Library News

March 8, 2025

Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

Jeremy reviews a novel about a savvy but broke young woman who races against time and temptation to solve a financial mess.

Upcoming Events

This event is in the "School-aged Children" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

EPWC Art Show

All Day 4/21 - 4/27
School-aged Children, Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Civic Complex Atrium
Age Group: School-aged Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Special Events
Event Details:

Enjoy an eclectic display of art during the East Peoria Woman’s Club Art Show. The judged exhibit showcases the art of East Peoria Central Jr. High and East Peoria Community High School students. Winners are awarded ribbons.

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.

Babies and Books

9:30am - 10:00am
Children, Babies & Toddlers
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Babies and their grown-ups are invited to a storytime just for them! We’ll read a short book, sing songs together, and have some sensory playtime too.

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.

Toddler Time

10:00am - 11:00am
Children, Babies & Toddlers
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Toddlers up to 3 years old are invited to read, dance, and sing with us at storytime with tickles and giggles galore! This program will make sure everyone is ready for preschool. Every storytime will have some fun playtime afterwards!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Preschoolers" group.

Favorite Character Storytime

10:00am - 10:45am
Children, Preschoolers
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Join us for storytime, an interactive gathering with stories featuring our favorite characters, songs, rhymes, and movement. Snacks and social time for young children and their grown-ups.

Jan 9: Curious George

Jan 16: Bluey

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. 

Open Food Present as Part of Program

Patrons will be handling open food as part of this program. The library intends to keep this event as safe as possible but cannot guarantee that food handled at this program has no allergens and has not come into contact with allergens. Please contact the library with any questions concerning potential allergens.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Uniquely Abled: Bunny Paintings

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Adults
Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Story & Craft Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Hop on in for a fun, spring craft! We'll be using a resist painting technique to create cute bunnies!

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Book Club After Dark

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Fondulac District Library
Room: Kolb Memorial Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book & Author Events
Event Details:

Book club after dark will meet at 6:00pm on the fourth Thursday of each month in the library's meeting room. This book club is for those readers who like a little spice - from romance to magic and more.

FDL Features

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Ready Player One

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.

“Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly

A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready?

In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.

When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. 

Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly San Francisco Chronicle Village Voice Chicago Sun-Times iO9 The AV Club

“Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”HuffPost

“An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN

“A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”Boston Globe

“Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR

“[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”iO9

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The Gilded Wolves

*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

First in a “wildly inventive and wildly representative” (The New York Times Book Review) historical fantasy series, Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves follows the exploits of a found family—six societal outcasts tasked with stealing a powerful artifact that can alter their lives for the better, but at the cost of breaking the world.

All eyes are on Paris where the Exposition Universelle World Fair is to be held. Hidden among the technological marvels and artistic creations on display is an item of unimaginable power—a Babel fragment that would enable those who wield it with magical Forging abilities over nature’s elements.

Séverin Montagnet-Alarie's birthright was stolen from him. Now, to reclaim his rightful place among France’s elite, he must obtain the Babel fragment for the Order. It is a heist that will require the ingenuity and skills of those with nothing to lose and everything to gain: Enrique, a gifted historian and wordsmith, caught between two worlds; Zofia, a brilliant Forging artist and engineer, separated from her family; Hypnos, a rival aristocrat who needs an ally among the Order; Tristan, an extraordinary Forger raised at Séverin’s side, loyal to his adopted brother’s quest; and Laila, the mysterious dancer and espionage artist who stole Séverin’s heart in a moment of vulnerability he couldn’t afford.

But as the dangerous risks of their escapade surge, Séverin finds himself torn between his desire for revenge against all those who wronged him and the people he’s deliberately placing in harm’s way—including the woman he loves and fears to lose... 

“A masterpiece of imagination.” —New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Garber

“Part political misadventure, part puzzle and thoroughly charming, with a band of rapscallions and a string of surprises.” —New York Times bestselling author Holly Black

“[A] smart, dark adventure.” —New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“Riveting, heart-wrenching, and full of Old Hollywood glamour, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is one of the most captivating reads of 2017.” —BuzzFeed

“The epic adventures Evelyn creates over the course of a lifetime will leave every reader mesmerized. This wildly addictive journey of a reclusive Hollywood starlet and her tumultuous Tinseltown journey comes with unexpected twists and the most satisfying of drama.” —PopSugar

In this entrancing novel “that speaks to the Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor in us all” (Kirkus Reviews), a legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.

“Heartbreaking, yet beautiful” (Jamie Blynn, Us Weekly), The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is “Tinseltown drama at its finest” (Redbook): a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day as two women struggle with what it means—and what it costs—to face the truth.

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