Teens Vote

Stop by the teen department to weight in on a our monthly debate

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May 4th: Kal Penn

Kal Penn discusses his many lives: writer, producer, former White House staff member, starring actor of "Harold and Kumar" and much more.More information to follow.

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April 3th: Dr. Temple Grandin

Prominent speaker and professor, Dr. Temple Grandin, shares on the gifts of Neurodiversity More information to follow.

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March 20th: Ruth E. Carter

Academy Award winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter explores the passion that inspires her pieces spanning Spike Lee costume design to Wakanda

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February 20th: Julia Quinn

New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn helps us feel the romance all month with a discussion about Bridgerton and all things romance.More information to follow.

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February 6th: Jerry Craft

Meet American cartoonist and children's book illustrator Jerry Craft. More information to follow.

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January 11th: Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, Martha Wells

Sci-fi author, journalist, and activist Cory Doctorow, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Ken Liu , AND New York Times Bestselling author Martha Wells join us to speculate about our AI…

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December 6th: Lori Gottlieb

Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb helps us survive the holidays. Zoom Registration Link to Register: https://bit.ly/ILP_LoriGottlieb

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Construction Committee

Join Us! We are looking for community members to join our construction committee. Attend Monthly Meetings - First Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm starting 1/3/23 Discuss how our new…

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Teen Advisory Board

Join our Teen Advisory Board. Share your ideas with us and earn service hours. Call 815-942-6880, or stop by the front desk, to register.

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Steam Kits
Steam Kits to Go!

Steam Kits

We now have 14 carefully curated STEAM to GO! kits from Penworthy. These kits include interactive Science - Technology - Engineering - Art - Math resources for parents, and support…

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Spice of the Month

Morris Area Public Library has a SPICE OF THE MONTH club. Have you ever heard about a new spice and wanted to try it but were hesitant to buy a…

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1000 Books Before Kindergarten

How does 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten work? Register your little reader at the library to receive their first 100 bookmark. Check off one character for each book read. Once all…

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eBooks for Kids

Omnilibrary has ebooks and audiobooks just for kids. Check them out here!

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eBooks for Teens

Omnilibrary has ebooks and audiobooks just for teens. Check them out here!

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Teen Volunteers

Have community service hours through your school? The library is accepting applications for teen volunteers. Please visit this page for more information, and to download an application.

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Video Games for Teens

Gamer? Check out our selection of video games in the Teen department, or take a look at our online catalog.

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Stickers!

To assist you in finding books to read, we've added stickers to the spines of our teen books to help you. Teen Sticker = 6-8th grade, or average age of…

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