STICKNEY-FOREST VIEW
PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
FEBRUARY 2023 | Events & Updates
6800 W. 43rd Street, Stickney, IL 60402 (708) 749-1050    www.sfvpld.org
SPECIAL EVENT
THANK YOU!
  
Our Oak Park Avenue
Book Drop is back!
 
A huge thank you to 
Mayor Jeff Walik and
Public Works for repairing and restoring our Book Drop!
 
PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS
Writer's Group
Thursday, February 2 @ 6PM
Adult Craft:
Valentine's Day Rock Painting

Friday, February 3 @ 2PM
Fit Club
Saturdays, February 4, 11, 18 & 25 @ 10AM
Adult Sew:
Fabric Envelope

Monday, February 6 @ 2PM
Adult Craft:
Rose Petal Sugar Scrub

Saturday, February 11 @ 1PM
Fiber Arts Friends
Mondays, February 13 & 27 @ 2PM
Beginner's Computer Class
Tuesday, February 14 @ 11:30AM
Level Up! Adult Video Gaming
(Ages 16 & up)
Wedneday, February 22 @ 6PM
PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS AGES 55 & UP
Virtual Chair Yoga (Z)
Thursday, February 2, 9 & 16 @ 2PM
You can register for this program by clicking on the program name. This program will be held on Zoom.  For registration information, the Zoom link and program details, click on the program title or call adult reference at (708) 749-1050x120.
43RD STREET BOOK CLUB
 
 
Monday, February 27 @ 6:30PM
 
Pick up a copy of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt and join the 43rd Street Book Club discussion of this uplifting novel of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant octopus. 
NEW MOVIES
Halloween ends /

Four years after his Halloween night rampage, Laurie Strode prepares for a final showdown against Michael Myers
Smile /

After witnessing a traumatic incident, Dr. Rose Cotter begins to experience an overwhelming feeling of terror and frightening supernatural occurrences that she can not explain
Three thousand years of longing /

While in Istanbul, a lonely middle-aged scholar encounters a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom
NEW VIDEO GAMES!
 Did you get a new video game console during the holidays or are just looking for some new games to play? Look forward to the latest titles from PS5, Switch and XBOX Series consoles available now! 
NEW BOOKS
Stone blind : a novel
by Natalie Haynes

Attacked by Poseidon in Athene’s temple, Medusa, the most beautiful of the Gorgon sisters, is punished and transformed into a monster whose gaze will turn any living creature to stone, forcing her into a life of solitude until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest. 100,000 first printing. Illustrations.
Don't Fear the Reaper
by Stephen Graham Jones

Returning to rural Proofrock after being released from prison, Jade Daniels runs afoul of a convicted serial killer, who escapes from a prison transfer in a blizzard, in the second novel of the series following My Heart is a Chainsaw.
The little wartime library
by Kate Thompson

In 1944 London, librarian Clara Button creates an underground library and shelter, but, as the war drags on, finds her determination to remain strong in the face of adversity tested to the limit when it may come at the price of keeping those closest to her alive. Original. 75,000 first printing.
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PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS & TEENS
LEGO Club
Wednesday, February 1 @ 11AM
Thursday, February 2 @ 4PM
Valentine's Day
Card Craft 
Saturday, February 4 @
10AM & 3PM
Storytimes
Mondays @ 1PM
Tuesdays @ 11AM
Tissue Paper
Heart Craft
Saturday, February 11 @
10AM & 3PM
 
Spanish Storytime
Monday, February 13 @ 5PM
Valentine's Day Party
Tuesday, February 14 @ 4PM
Teen/Tween After Hours (10-16)
Friday, February 17 @ 5PM
Paper Flower Hyacinth Craft 
Saturday February 18 @ 10AM
Friendship Rocks
Saturday, February 18 @ 3PM
Mardi Gras Party
Tuesday, February 21 @ 4PM
Book Social
Wednesday, February 22 @ 1PM
Whirlygig Craft
Saturday, February 25 @
10AM & 3PM
These programs require registration, so we know how many guests to expect and have enough supplies & space for all. Registration opens 2 weeks before each program date and closes the day before the program. Please observe age ranges for each program. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook for program info, program photos &
more!  Stickney-Forest View Library
Children's & Teen Departments
DROP-IN PROGRAMS: *Drop-In crafts & activities do not require registration. 
Drop in
Rainbow Loom
Tuesdays, February 7, 14, 21 & 28 @ 6PM
Play Doh Playtime
Thursdays, February 2, 9. 16 & 23 @ 10AM
NEW BOOKS FOR KIDS & TEENS
Diary of an awesome friendly kid : Rowley Jefferson's journal
by Jeff Kinney

Greg Heffley's best friend and biographer shares first-person insights into their middle-school experiences while making a decided mess of Greg's life story. By the award-winning creator of Rodrick Rules and Getaway
Hooky. Volume 2
by Míriam Bonastre Tur

"With witches like their parents out for power and blood and non-magical people increasingly threatened by them, Dani and Dorian don't know whose side they're on...or if anyone's on their side. That includes their brother, Damien, who disappeared after being crowned King of Witches. But since Monica's father, the king, and her fiancé, Prince William disappeared, too, Dani and Dorian know they must set out to find their lost allies. Luckily, they aren't alone"
Lunchbox : so easy, so delicious, so much fun to eat
by Marnie Hanel

Serving as both a cookbook and lookbook, these 75 easy-to-make themed lunchbox creations are meant to reinforce learning, celebrate holidays and set children up to have a positive relationship with food. 30,000 first printing. Illustrations.
Stickney-Forest View Public Library District
6800 43rd St.
Stickney, Illinois 60402
(708) 749-1050

https://www.sfvpld.org/