Story Time Reinvented!
Starting in January, we will be reinventing story time! We want to reach a wide variety of young readers, so we have created a story time to fit everyone's personality!
We will still have traditional Story Time at 10AM every Wednesday, but starting in January the 4PM session will be all new!
The first Wednesday of every month, we will focus on kids with special needs in our Especially for Me Story Time. Let us know if your child has any special needs that we need to be aware of. You can find more information on the Youth Services Summer Reading Page.
The second Wednesday of every month, we will have Language Linguistics where we will different foreign Language every month. We will learn how to count from 1-10, simple words and phrases.
The third Wednesday of every month, we will explore new places with Imagination Station! We will read classic stories and fairy tales and use our imagination to travel to new places.
The fourth Wednesday of every month, we will get a chance to get up close and personal with Touch A Truck. This is your big chance to get up close to some cool machines!
Music Under the Dome Concert
Devon Carpenter Haupt
Join us on Jan. 29th at 4PM for the amazing work of Devon Carpenter Haupt, harpist. Haupt was raised in Jacksonville and has performed with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra as a featured soloist, with Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Bradley University Chorale, Valparaiso Symphony Orchestra, Opera Illinois, Valparaiso University Chorale, and the Bradley University New Music Ensemble. Haupt now teaches and performs all over the Mid-west.
Lions Club Donation
Members of the Jacksonville Lions
Club and the family of the late Earl Martin met at the Jacksonville Public
Library on November 5 to present a memorial 
donation for the purchase of large
print books. The donation was
accompanied by a plaque with Mr. Martin’s photograph, honoring him for the many
years of devotion and support of the purchase of large print books at the
library through his work with the Lions Club (especially during the annual
holiday fruit sale). The Large Print
Collection at the Jacksonville Public Library is one of the largest in Central Illinois and circulates over 1000 titles each
month. Diane Hollendonner, Outreach
Supervisor at the library, expressed appreciation for Mr. Martin’s enthusiasm
for expanding the collection, saying “Mr. Martin was very proud of the variety
of fiction and nonfiction books offered in large print because he knew how
important those books were for our patrons who are older or who have vision
problems. We are very grateful to his
family and to the Lions Club members for this very thoughtful donation in his
memory.”