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Adult Book Club

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Kolb Memorial Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book & Author Events
Event Details:

Fondulac District Library’s Adult Book Club meets at 1:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month in the library’s meeting room. The club is open to all area adults who are interested in reading fiction and non-fiction of all types. New members are always welcome, and copies of the club’s current selection are usually available at the library’s circulation desk. Club members work together in selecting titles for the group and in leading discussion.

State of Terror  by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny

Family Field Trip: East Peoria Police Department

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-aged Children, Teens, Adults
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-aged Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Out & About
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Take a look behind the scenes of East Peoria's police department! We'll get a tour of the facilities and have an opportunity to learn about what it takes to keep our community safe.

Disclaimer(s)

Offsite Program

This program is not taking place at the library. Please see the program description for an address. Patrons must provide their own transportation to this program.

Loud N' Proud Storytime

12:00pm - 12:45pm
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-aged Children
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-aged Children
Program Type: Storytimes

A great storytime for all the energetic kids out there! We will dance, sing, let the kids shout, and of course find some time for a couple stories! Every storytime will have a fun theme that is always accompanied by a game or activity at the end!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Open Food Present as Part of Program

Patrons will be handling open food as part of this program. The library intends to keep this event as safe as possible but cannot guarantee that food handled at this program has no allergens and has not come into contact with allergens. Please contact the library with any questions concerning potential allergens.

Appy Hour

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Adult Services Department
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology, Computers, & Science
Event Details:

Come explore your digital library! Stop by to get help accessing digital content on your device through our library apps or searching our catalog.  Meet with a librarian for one-on-one tech help.

Stuffed Animal Sleepover

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers
Registration
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Bring your favorite stuffed animal friend for an evening storytime! After some songs and books, our friends will be able to sleep at the library overnight. Let's hope they don't get into too much mischief!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Teen Tuesdays - Game Night & Book Club

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teens
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book & Author Events, Gaming, Music & Movies

Join us on Teen Tuesdays to play games (video games and/or tabletop RPGs), drink soda, and discuss books or manga!

Babies and Books

9:30am - 10:00am
Children, Babies & Toddlers
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Babies and their grown-ups are invited to a storytime just for them! We’ll read a short book, sing songs together, and have some sensory playtime too.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Toddler Time

10:00am - 11:00am
Children, Babies & Toddlers
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Toddlers up to 3 years old are invited to read, dance, and sing with us at storytime with tickles and giggles galore! This program will make sure everyone is ready for preschool. Every storytime will have some fun playtime afterwards!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Favorite Character Storytime

10:00am - 10:45am
Children, Preschoolers
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Join us for storytime, an interactive gathering with stories featuring our favorite characters, songs, rhymes, and movement. Snacks and social time for young children and their grown-ups.

Jan 9: Curious George

Jan 16: Bluey

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Open Food Present as Part of Program

Patrons will be handling open food as part of this program. The library intends to keep this event as safe as possible but cannot guarantee that food handled at this program has no allergens and has not come into contact with allergens. Please contact the library with any questions concerning potential allergens.

DIY Treasure Boxes

6:00pm - 7:30pm
School-aged Children, Teens, Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: School-aged Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Transform a vintage Reader's Digest volume into a treasure box for storing knickknacks and trinkets.  We will be using many self-adhesive materials, so you will be able to take your box home with you at the end of the program.

Family Movie Matinee

9:30am - 11:30am
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-aged Children, Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-aged Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Music & Movies
Event Details:

Bring the whole family for an early movie! Snacks will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. This time we will be watching IF! This movie is rated PG.

Sit & Stitch (1st Sundays)

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Kolb Memorial Conference Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Sit & Stitch with others at the library.  Share ideas and skills while making new friends.  Bring your own counted cross stitch, quilting, applique, knitting or crochet projects and supplies.  This is not an instr

Pom Pom Love Bug Craft

11:00am - 12:00pm
Children, Preschoolers
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Make the most adorable pom pom love bugs! All supplies provided. 

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Ages: 2-6

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Friends of the Library Meeting

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Kolb Memorial Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Friends of the Library
Event Details:

Friends of the Library meet every quarter, for their business meeting. Past as well as upcoming events are discussed and planned. All Friends members are welcome, and if you would like to join, you are welcome as well.

Loud N' Proud Storytime

12:00pm - 12:45pm
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-aged Children
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-aged Children
Program Type: Storytimes

A great storytime for all the energetic kids out there! We will dance, sing, let the kids shout, and of course find some time for a couple stories! Every storytime will have a fun theme that is always accompanied by a game or activity at the end!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Open Food Present as Part of Program

Patrons will be handling open food as part of this program. The library intends to keep this event as safe as possible but cannot guarantee that food handled at this program has no allergens and has not come into contact with allergens. Please contact the library with any questions concerning potential allergens.

Teen Tuesdays - Game Night & Book Club

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teens
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Teen Space
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book & Author Events, Gaming, Music & Movies

Join us on Teen Tuesdays to play games (video games and/or tabletop RPGs), drink soda, and discuss books or manga!

Babies and Books

9:30am - 10:00am
Children, Babies & Toddlers
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Babies and their grown-ups are invited to a storytime just for them! We’ll read a short book, sing songs together, and have some sensory playtime too.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Toddler Time

10:00am - 11:00am
Children, Babies & Toddlers
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Toddlers up to 3 years old are invited to read, dance, and sing with us at storytime with tickles and giggles galore! This program will make sure everyone is ready for preschool. Every storytime will have some fun playtime afterwards!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Caldecott Story Time

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children, School-aged Children
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, School-aged Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Celebrate Children's Authors and Illustrators Week  with a special story time featuring the 2024 Caldecott Award books.  These books are honored as the most distinguished picture books of the previous year. 

Favorite Character Storytime

10:00am - 10:45am
Children, Preschoolers
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Join us for storytime, an interactive gathering with stories featuring our favorite characters, songs, rhymes, and movement. Snacks and social time for young children and their grown-ups.

Jan 9: Curious George

Jan 16: Bluey

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Open Food Present as Part of Program

Patrons will be handling open food as part of this program. The library intends to keep this event as safe as possible but cannot guarantee that food handled at this program has no allergens and has not come into contact with allergens. Please contact the library with any questions concerning potential allergens.

IT Workforce Presentation

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Kolb Memorial Conference Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Learn More! (Workshops & Presentations)
Event Details:

Learn from Bradley University staff how those who live or work in Central Illinois can break into the IT workforce, or change careers into computer science or Healthcare IT at NO COST.

DIY Shrinky Dinks

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children, School-aged Children
Registration
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, School-aged Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Let's get creative! We'll recycle plastic to design our own shrinky dinks. They can turn into charms, earrings, suncatchers, and more!

Loud N' Proud Storytime

12:00pm - 12:45pm
Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-aged Children
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers, Preschoolers, School-aged Children
Program Type: Storytimes

A great storytime for all the energetic kids out there! We will dance, sing, let the kids shout, and of course find some time for a couple stories! Every storytime will have a fun theme that is always accompanied by a game or activity at the end!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Open Food Present as Part of Program

Patrons will be handling open food as part of this program. The library intends to keep this event as safe as possible but cannot guarantee that food handled at this program has no allergens and has not come into contact with allergens. Please contact the library with any questions concerning potential allergens.

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