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Super Simple Spanish: Around the House (In-Person)

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Create & Learn Center at Carol Stream Public Library
Program Type:
Language Learning
Age Group:
High School, Adults

Adults and high schoolers are welcome to join us for short and simple learning activities led by CSPL Librarians Crystal and Jessica to brush up on common Spanish vocabulary.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Carol Stream Public Library
Room: Create & Learn Center
Age Group: High School, Adults
Program Type: Language Learning
Registration Required
Event Details:

Adults and high schoolers are welcome to join us for short and simple learning activities led by CSPL Librarians Crystal and Jessica to brush up on common Spanish vocabulary.

Children dancing under a disco ball with the text Let's dance!

Fancy Feet (In-Person)

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Combined Meeting Room at Carol Stream Public Library
Program Type:
Music
Age Group:
Kids, Babies and Toddlers, Preschool

Got boogie fever? Want to shake a tail feather? Students will learn dance fundamentals, work on their musicality and rhythm, and use their imagination through creative movement with an instructor from Flourish Dance Academy.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Carol Stream Public Library
Room: Combined Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Babies and Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Music
Registration Required
Event Details:

Got boogie fever? Want to shake a tail feather? Students will learn dance fundamentals, work on their musicality and rhythm, and use their imagination through creative movement with an instructor from Flourish Dance Academy.

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College of DuPage Great Read: Foul Lady Fortune Book Discussion (In-Person)

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Combined Meeting Room at Carol Stream Public Library
Program Type:
Book Clubs, Outreach
Age Group:
High School, Adults

The College of DuPage Great Read Series book choice for 2025-2026 is Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Carol Stream Public Library
Room: Combined Meeting Room
Age Group: High School, Adults
Program Type: Book Clubs, Outreach
Registration Required
Event Details:

The College of DuPage Great Read Series book choice for 2025-2026 is Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong.

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Smart Cookie Book Club: Bud, Not Buddy (In-Person)

Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 5:30pm - 6:15pm
Discovery Room at Carol Stream Public Library
Program Type:
Book Clubs, Passive Program, Reading programs
Age Group:
Kids, Elementary School
Smart Cookie Book Club:

Smart Cookies love to read and talk about books! Sign up at the Youth Services Desk to receive your free copy of this month’s book. There will be cookies!

Join the Smart Cookies book club this month to read Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. 

Registration Required
Library Branch: Carol Stream Public Library
Room: Discovery Room
Age Group: Kids, Elementary School
Program Type: Book Clubs, Passive Program, Reading programs
Registration Required
Event Details:

Smart Cookie Book Club

Smart Cookies love to read and talk about books! Sign up at the Youth Services Desk to receive your free copy of this month’s book. There will be cookies!

Join the Smart Cookies book club this month to read Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. 

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Illustration of children playing

Friday Stories and Fun (In-Person)

Friday, February 27, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Combined Meeting Room at Carol Stream Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Kids, Babies and Toddlers, Preschool

Fridays are fierce, fun, and fantastic at the Library! Join us for a fabulous storytime, and stay afterwards to enjoy an hour of free play!

Registration Required
Library Branch: Carol Stream Public Library
Room: Combined Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Babies and Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Event Details:

Fridays are fierce, fun, and fantastic at the Library! Join us for a fabulous storytime, and stay afterwards to enjoy an hour of free play!

Drop-in Giant Games

Drop-In Giant Games (In-Person)

Friday, February 27, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Combined Meeting Room at Carol Stream Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Elementary School

It's a day off of school. What to do? Come to the Library for our drop-in Giant Games program. Challenge yourself to an oversized game of Chess, Checkers, Sorry, Candy Land, Uno and more!

Grades 3-5

Library Branch: Carol Stream Public Library
Room: Combined Meeting Room
Age Group: Elementary School
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

It's a day off of school. What to do? Come to the Library for our drop-in Giant Games program. Challenge yourself to an oversized game of Chess, Checkers, Sorry, Candy Land, Uno and more!

Grades 3-5

Library Closing for Mother's Day

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day in observance of Mother's Day.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day in observance of Mother's Day.

Library Closing for Memorial Day

All Day 5/24 - 5/25
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day in observance of Memorial Day.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day in observance of Memorial Day.

Summer Reading Information (Everyone)

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library
Program Type:
Reading programs
Age Group:
Kids, Babies and Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary School, Teens, Middle School, High School, Adults, Family, Everyone

May 26 – August 9

WELCOME TO SUMMER READING 2026: PLANT A SEED, READ

Library Branch: Carol Stream Public Library
Age Group: Kids, Babies and Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary School, Teens, Middle School, High School, Adults, Family, Everyone
Program Type: Reading programs
Event Details:

May 26 – August 9

WELCOME TO SUMMER READING 2026: PLANT A SEED, READ

Library Closing for Father's Day

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day in observance of Father's Day.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day in observance of Father's Day.

Library Closing for the Fourth of July

All Day 7/4 - 7/5
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day in observance of the Fourth of July.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day in observance of the Fourth of July.

Library Closing for Labor Day

All Day 9/6 - 9/7
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day in observance of Labor Day.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day in observance of Labor Day.

Library Closing for Thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 25, 2026 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library close at 5:00pm in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library close at 5:00pm in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Library Closing for Thanksgiving

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Library Closing for Christmas Holiday

All Day 12/24 - 12/25
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day on December 24 and December 25 in observance of the Christmas Holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day on December 24 and December 25 in observance of the Christmas Holiday.

Library Closing for New Year's Eve

Thursday, December 31, 2026 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will closed at 5:00 pm on December 31 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will closed at 5:00 pm on December 31 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.

Library Closing for New Year's Day

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will closed all day on January 1 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will closed all day on January 1 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.

Library Closing for Father's Day

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day in observance of Father's Day.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day in observance of Father's Day.

Library Closing for Thanksgiving

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Library Closing for Christmas Holiday

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day on December 24 and December 25 in observance of the Christmas Holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day on December 24 and December 25 in observance of the Christmas Holiday.

Library Closing for New Year's Day

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will closed all day on January 1 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will closed all day on January 1 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.

Library Closing for New Year's Eve

Saturday, January 1, 2028 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will closed at 5:00 pm on December 31 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will closed at 5:00 pm on December 31 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday.

Library Closing for Thanksgiving

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Library Closing for Christmas Holiday

All Day
Carol Stream Public Library

The Library will be closed all day on December 24 and December 25 in observance of the Christmas Holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Carol Stream Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed all day on December 24 and December 25 in observance of the Christmas Holiday.