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'The Care & Keeping of You' author and her podcast co-host break down puberty for today's parents

Associated Press
Oct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - The average onset of puberty is about two years earlier than a generation ago. Well over half of tweens and teens report body image issues. The average age of first expo...
Annual Folktoberfest to support Beyond Hunger's pop-up pantry

Submitted by Loretta Sawyer
Oct 10, 2023 11:00 pm - Music & Potlucks presents the sixth annual Folktoberfest on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 26-27, and Sunday, Oct. 29. All events take place at the Friendly Music Community i...
Book bans and politics: Not just a school issue, public libraries see surge in challenges

By Steve Zalusky
Oct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - Challenges to books in schools libraries have led to heated debates across the suburbs, from Antioch in far northern Lake County to Barrington in the Northwest suburbs a...
Schaumburg's Library Boxes offer hand-picked books for readers

By Hollis Sienkiewicz Schaumburg Township District Library
Oct 07, 2023 6:00 am - When Schaumburg Township District Library first offered Library Boxes back in 2018, it was just for teens. The Steen family of Schaumburg remembers jumping on board righ...
Book review: Sketch-comedy star Keegan-Michael Key breaks down the art form in hilarious new book

By Mike Householder Associated Press
Oct 07, 2023 6:00 am - Keegan-Michael and Elle know more than a few of the Key characteristics of successful sketch comedy. Which means they would be the first to point out that lines like tha...
Meet Tri-Cities author Sammi King at St. Charles book signing

By Dave Heun
Oct 06, 2023 6:00 am - Earlier this year, we highlighted some local journalists who just happened to be publishing books around the same time. Former Daily Herald columnist Sammi King of Batav...
Jon Fosse, a Norwegian master of spare Nordic writing, wins the Nobel Prize in literature

By DAVID KEYTON, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
Oct 05, 2023 1:00 am - STOCKHOLM - Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work tackles birth, death, faith and the other "elemental stuff" of life in spare Nordic prose, won the Nobel Prize for Lit...
Book by Naperville North student inspires youth with dyslexia and other learning roadblocks

Submitted by Catherine Mini
Oct 01, 2023 11:00 pm - Just in time for National Dyslexia Awareness Month in October, Naperville North High School junior Rory Andrlik - who lives and learns with dyslexia - has written a chil...
Book review: 'SNL' star Leslie Jones drops raw memoir mixed with life advice

By Rob Merrill Associated Press
Sep 30, 2023 6:00 am - Leslie Jones wants to set one thing straight in her memoir: She is undeniable. The word pops up 11 times in the book. Indefatigable is another good word to describe a co...
Gail Borden Library to host Authors Fair Oct. 8

Submitted by Gail Borden Public Library
Sep 28, 2023 11:00 pm - Discover new books for your nightstand at the Authors Fair 2023 from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave. in downtown Elgin. ...

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