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  • Students see their work on display at the District 25 Student Art Show

    More than 1,000 people including parents, students, teachers and community members stopped by the library on Tuesday, May 6 and Thursday, May 8 to celebrate the opening of the 31st Annual District 25 Student Art Show.  

    The receptions featured light refreshments and the opportunity for students and their families to see their art in person and meet with their art teachers.  

    This year's show featured the artwork of 482 students from seven elementary schools and two middle schools that can be seen on the library's first floor and in the display cases near the Dunton Ave. entrance. 

    These pieces ranged from 2D

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  • Join the library in the Fourth of July Parade

    Share your community spirit and step out with the library at the Arlington Heights Fourth of July Parade, Friday, July 4, at 10 a.m. Walk alongside the library’s bookmobile and help hand out giveaways to thousands of spectators along the way. This community event is open to all ages, but you must be able to walk the entire 1.5-mile parade route. Families with strollers and scooters are also welcome to join. Participants will receive a special library-themed T-shirt to wear on the day of the parade. Space is limited, so sign up early. Arlington Heights cardholders only. Participants under the

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  • Visit the library in the community this summer

    Enjoy the many community events in Arlington Heights and make the most of your summer! Mark your calendars and join the Arlington Heights Memorial Library around town at these upcoming events.

    Visit the Bookmobile in the Community   

    May 10: Swing into Spring: North School Park
    May 26: Memorial Day Parade: Downtown Arlington Heights
    Saturdays, May 17 and 31: Farmer's Markets: N. Vail Commuter Lot

    For a list of regular bookmobile stops, visit ahml.info/bookmobile.
     

    Library Pop-ups at the Farmers Market

    The library also hosts special pop-up events at the Farmers Market on select Saturdays from 9-11 a.m. including:

    May 10: National Speech-Language-Hearing Month 

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NEW TO THE LIBRARY

Hornblower and the Hotspur
Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966,
After only one night with his bride, Hornblower, as commander of the frigate Hotspur, sails for duty off the French Coast to keep Napoleon from invading England
The cut
Dotson, C. J.,
"In this chilling supernatural horror novel set in a mysterious hotel, a woman fleeing her abusive ex finds herself running from more than just her past. A historic hotel long past its prime and huddled along The Cut, a questionable Lake Erie beach, isn't Sadie Miles' ideal place to raise a toddler while also navigating her second pregnancy. After finally fleeing her abusive ex-fiancé, though, Sadie's new housekeeping position and free room at L'Arpin Hotel are the best she can manage. On her first night, Sadie runs to help a guest struggling in the hotel's pool only to find the water calm and empty when she gets there, leaving her with a lingering unease. When a guest then goes missing and her manager insists they simply left without checking out, Sadie suspects he's covering up darker goings-on in the hotel. After her ex, Sadie won't let anyone convince her that what she's experiencing isn't real again. So, she keeps digging, quickly uncovering suspicious interactions with the staff, mysteriously vanishing security cameras, more missing guests, and things that go bump in the night...and drip in the walls, slither in the tub, and squirm in the halls. Everything isn't as it seems within the dim hallways of L'Arpin. Sadie has nowhere to go and nowhere to hide; she'll need to keep her wits about her to survive and keep her toddler and unborn child safe from whatever lurks nearby"--
A wallflower's guide to viscounts and vice
Collins, Manda,
"Miss Lucy Penhallow has endured enough London seasons to know that she is never going to "take". But no amount of persuasion on her part will convince her mother to give up her quest to find Lucy a husband and allow her eldest daughter to do what she really wants-devote her time to running the Mischief and Mayhem Book Club, where members read the latest crime books. Under the weight of inheriting his father's title three years ago, Viscount Will Chandler has transformed from the fun loving man he was in his youth to the kind of curmudgeon he once would have ridiculed. With a troublesome mother to and a younger sister he needs to shepherd through the marriage mart, Will is in search of a wife who will take some of the burden of handling his female relatives off his shoulders. When Lucy and Will are accidentally locked in the library at the season's most well attended ball, they witness an attempted murder. In the aftermath, Lucy is forced into a hasty marriage with his disagreeable lordship and becomes the target of a ruthless killer. As she and Will learn how to navigate the treacherous waters of their new marriage, Lucy-with reluctant assistance from her new husband-uses the lessons she's picked up from reading detective novels to search for a killer. As they inch ever closer to learning the murderer's identity, Will and Lucy find themselves growing closer to something like love. Can they capture a killer without risking the fragile love they've only just found?"--
The other people
Everett, C. B.,
Ten strangers awaken in a locked, eerie house with no memory of their arrival, tasked with solving a young woman's disappearance while evading a relentless killer and uncovering the truth about their connection to the deadly game
The last session
Bartz, Julia,
"When a catatonic woman shows up at the psychiatric unit, social worker Thea swears she knows her from somewhere. She's shocked to discover the patient holds a link to a traumatic time in her past. Upon regaining lucidity, the patient claims she can't remember the horrific recent events that caused her brain to shut down. Thea's at a loss--especially when the patient is ripped away from her as suddenly as she appeared. Determined to find her, Thea follows a trail of clues to a remote center in Southwestern New Mexico, where a charismatic couple holds a controversial monthly retreat to uncover attendees' romantic and sexual issues. Forced to participate in increasingly intimate exercises, Thea finds herself inching closer not only to her missing patient, but also to tantalizing answers about her harrowing past. However, time is running out, and if she stays for the last session, she too might lose her mind . . . or worse"--
The geographer's map to romance
Holton, India,
"Geography professors in a failed marriage of convenience inconveniently reconnect for an emergency mission in this swoony historical-fantasy rom-com. Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magic disasters. Nothing fazes her-except her own personal disaster, that is: Professor Gabriel Tarrant, the grumpy, unfriendly man she married for convenience a year ago, whom she secretly loves. Gabriel is also an expert in magic disasters. And nothing fazes him either-except the walking, talking tornado that is his wife. They've been estranged since shortly after their wedding day, but that hasn't stopped him from stoically pining for her. When magic erupts in a small Welsh village, threatening catastrophe for the rest of England, Elodie and Gabriel are accidentally both assigned to the case. With the fate of the country in their hands, they must come together as a team in the face of perilous conditions like explosions, domesticated goats, and only one bed. But this is easier said than done. After all, there's no navigational guide for the geography of the heart."--
Flirting lessons
Guillory, Jasmine,
"Avery Jensen is almost thirty, fresh off a breakup, and she's tired of always being so uptight and well-behaved. She wants to get a hobby, date around (especially other women), flirt with everyone she sees, wear something not from the business casual section of her closet-all the fun stuff normal people do in their twenties. One problem: Avery doesn't know where to start. She doesn't have a lot of dating experience, with men or women, and despite being self-assured at work, she doesn't have a lot of confidence when it comes to romance. Enter Taylor Cameron, Napa Valley's biggest flirt and champion heartbreaker. Taylor just broke up with her most recent girlfriend, and her best friend bet her that she can't make it until Labor Day without sleeping with someone. (Two whole months? Without sex? Taylor?!?!) So, she offers to give Avery flirting lessons. It should keep her busy and stop her from texting people she shouldn't. And it might take her mind off how inadequate she feels compared to her friends, who all seem much more settled and adult than Taylor. At first, Avery is stiff and nervous, but Taylor is patient and encouraging, and soon, Avery looks forward to their weekly lessons. With Taylor's help, Avery finally has the life she always wanted. The only issue is: now she wants Taylor. Their attraction becomes impossible to ignore, despite them both insisting to themselves and everyone else that it isn't serious. When Taylor is forced to confront her feelings for Avery, she doesn't know what to do-and most importantly, if she's already ruined the best thing she's ever had"--
The manor of dreams
Li, Christina,
Mexican Gothic meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in Christina Li's haunting novel about the secrets that lie in wait in the crumbling mansion of a former Hollywood starlet, and the intertwined fates of the two Chinese American families fighting to inherit it. They say what you don't know can't hurt you. But silence can be deadly. Vivian Yin is dead. The first Chinese actress to win an Oscar, the trailblazing ingénue rose to fame in the eighties, only to disappear from the spotlight at the height of her career and live out the rest of her life as a recluse. Now her remaining family members are gathered for the reading of her will and her daughters expect to inherit their childhood home: Vivian's sprawling, Southern California garden estate. But due to a last-minute change to the will, the house is passed on to another family instead--one that has suddenly returned after decades of estrangement. In hopes of staking their claim, both families move into the mansion. Amidst the grief and paranoia of this unhappy reunion, Vivian's daughters race to piece together what happened in the last weeks of their mother's life, only to realize they are being haunted by something much more sinister and vengeful than their regrets. After so many years of silence, will the families finally confront the painful truth about the last fateful summer they spent in the house, or will they cling to their secrets until it's too late? Told in dual timelines, spanning three generations, and brimming with forbidden romance, betrayal, ambition and sacrifice, The Manor of Dreams is a thrilling family gothic that examines the true cost of the American dream--and what happens when the roots we set down in this country turn to rot."
Sunrise reef
Hannon, Irene,
"After finding home in Hope Harbor, Bren Ryan is missing just one thing in her life: romance. But that's okay. Buttoned-up Noah Ward isn't looking for love either when he arrives in town-certainly not with free-spirited Bren. When the two are pulled together, they learn that sometimes you must look past the surface to find the treasure beneath"--
Cat's people
Guerrero, Tanya,
"A stray cat brings together five strangers over the course of one fateful summer in this heartwarming novel about love, found family, and the power of connection"--
Flipping the Birdie
Woeppel, S.L.,
Superspeed, incredible strength, a foul mouth--these are thirty-one-year-old superhero Birdie Bowden's powers. Although Birdie boasts a perfect save record as Chicago's municipal super, her bad attitude and latest, now viral, run-in with a local menace lead the mayor to place her on suspension. Forced into therapy in a small beachside suburb, the solitary Birdie meets eccentric, bubbly housekeeper Evie. Adrift without her job, Birdie leaves her superhero identity behind and accepts Evie's invitation to stay with her for the summer cleaning beach cabins while working the therapy program as a means to get her job back. The only snag in her plan is Aiden, Evie's ill-tempered, unfairly handsome brother and cabin owner. Focused on helping his sister wage her own battle of healing, Aiden finds Birdie to be an irksome, unwelcome influence and doesn't hesitate to tell her so. But that's fine with Birdie--her natural ability to constantly get a rise out of grumpy Aiden may be her greatest superpower yet. As Birdie fumbles through her therapist's ridiculous get-to-know-the-real-Birdie assignments, she feels a growing connection to her new life, including the increasingly alluring Aiden, and a yearning for more than being a super. But she can't have both lives, and she'll never reveal her true identity--because the only thing faster than her own speed is how quickly people, particularly men, leave when they realize Birdie is not your typical heroine
The keeper
Martin, Charles, 1969-
"Combine James Patterson and Colleen Hoover and you'll start to understand why readers are riveted by the Murphy Shepherd series: gripping action, heart-wrenching emotion, and deep questions that deserve to be considered"--
Passing through a prairie country
Staples, Dennis E.,
"For decades, a dark force has terrorized the Languille Lake reservation. Only spoken of in whispers as "the sandman," he lurks in the Hidden Atlantis Lake Resort and Casino, the reservation's main attraction and source of revenue, leeching its patrons' dreams and ambitions and also preventing the ghosts that linger there from moving on. Fleeing a breakup, Marion Lafournier, a mid-twenties Ojibwe, seeks solace in the slot machine's siren song. Here he falls afoul of the sandman, an encounter Marion barely escapes through the timely intervention of his cousins Alana and Cherie, who both work at the casino and are intimately aware of the sandman's power. Meanwhile, Glenn Nielan, only recently out of the closet and an aspiring documentarian, hopes to capture the faces of the Ojibwe land while experiencing the casino's thrills. But he will learn that all who choose to play the sandman's games are in danger of falling into his grasp"--
Hazardous to a duke's heart
Jeffries, Sabrina,
"Napoleon's war has ended...Returning to a London he no longer recognizes, and facing astonishing changes in his own family, Lord Jonathan Leighton learns he has inherited a dukedom. But the new nobleman carries the guilt of having wronged his late mentor. Now, he vows to fulfill his promise to find a suitable match for the man's daughter, Victoria... Sharp-witted Victoria would just as soon sculpt the Greek god who has come to take charge of her future. In fact, she has her sights set on founding a school for women artists. As Jonathan matches wits with the talented beauty, revelations from his past--and their connection to her father's demise--threaten to unveil both of their closely held secrets and thrust them into a danger they can only escape together"--
The marquess match
Bowman, Valerie,
Marked by scandal years ago, Lady Clare Handleton has grown practiced at slipping past her mother's--and society's--scrutiny, but when Ashford Drake, the Marquess of Trentham, takes note of her, they begin a no-strings-attached relationship that quickly develops into more than either expects

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20
May

CANCELED: Culinary - Spring Pesto Pasta
- /Makerplace - Kitchen

20
May

Finals Study Lounge
- /The Hub

20
May

Yoga for Kids
- /Lindsey Room

20
May

Yoga for Kids
- /Lindsey Room

20
May

CANCELED: Culinary - Spring Pesto Pasta
- /Makerplace - Kitchen

20
May

Hybrid: ESL Book Club - Camp
- /ESL/Literacy Office
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