Calendar

06/30/25 @ 5:00pm - 06/30/25 @ 5:30pm Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 06/30/2025 @ 5:00pm

Read with a Buddy (Registration required)

K – 2 Grade

Mondays, June 19- July 21 4:30-5 or 5-5:30

Develop language comprehension by reading with a teen buddy. Each student will be paired with a trained teen buddy or librarian to share books for 20 minutes. The focus will be on building vocabulary, background knowledge and enjoyment rather than decoding skills. Please sign up each week individually; only one slot per week. 

07/02/25 @ 6:00pm - 07/02/25 @ 6:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

Evening Storytime (Drop-In)

6:00-6:30 p.m.

Children of all ages can join us for a storytime. The Youth Services department provides age-appropriate interactive fun with stories, sign language, music, and more!

07/07/25 @ 4:30pm - 07/07/25 @ 5:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 06/09/2025 @ 9:01am Registration end: 07/07/2025 @ 4:30pm

Read with a Buddy (Registration required)

K – 2 Grade

Mondays, June 19- July 21 4:30-5 or 5-5:30

Develop language comprehension by reading with a teen buddy. Each student will be paired with a trained teen buddy or librarian to share books for 20 minutes. The focus will be on building vocabulary, background knowledge and enjoyment rather than decoding skills. Please sign up each week individually; only one slot per week. 

07/07/25 @ 5:00pm - 07/07/25 @ 5:30pm Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 07/08/2025 @ 5:00pm

Read with a Buddy (Registration required)

K – 2 Grade

Mondays, June 19- July 21 4:30-5 or 5-5:30

Develop language comprehension by reading with a teen buddy. Each student will be paired with a trained teen buddy or librarian to share books for 20 minutes. The focus will be on building vocabulary, background knowledge and enjoyment rather than decoding skills. Please sign up each week individually; only one slot per week. 

07/09/25 @ 6:00pm - 07/09/25 @ 6:30pm Room B Bloomingdale Public Library

Evening Storytime (Drop-In)

6:00-6:30 p.m.

Children of all ages can join us for a storytime. The Youth Services department provides age-appropriate interactive fun with stories, sign language, music, and more!

07/14/25 @ 4:30pm - 07/14/25 @ 5:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 06/16/2025 @ 9:01am Registration end: 07/14/2025 @ 4:30pm

Read with a Buddy (Registration required)

K – 2 Grade

Mondays, June 19- July 21 4:30-5 or 5-5:30

Develop language comprehension by reading with a teen buddy. Each student will be paired with a trained teen buddy or librarian to share books for 20 minutes. The focus will be on building vocabulary, background knowledge and enjoyment rather than decoding skills. Please sign up each week individually; only one slot per week. 

07/14/25 @ 5:00pm - 07/14/25 @ 5:30pm Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 07/15/2025 @ 5:00pm

Read with a Buddy (Registration required)

K – 2 Grade

Mondays, June 19- July 21 4:30-5 or 5-5:30

Develop language comprehension by reading with a teen buddy. Each student will be paired with a trained teen buddy or librarian to share books for 20 minutes. The focus will be on building vocabulary, background knowledge and enjoyment rather than decoding skills. Please sign up each week individually; only one slot per week. 

07/16/25 @ 6:00pm - 07/16/25 @ 6:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

Evening Storytime (Drop-In)

6:00-6:30 p.m.

Children of all ages can join us for a storytime. The Youth Services department provides age-appropriate interactive fun with stories, sign language, music, and more!

07/21/25 @ 4:30pm - 07/21/25 @ 5:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 06/23/2025 @ 9:01am Registration end: 07/21/2025 @ 4:30pm

Read with a Buddy (Registration required)

K – 2 Grade

Mondays, June 19- July 21 4:30-5 or 5-5:30

Develop language comprehension by reading with a teen buddy. Each student will be paired with a trained teen buddy or librarian to share books for 20 minutes. The focus will be on building vocabulary, background knowledge and enjoyment rather than decoding skills. Please sign up each week individually; only one slot per week. 

07/21/25 @ 5:00pm - 07/21/25 @ 5:30pm Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 07/21/2025 @ 5:00pm

Read with a Buddy (Registration required)

K – 2 Grade

Mondays, June 19- July 21 4:30-5 or 5-5:30

Develop language comprehension by reading with a teen buddy. Each student will be paired with a trained teen buddy or librarian to share books for 20 minutes. The focus will be on building vocabulary, background knowledge and enjoyment rather than decoding skills. Please sign up each week individually; only one slot per week. 

07/23/25 @ 6:00pm - 07/23/25 @ 6:30pm Room B Bloomingdale Public Library

Evening Storytime (Drop-In)

6:00-6:30 p.m.

Children of all ages can join us for a storytime. The Youth Services department provides age-appropriate interactive fun with stories, sign language, music, and more!

06/14/25 @ 9:00am - 06/14/25 @ 5:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

-This is not a library sponsored program-

The Anan Harmon chapter of the NSDAR will be in the BPL Lobby today only (June 14,2025) for Flag day- they will distribute flags and information on flag protocols. 

06/02/25 Bloomingdale Public Library

Craft Time (Drop-In) 

Families  

Monday, June 2 | 

Come make a rainbow craft. While supplies last. 

06/12/25 @ 10:30am - 06/12/25 @ 11:00am Off Site

Circle Park Storytime (Drop-In)

All Ages

Thursdays June 12, July 10 and August 7 

10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Join us for outdoor summer storytimes in Circle Park. Meet us at the Homola picnic shelter! Weather pending.

07/10/25 @ 10:30am - 07/10/25 @ 11:00am Off Site

Circle Park Storytime (Drop-In)

All Ages

Thursdays June 12, July 10 and August 7 

10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Join us for outdoor summer storytimes in Circle Park. Meet us at the Homola picnic shelter! Weather pending.

08/07/25 @ 10:30am - 08/07/25 @ 11:00am Off Site

Circle Park Storytime (Drop-In)

All Ages

Thursdays June 12, July 10 and August 7 

10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Join us for outdoor summer storytimes in Circle Park. Meet us at the Homola picnic shelter! Weather pending.

06/03/25 @ 1:30pm - 06/03/25 @ 2:30pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Little Tykes Drive-In (Registration Required)

Ages 2-4

Tuesday, June 3 |1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Start your engines, grab a snack and settle in as we watch some birthday shows in our own homemade drive-in movie theatre. 

06/03/25 @ 4:00pm - 06/03/25 @ 5:00pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

Middle Grade Makers (Drop-In) 

Grades 4-8 

Tuesday, June 3 & July 1 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

 

Drop by to try a new skill, make a fun craft to take home, and hang out with friends.

06/05/25 @ 2:00pm - 06/05/25 @ 4:00pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

Level Up with the Field Museum (Drop-In)

Grades K-6

Thursday, June 5 | 2:00-4:00 p.m. 

Drop-In and experience games and cultures from another time with these special exhibits on loan from the Field Museum. 

06/09/25 @ 1:00pm - 06/09/25 @ 2:15pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Dave DiNaso’s Traveling World of Reptiles (Drop-In)

Families

Monday, June 7| 1:00 p.m.- 2:15p.m.

Celebrate the library’s anniversary with this special reptile program. Learn about over a dozen different reptiles in this fun, interactive show for the whole family.