🚨 Get ready to rockhop with excitement — we've got double the news! 🚨 We are welcoming two new southern rockhopper penguin chicks to the colony at Shedd and are excited to share all about them with you! 🥚 The young birds hatched just days apart on June 18 and June 20. (1/4)

This is Fatman. He has an outfit for every occasion. Sometimes that outfit is a cozy blanket. But he still pulls it off. 12/10

Anyone else feel like they're being watched? 👀 📷 Keeper Callum #DartmoorZoo #DZS #Devon #Binturong

Want to help birds keep cool through the summer? Provide a shallow birdbath with one to two inches of water. Birds will use baths as a cooling oasis to splash in and drink. Keep an eye on water levels and clean out your birdbath regularly. 📷 Courtney Celley/USFWS

Ready to deepen your understanding of the LGBTQ+ community? Join us for an in-depth exploration that goes beyond the basics. Let’s learn, grow, and support each other together! Register: phpl.info/event/lgbtq-10… #phpl #library #libraries #LGBTQ #community

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘tchotchke.’ ow.ly/lLKK50SWMIY

Today's #WordOfTheDay is riffraff. Learn more about this word: dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-…

It's Friday! What are you reading this weekend?

“This is a community labor of love. We are working together through our StoryWalk project to promote literacy, family time together in nature and physical activity" - Katie O’Brian, head of youth services at Prospect Heights Public Library. Illinois Library Association RAILS Libraries journal-topics.com/articles/new-s…

Brown bears are scent-sational! 👃 With noses 75 times more powerful than ours, they can detect scents from miles away. Their olfactory bulb, a small organ that helps identify odors, is five times larger than a human's, giving them an incredible sense of smell.

which vacation spots are on your list for the rest of the year? 🌴

Who are your top book boyfriends? 💖 Let us know which literary heartthrobs have captured your imagination!

Do you read every day?

Thank you for being Elmo's friend today and every day. ❤️ #WorldMentalHealthDay #EmotionalWellBeing

📆🎉October is #NationalBookMonth! Share and tell everyone what you're #reading to celebrate! #LibbyApp #Bookish #BookTwitter #CheckOutYourLibrary #LibraryLove

Join us on Oct. 16 for our first bi-monthly discussion series, beginning with First Arrivals! All are welcome to share stories and experiences of how you, your parents, or grandparents came to the U.S. Refreshments will be provided. #immigrants #migrants #community #newbeginnings

Join us at 7pm on Wednesday, Dec. 4 to share how you celebrate your cultural holidays, weddings, births, and rites of passage! Register here: phpl.info/event/immigran… #immigrants #refugees #migrants #community #holidays #weddings #discussion #prospectheights #illinois #libraries

Join us at 7 PM on Wednesday, February 19, for an open and heartfelt conversation about the challenges and cultural biases that immigrants face in the U.S. 👥 Registration is now open: phpl.info/event/immigran…

DCFS is hiring! Join us at 11am, Wednesday, January 22 to get information on job opportunities, how to navigate the application process & best practices during the interview process. Register here: phpl.info/event/dcfs-572…

Want to share your story? The Library is looking for volunteers to be “Books” for our Human Library event on May 8! Virtual training provided. Email [email protected] by Feb. 28 & for more info visit phpl.info/human-library We can’t wait to hear from you! 📚