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December 2025 Staff Picks
Check out this month's recommendations from Chicago Public Library. Visit our Books page for previous lists of recommendations.
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Events
Write at CPL Celebration
Dec 1st | 5:00pm - 7:00pm
KIN by Mail: A Postcard Workshop
Dec 3rd | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Sulzer Comic & Arts Festival: Artist Alley & Merch Market
Dec 6th | 10:00am - 4:00pm
Write at CPL Celebration
Dec 1st | 5:00pm - 7:00pm
KIN by Mail: A Postcard Workshop
Dec 3rd | 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Sulzer Comic & Arts Festival: Artist Alley & Merch Market
Dec 6th | 10:00am - 4:00pm
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Teens at CPL
LGBT History Month for Kids and Teens (2025)
Celebrate LBGTQIA+ history in October and all year around with the books recommended by CPL's Rainbow Committee.
"Wicked" Good Teen Musicals
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Teen Staff Picks (September 2025)
Check out our latest staff favorites for teen reading.
LGBT History Month for Kids and Teens (2025)
Celebrate LBGTQIA+ history in October and all year around with the books recommended by CPL's Rainbow Committee.
"Wicked" Good Teen Musicals
If you like Wicked, you'll enjoy these other teen musicals whose stories defy gravity.
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Growing Minds, Going Green: Fiction for Teens
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Celebrate Literature and the Library at 2025 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards
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