Youth Services

Current Programs

Check out the current Youth Services brochure for all the latest information on storytimes, special programs and more.
Read the January - February Brochure (PDF)

Virtual Programming

Check out our YouTube Channel for the latest virtual programming content.

Register for Programs
Youth Services Blog

Summer Reading Grand Prize Winners

Book Lists

Current Award Winners

• Newbery Award
• Caldecott Award
• Rebecca Caudill nominees
• Bluestem Readers’ Choice nominees
• Monarch Award nominees
• Lincoln Award: Teen Readers’ Choice nominees

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

The Oak Brook Public Library is proud to be part of the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten nationwide initiative. Find out more about the 1,000 Books Foundation .
Sign up your newborn, infant or toddler for our 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program. This ongoing program will help build your child’s vocabulary, print awareness, early literacy skills and more as you read 1000 books before they start their first day of Kindergarten.
Stop by the Youth Services desk today to sign up. Your child will get prizes along the way to celebrate as you read!
1000 Books Reading Suggestions (PDF)

Museum Passes

Museum Adventure Pass
Oak Brook Public Library cardholders can check out free passes to many of the local area museums and attractions, including the Brookfield Zoo, the Legoland Discovery Center and many others. More information (PDF).

Explore More Illinois
Explore More Illinois makes it possible for the Library to offer free passes, discounted admission and other deals from a wide variety of Illinois cultural attractions to library cardholders. Print your passes from home!

Recommend A Purchase

Can't find the book, audiobook, DVD, CD or digital title you are looking for? Use the Library's Recommend A Purchase form.