We love seeing classrooms, whether it is when we visit you at school or you bring the kids to the Library. We are happy to do tours, story times, book talking, technology demos, or anything else you might have in mind.
Just contact Tasneem Daud, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to set up a visit that meets your needs and schedule.
Visits to the Library
Library Tours
We’d love to see you at the Library. We offer Library tours for your class, and can customize your visit based on your grade levels, interests, or needs for specific assignments. We can even offer a special program while you are here, such as a story time, library information scavenger hunt, technology workshop, database instruction, or something else. Please contact us to build a tour today.
Special Story Times and Programs
Whether it is part of a Library tour or not, we can tailor-make any program you might be looking for:
- A special story time around a theme of your choice
- A technology class using some of our great gadgets and software we have in our PNG Computer Lab
- Instructional classes for using some of our online catalog or research tools for assignments
- Library information scavenger hunts to better learn about the Library and its resources
- We can create a class on any other specific topic you have in mind, and include crafts and activities that will help your students learn more about that topic
Contact us to start planning a fun and educational program for your class.
Meeting Room Space
Need a room for a meeting? Whether it is a Girl Scout meeting, PTO, study group, student organization, teacher's meeting, or practicing for a play, we can reserve a room for you to use. For more information contact us or click here.
Study Rooms
The Library is proud to offer five different study rooms for patron usage. The first floor has one 2-person study room, and two 4-person rooms, while the second floor has one 4-person room, and one large 8-person room. Rooms can be reserved up to two weeks ahead of time. For more information contact us or click here.
Library Visits to Your School & Classroom
Our staff is happy to come and visit you in your classroom, gym, lunchroom, or wherever. We can provide one of the offerings listed below, but are also happy to work with you come provide for whatever need you are looking for.
Story Times
We are happy to bring story time to you! We have a large repertoire of books, songs, fingerplays, and more that we love sharing with the kids. We can also build a story time around any theme of your choosing if your class is celebrating a holiday or learning about a particular subject.
Book Talking
We love talking about books. We believe everyone has the potential to be a reader if you find just the right book.
We would love to come to your class or library and bring a load of books to talk about, and even let the kids check them out (as long as they own a valid library card). We like to talk about new books and our favorites, but we can promote a selection of books on any theme you’d like.
Technology Demos
If you would like us to come to your classroom with our Makerbot Replicator (3D Printer) or one of our other tech toys, just contact Adan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information and to schedule a day and time. He is happy to give a demonstration, answer questions, and let the students try their hand at the technology to make something cool!
You are also welcome to bring your classroom to the Library where we can show you even more of the fun things available in our PNG Lab.
Research/Database Instruction
The Library offers many online resources that are great tools for doing research. We have databases that cover history, science, biography, literature, and more, providing full-text articles from books, newspapers, and journals that can be printed, emailed, or saved.
We would be happy to come to your school and show your students how to use these databases effectively for their research assignments.
Career Days
Would you like to have a librarian and information specialist at your career day? We love being librarians and are happy to come to your school and talk about our field.
Special Needs Programs
We are proud to offer customized story times for several of our local special needs schools in the Elmwood Park area. We are excited to provide this service and invite other special needs school groups to contact us to set up their own personalized program.
