Literature
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McHenry author, Island Lake illustrator collaborate on children's book series
Aug 25, 2023 6:00 am - “Too Many Hamsters in My House!” and “The Hiccuping, Hopping Hamster” are not problems for furry pets in a local day care center. Instead, they're two of the stories McH...
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Book review: Small-town politics and big family drama drive crime thriller 'Where the Dead Sleep'
Aug 22, 2023 6:00 am - "Where the Dead Sleep" by Joshua Moehling (Poisoned Pen Press) "Where the Dead Sleep" begins pleasantly enough: Detective Ben Packard is back, becoming m...
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'Catch The Twain: The Musical' comes to Fountaindale Library Aug. 31Aug 20, 2023 11:00 pm - The Fountaindale Library District in Bolingbrook presents "Catch The Twain: The Musical" on Thursday, Aug. 31. The family-friendly, entertaining and educational program...
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Book review: James McBride's latest novel is a tour de force celebrating community and compassion
Aug 19, 2023 6:00 am - "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride (Riverhead Books) "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store," James McBride's tour de force of a new novel, o...
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Wheaton cancer survivor and artist creates coloring books for patients undergoing cancer careAug 16, 2023 11:00 pm - For many, there's not much to laugh about during the stressful time of cancer care. However, finding the humor in even the most difficult situations can actually be ther...
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Books banned in other states fuel Vermont lieutenant governor's reading tour
Aug 16, 2023 1:00 am - WATERBURY, Vt. - On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vermont's lieutenant governor was at a local library, reading a book about two male penguins to a crowd of nearly two doze...
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Priceless comics fly off shelves at Rosemont's Fan ExpoAug 13, 2023 11:00 pm - As crowds flooded the first day of Fan Expo in Rosemont on Thursday, Aug. 10, the cash registers kept ringing at the many comic book booths in the massive hall full of a...
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Book review: A private eye's death sets a Chicago cop on a hairy investigation in 'Dead and Gone'
Aug 12, 2023 6:00 am - "Dead and Gone" by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur) A private eye named Sam Tran is dead, hanged from a tree in a local cemetery, and Chicago P.D. Detectiv...
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Book review: Colson Whitehead pens entertaining, uneven sequel to 2021 bestseller 'Harlem Shuffle'
Aug 05, 2023 6:00 am - "Crook Manifesto" by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) In his bestselling 2021 crime novel "Harlem Shuffle," Colson Whitehead introduced the complicated chara...
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Friends of Wheaton Public Library plan Book and Media Sale Aug. 10-13Aug 03, 2023 11:00 pm - The Friends of the Wheaton Public Library are gearing up for their biggest fundraiser of the year. The annual Book and Media Sale will be Thursday to Sunday, Aug. 10-1...