"I Always Felt If I Can Get To A Library, I'll Be OK."
Maya Angelou "I Always Felt If I Can Get To A Library, I'll Be OK."
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Chute Middle School's Pate Library
Chute Middle School's Pate Library
2025-2026
2025-2026
Whatever the weather, feel free to
come to the library to chill out and to find some of your favorite reads.
A library is
A library is
a collection of sources of information or similar resources. Its contents are made available to a particular community for browsing or borrowing. Libraries can be physical locations like brick and mortar buildings in your neighborhood. Libraries are full of stories in a variety of formats from picture books to large print, audiobooks to ebooks, and more. But, there's so much more to libraries. Libraries lend items like museum passes, games, musical instruments, and tools. Library programming brings communities together for entertainment, education, and connection through book clubs, storytimes, movie nights, crafting classes, and lectures. Library infrastructures advance communities, providing internet and technology access, literacy skills, and support for businesses, job seekers, and entrepreneurs.
Go to More and click on Library News for up-to-date information from Evanston Public Library (EPL) and Skokie Public Library (SPL).
Your Chute librarian looks forward to learning with you throughout the year.
Your Chute librarian looks forward to learning with you throughout the year.
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Veranda Magazine
El Día De Los Niños/El Día De Los Libros Children's Day/Book Day
April 30th
Mexico
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Día is a nationally recognized initiative that emphasizes the importance of literacy for all children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. However, Día has its roots in Mexico. The United Nations has recommended every country set aside a day to celebrate children each year since 1954, Mexico had already been celebrating its own Children’s Day for almost 30 years by that point. In 1924, General and President Alvaro Obregon signed the now defunct League of Nations' Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1924,. The signing’s anniversary the following year was on April 30,1925; this became the first annual nationwide Día Del Niño. It is a constant commitment to linking children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures.
The common goals of all Día programming are to:*
Celebrate children and connect them to the world of learning through books, stories and libraries
Nurture cognitive and literacy development in ways that honor and embrace a child’s home language and culture
Introduce families to community resources that provide opportunities for learning through multiple literacies
Recognize and respect culture, heritage and language as powerful tools for strengthening families and communities
taken from ALSC Initiatives & Special Projects*
National Library Week
April 19-April 25, 2026
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The theme of this year's National Library Week is "Find Your Joy"! The Honorary Chair is librarian and author Mychal Threets. Threets is an award-winning librarian, literary advocate and the host of Reading Rainbow, a televised reading program that teaches reading skills, habits, and attitudes. First broadcast in 1983, the series ran until 2006. The first episode of Threet’s “Reading Rainbow” debuted at 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.
Kelvin Watson, Executive Director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District in Nevada, is the most recent recipient of the the American Library Association (ALA) Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship. Click here to learn more about him and the exceptional services he has provided over the years and in library systems throughout the nation. Meet school librarian of the year, Alejandra Cornejo of Texas in this SLJ article.
Important dates during National Library Week include:
Thursday, April 16th: National Librarian Day
Monday, April 20: Right to Read Day (launch of State of America's Libraries Report)
Tuesday, April 21: National Library Workers Day
Wednesday, April 22: National Library Outreach Day
Thursday, April 23: Take Action for Libraries Day
Happy Women's History Month
2026
Spotlight: Women In S.T.E.A.M: Science. Technology. Engineering. Art. Math.
Happy Black History Month!
Consider taking a family trip to the Bronzeville Children's Museum for a variety of special events or simply to learn about the lives of black Americans! The Bronzeville Children’s Museum is the first and only children’s museum focused on cultural history in the country. Founded on August 20, 1993, the BCM was named for Bronzeville, the area where black Americans settled in Chicago after coming from the South. In Bronzeville, black people created booming businesses, cultural, political and residential centers in what was known at first as Black Metropolis and later as Bronzeville.
Click here for the details on the Ella Jenkins (1924-2024) celebration.
And Justice For All: The Black History Month
And Justice For All: The Black History Month
2026
2026
The Picture Book Edition
The Picture Book Edition
Be Bold! Be Proud! Be Like...:
Be Bold! Be Proud! Be Like...:
Black Leaders, Past and Present, Who Shape Our Lives Every Day
Dance like…
Activist, Choreographer, Dancer, Director
Ballet Dancer
Get fit like...
Yoga Instructor
Health Coach, Personal Trainer
Invent Like...
Computer Scientist & Technologist
Computer Scientist & Technologist
Chemist & Researcher
Chemist & Researcher
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Learn like...
Civil Rights Activist
In 1960, when Ruby Bridges was only six years old, she became one of the first black children to integrate New Orleans’ all white public school system. Greeted by an angry mob and escorted by federal marshals, Ruby bravely crossed the threshold of this school and into history single-handedly initiating the desegregation of New Orleans’ public schools.
Student at University Of Mississippi, Civil Rights Advocate, Writer
Make changes like...
Former United States Representative
Play like...
Books For The Freezin' Season!
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Whatever the weather, reading is so cool!
It can take you anywhere from your snowbound room in Evanston/Skokie to a tropical paradise south of the border or in the South Seas. Whether in print form or online, warm up with a good book. Consider reading the same book, works by the same author or a similar topic with a group of friends. Grab a book and a blanket and bring along your favorite cold weather treats--hot coffee, warm brownies, grilled cheese and tomato soup are some of mine--and
feed your mind, body and soul!
image taken from the Miami Beach Hispanic Affairs Committee
Each year, Americans observe National Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.
The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15th and ending on October 15th. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402.
The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September 18, respectively. Also, Columbus Day or Día de la Raza, which is October 12, falls within this 30 day period.
Come by the library and check out some of the books below.
Many are also available on Sora in ebook and/or audiobook format.
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