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April 2026 Staff Picks
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International Jazz Day Performance: Captain Walter Dyett
Apr 11th | 1:30pm - 2:30pm
The World in Our Backyard: Poetry of Place and Resistance
Apr 11th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm
No Preguntarme Nada Poetry Workshop with Brighton Park Poets
Apr 11th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm
No Preguntarme Nada Bilingual Poetry Workshop
Apr 11th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm
International Jazz Day Performance: Captain Walter Dyett
Apr 11th | 1:30pm - 2:30pm
The World in Our Backyard: Poetry of Place and Resistance
Apr 11th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm
No Preguntarme Nada Poetry Workshop with Brighton Park Poets
Apr 11th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm
No Preguntarme Nada Bilingual Poetry Workshop
Apr 11th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm
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Rebecca Caudill Award Nominees 2026-2027
The Illinois Readers' Choice Award selected by kids ages 9-14. For more information, visit rebeccacaudill.org
Monarch Book Award Nominees 2026-2027
The Illinois Readers' Choice Award selected by kids ages 5-8. For more information, visit https://aisled.org/monarch/
Bluestem State Book Award Nominees 2026-2027
The Illinois Readers' Choice Award selected by kids ages 8-11. For more information visit aisled.org/bluestem
Rebecca Caudill Award Nominees 2026-2027
The Illinois Readers' Choice Award selected by kids ages 9-14. For more information, visit rebeccacaudill.org
Monarch Book Award Nominees 2026-2027
The Illinois Readers' Choice Award selected by kids ages 5-8. For more information, visit https://aisled.org/monarch/
Bluestem State Book Award Nominees 2026-2027
The Illinois Readers' Choice Award selected by kids ages 8-11. For more information visit aisled.org/bluestem
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Best Teen Graphic Novels and Manga 2025
Chicago Public Library recommends these titles as the very best graphic novels and manga published for teens in 2025.
Best Teen Fiction 2025
Chicago Public Library recommends these titles as the very best fiction published for teens in 2025.
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Best Teen Graphic Novels and Manga 2025
Chicago Public Library recommends these titles as the very best graphic novels and manga published for teens in 2025.
Best Teen Fiction 2025
Chicago Public Library recommends these titles as the very best fiction published for teens in 2025.
Chilling Teen Mysteries
Discover a teen mystery perfect for the cold weather season.
Growing Minds, Going Green: Fiction for Teens
Celebrate summer with these fantasy, romance and science fiction titles with themes of nature and adventure.
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Celebrate Literature and the Library at 2025 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards
Join the Chicago Public Library Foundation as they honor Pulitzer-Prize winning author Percival Everett, poet luminary José Olivarez, and former Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey.
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