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Featured Artist: Karly Zumwalt
The Effingham Public Library is pleased to host local artist, Karly Zumwalt. A young artist, Karly is 11 years old and in the 6th grade at Altamont Grade School. A self-taught artist, she enjoys...
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Featured Artist: Judson Karrick
The Effingham Public Library is pleased to host local artist, Judson Karrick. Jusdon began art lessons with Miss Jamie at Stang Arts at the age of 5. His first painting was a green tractor for his...
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Featured Artist: Angie Fauss
The Effingham Public Library is pleased to host local artist, Angie Fauss. Angie graduated form Parkland College in 2013 with an Associates in Photography. She is now 38 years old and offers...
View ArticleStaff Read – September
Our Staff Read for September is ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ by John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book...
View ArticleThe EPL will be closed on September 5th in observance of Labor Day.
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View ArticleStaff Read – October
Our Staff Read for October is ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’ by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a 2015 novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. It tells of a café in Tokyo that allows its...
View ArticleFeatured Artist: Heather Sandy
The Effingham Public Library is pleased to host local artist, Heather Sandy. Heather Sandy currently resides in Effingham, Illinois. She is originally from Dayton, Ohio She has always loved creating...
View ArticleStaff Read – November
Our Staff Read for November is ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ by Sue Monk Kidd. The Secret Life of Bees is a fiction book by the American author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story about...
View ArticleStaff Read – December
From the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People, Fredrik Backman captivates readers with a dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream—and the price required to make...
View ArticleThe EPL will be Closed December 24th, 25th, and 26th for Christmas.
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View ArticleThe EPL will be Closed Dec. 31st, Jan. 1st, and Jan. 2nd for New Years.
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View ArticleThe EPL will be closed Jan. 16th for Martin Luther King Day & Staff Training.
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View ArticleFeatured Artist: Connie Vonderheide
The Effingham Public Library is pleased to host local artist, Connie Vonderheide. Connie started painting in grade school and attended summer art classes at Allerton Park and Retreat Center in...
View ArticleBook Recommendation – February
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Fiction (2022) A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to...
View ArticleFeatured Artists: EHS Senior Advanced Art Class Students
The Effingham Public Library is hosting an art show during the month of March exhibiting work from Effingham High School Advanced Art Seniors. The 2023 Effingham High School Senior Art Show showcases 5...
View ArticleBook Recommendation – March
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s...
View ArticleBook Recommendation – April
For the Kid I Saw in My Dreams, Vol. 1 (Manga Series) Senri Nakajou’s twin brother was his everything, the one who protected him from their abusive father, the one whose pain he felt as his own. That...
View ArticleFeatured Artists: Winners of the Effingham Art Guild Children’s Show
The Effingham Public Library is excited to share the winners of the Effingham Art Guild Children’s Show. Their art will be showcased at the EPL from April 1st to April 28th. The post Featured Artists:...
View ArticleBook Recommendation – May
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fiction (2022) In this exhilarating novel, two friends–often in love, but never lovers–come together as...
View ArticleBook Recommendation – June
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn’t been too great, but at least he’s not being bullied anymore, and he’s sort of got a...
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