Kids
Kids Spotlight
Explorer Backpacks at EPL!
Sep 03, 2025
Study the big (Stars! Planets!) and the small (Insects! Bugs! Microscopic organisms!) with our explorer backpacks!
Museum Passes
Go on your favorite museum adventure by requesting museum passes from EPL!
Anytime Activities for Kids
Challenge your young ones in a scavenger hunt, attempt to solve the mystery of the guessing jar or craft together. Themes change each month!
All By Myself, part of a series
A special storytime for children ages 3-5 who are ready to attend a story program without parents and younger siblings.
STEM Afternoon: Overture Games Pop-Up
Sep 17th | 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Music literacy meets computer gaming with Overture Games! Sign up for this free, hour-long pop-up for 3rd & 4th graders!
Upcoming Events
Doctor De Soto - Presented by Imagine U
Oct 18th | 10:00am - 10:30am
Come see Northwestern’s Image U perform a preview of Doctor De Soto, live at the Evanston Public Library!
Online Resources for Kids
Hoopla Kids Mode
Hoopla Kids Mode offers adults and their children kid-friendly digital content from eBooks and eAudiobooks to movies, TV shows, and music.
Digital Magazines for Young Patrons!
Let the fun and learning begin by checking out these digital magazines using your Libby app!
TumbleBooks
TumbleBooks offers animated eBooks for kids, with picture books, chapter books, and educational titles to make learning fun.
Mango Languages
Mango Languages ​​offers interactive courses in over 70 languages, focusing on vocabulary, grammar and conversation skills.
Hoopla Kids Mode
Hoopla Kids Mode offers adults and their children kid-friendly digital content from eBooks and eAudiobooks to movies, TV shows, and music.
Digital Magazines for Young Patrons!
Let the fun and learning begin by checking out these digital magazines using your Libby app!
TumbleBooks
TumbleBooks offers animated eBooks for kids, with picture books, chapter books, and educational titles to make learning fun.
Mango Languages
Mango Languages ​​offers interactive courses in over 70 languages, focusing on vocabulary, grammar and conversation skills.
Staff Picks
New & Noteworthy Children's Books September 2025
Check out these great new books for children! Book descriptions and age/grade recommendations are from the publishers' websites.
Celebrate Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month
EPL presents a curated collection of stellar books for young readers by Hispanic and Latine authors.
September Is Library Card Sign-Up Month!
Come into the library to sign up for your own library card, and then check out these reads about library cards, libraries, librarians!
Celebrating the Jewish High Holidays
Join us in reading some of our favorite picture books for a sweet new year!
New & Noteworthy Children's Books September 2025
Check out these great new books for children! Book descriptions and age/grade recommendations are from the publishers' websites.
Celebrate Latine and Hispanic Heritage Month
EPL presents a curated collection of stellar books for young readers by Hispanic and Latine authors.
September Is Library Card Sign-Up Month!
Come into the library to sign up for your own library card, and then check out these reads about library cards, libraries, librarians!
Celebrating the Jewish High Holidays
Join us in reading some of our favorite picture books for a sweet new year!