Limestone Township Library The friendly place to be!
2701 W. Tower Rd. Kankakee, IL 60901  815-939-1696 Fax: 815-939-1748 
Hours: Monday-Thursday: 10:00am - 8:00pm Friday: 10:00am - 5:00pm Saturday: 10:00am - 3:00pm
 Stories and other fun stuff for kids!

Friends of the Library

 
Updated 4/6/09
 

Photos of programs we have recently enjoyed @ LTL!

Holiday Gathering

Grandparents Night Out
There was quite a crowd for BINGO! Some great prizes were won and good snacks enjoyed by all. Join us in February for the next fun round.
 


The American Girl Club
We’ll make a craft, play a game, and learn about each girls Era.Don’t forget to Register for this event, and if you have an American Girl doll, feel free to bring her along! 815-939-1696 Ages 7 and up. Below are a few pictures from our meetings.
Julie Allright from the '70's


Cookbook Kids Program

Jan.15 and Feb. 19
10 - 11:30 am

Cost $2 Per Child
Ages 5 and Up

Instructor Lynn O’Connell,
Sprout Abouts

An empowering and educational hands on cooking class for kids. They will learn first hand about creative healthy food options. The kids will make samples of various recipes and compile them into their own personal cookbook throughout a series of classes.
Registration is required: 939-1696

The making of muffins was educational and fun. The results were delicious!
 
From Our Spring Break Puppet Show and Puppet-making!
Join us for more great activities!


Are you a Fancy Nancy Fan?

 

 

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Feb 14th at 11-1pm

We had a wonderful time in fancy dress up clothes with a posh stuffed cat or dog. We had a tea party with fancy sandwiches and desserts, listeied to Fancy Nancy stories, made fancy collars for our pets, created a fancy journal and pen set, strung jewelry to wear, and made fancy crowns!

group of girls at Fancy Nancy party
reDING nANCY BOOKS readking fancy Nancy books little girl in gold fancy dress
girls in fancy dresses making dog collers making bead work
little girl in gold fancy dress writing fancy names fancy tea party
fancy tea party making jewlry Fancy Nancy tea party
 
 

Santa Claus came to LTL for a holiday gathering!

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There were fun crafts for the whole family!
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Ms. Teri read holiday stories while everyone waited for Santa to arrive. the secret wishes were told to the jolly elf and a there was a present for every child!
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Santa's dog
 
Thank you St. Marten of Tours Choir for your carols!
Santa's helper dog
Thank you everyone who helped make this party a great success!
Our volunteers from Friend's of the Library
Cleaning up
 

Madeline came to visit!

Friday Dec. 5th from noon to 2 PM Madeline joined us in our community room. Take a look at some pictures from her play and learn time at Limestone Township Library! We made stuff and had our pictures taken with Madeline. There was a movie and French snacks. A very special thank you to Barnes and Noble for bringing Madeline to us.

Waiting for Madeline and the party to begain was fun too!
Lots of books to read and craft projects to make.
Ms. Teri read the first book to everyone and there was a movie of Madeline and the Louvre.
...and of course there was the star of the show-MADELINE!
A special thanks to Barnes and Noble for providing Madeline's costume.

 

Painting Class!

Now that was fun!