Ready, Set… Let’s Get Festive!
Celebrate the season with Evanston Public Library! Whether you’re looking for festive events, fun holiday activities for all ages, free passes to local winter attractions, or cozy book and movie picks to keep you warm, we’ve gathered everything you need in one cheerful place.
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Winter Activity
Chicago Botanic Garden Winter Activities Museum Passes
Get a Museum Pass for the Chicago Botanic Garden through EPL, and enjoy winter programs and displays!
Noon Year's Eve Storytime
Noon Year's Eve Storytime
Dec 31st | 11:30am - 12:15pm
Ring in 2026 with Miss Jess at this daytime Noon Year's Eve storytime!
Ring in the New Year
Golden Hour Karaoke
Dec 31st | 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Sing in the New Year! Kids are invited to take the mic and perform their favorite songs from hit movies and musicals.
Winter Break Fun for Kids
Winter Wonderland List
It's a Winter Wonderland!
Cozy up and stay warm with these winter reads for a variety of ages!
Winter Family Films
Winter
New & Noteworthy Children's Books December 2025
Check out these great new books for children! Book descriptions and age/grade recommendations are from the publishers' websites.
Anytime Activities
"Anytime Activities" During Winter Break
Dec 11, 2025
Stop by Evanston Public Library during our operating hours to enjoy the following December "anytime" offerings for kids!
Light List
Books to Celebrate a Season of Light
These picture books capture the wonder of light and how much it is intertwined with our hopes, wishes, and ambitions.
Get Cozy with a Book or Movie
Cozy Reads
Hibernation Mode Activated List
Hibernation mode activated - I'll see you in April!
It's time to get cosy/cozy. Embrace your indoor kid and the snowy, sleepy season ahead.
Slay Ride
Slay Ride: Holiday Horror Books
The weather outside is frightful, but these books are so delightful (...and also frightful).
The Fire is So Delightful
Short Winter & Holiday Books
Short Winter & Holiday Books - To Hit Your Reading Goal
Finding yourself just shy of your reading goals as year ends? These books can help you catch up and have you drinking in the winter vibes.
Long Movies Long Nights
Long Movies for Long Nights
Embrace winter’s cold, dark nights and settle in with one of these acclaimed films--all running at least 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Dreaming in Black and White
Dreaming in Black and White
Dream sequences in movies. It is the darkest time of year--ideal for hibernating and dreaming...zzzz
Slay Ride: Holiday Horror Movies
Slay Ride: Holiday Horror Movies
Your fear may grow three sizes when you watch these frightening holiday haunts.
Cookbooks Perfect for Winter
Winter Cooking
This Year's Greatest Hits
2025 Books for Adults
101 Kids
101 Favorite Picture Books
Nov 04, 2025
Check out the list our staff made of their 101 favorite picture books!
Enrich Your Soul
Visit a Local Museum
Museum Passes
Go on your favorite museum adventure by requesting museum passes from EPL!
Learn to Cook Something New
AtoZ World Food
Explore thousands of global recipes, food cultures, ingredients, techniques, and history in one extensive culinary database.
Read The Atlantic
The Atlantic
Read articles about news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more from The Atlantic through online resource EBSCO.
