dog partner, Gracie. This program is done in partnership with St. John’s Lutheran Church in La Grange.

 

Registration Required
Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Clubs & Groups
Registration Required
Event Details:

Children in grades Kindergarten through 4th Grade are invited to register for 10-minutes of reading with our new therapy dog partner, Gracie. This program is done in partnership with St. John’s Lutheran Church in La Grange.