ADULTS

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Materials for adults are located on the first floor of the library. Materials includes:

• fiction
• nonfiction
• large print
• westerns
• biographies
• audio books
• magazines
• ​newspapers (all of our newspaper subscriptions have been suspended due to the pandemic - our digital newspapers are available here)
• movies/television series (for all ages)
• a cool library of things (more details here)

​In addition, the first floor houses:

• nine public computer stations (due to social distancing requirements we are only able to use four stations at this time)
• copier/scanner/fax machine
• Friends of the Eureka Public Library District book sale room (currently closed due to the pandemic)

​If you need help with locating something, just ask staff for assistance.

JANUARY 2021

FICTION
F Andrews - The Pharaoh’s Daughter
F Ashcroft - Meet Me in Bombay
F Atkins - Robert B. Parker’s Someone To Watch Over Me
F Benjamin - The Children’s Blizzard
F Brown - Out of Hounds
F Dalton - Waiting for the Night Song
F Engberg - The Butterfly House
F Foster - The Captive
F Gardner - Before She Disappeared
F Goldberg - Bone Canyon
F Gray - A Perfect Amish Romance
F Gray - Save the Last Dance
F Green - Things We Didn’t Say
F Grippando - Twenty
F Grushin - The Charmed Wife
F Hedlund - A Cowboy for Keeps
F Johnson - Yellow Wife
F Kellerman - The Lost Boys
F Kelly - Frozen Crown
F Kelly - The Last Garden in England
F Kim - The Last Story of Mina Lee
F Macallister - The Arctic Fury
F McCall Smith - Pianos and Flowers
F Medie - His Only Wife
F O’Neal - When We Believed in Mermaids
F Peterson - Endless Mercy
F Pinter - A Stranger at the Door
F Preston & Child - The Scorpion’s Tail
F Ryan - Second Chance on Cypress Lane
F Shalvis - The Forever Girl
F Steel - Neighbors
F Weiden - Winter Counts
F Wiseman - The Orphan Collector

​LARGE PRINT – FICTION
F Andrews LGPR - Isaiah’s Legacy
F Andrews LGPR - Of Fire and Lions
F Pears LGPR - The Horseman
F Quinn LGPR - The Duke and I

BOOKS ON CD
CD B Alexander - With This Pledge
CD B Baldacci - One Good Deed
CD B Coble - Two Reasons to Run
CD B Eakes - My Enemy, My Heart
CD B Eakes - The Honorable Heir
CD B Gray - Take the Lead
CD B Harrison - The Big Seven
CD B Kirk - Summer in Good Hope
CD B Ladd - The Governess of Penwythe Hall
CD B Ladd - The Thief of Lanwyn Manor
CD B Martin - Long Way Gone
CD B Martin - Maggie
CD B Martin - The Mountain Between Us
CD B Martin - Send Down the Rain
CD B Martin - The Water Keeper
CD B Patterson - Unsolved
CD B Rosenberg - The Copper Scroll
CD B Thoene - When Jesus Wept
CD B Williams - The Golden Hour

MYSTERY
M Crawford - A Catered Book Club Murder
M Delany - A Curious Incident
M Ellis - One for the Road
M Fellowes - The Mitford Trial
M Stabenow - Spoils of the Dead
 
SCIENCE FICTION
SF Best - The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
SF Herbert - Dune

WESTERN
W North - Outlawed
W Wilcox - Dead Man’s Hand

NONFICTION
179 SAS - Hello, Habits
261.8 FRA - Let Us Dream
284.4 BAT - Win the Day
303.49 ZAK - Ten Lessons for a Post-pandemic World
305.8 DYS - Long Time Coming
306.9 LED - The Beauty of What Remains
362.1068 MOE - Get What’s Yours for Health Care
363.25 COM - Saving Justice
364.1523 PAT - Till Murder Do Us Part
364.66 RYA - Until I Could Be Sure
613.7 ZAD - When Brains Dream
641.5 GAS - Simply Smoothies
641.5 HEL - Hope’s Table
746.432 GEL - Robin Octopus & Friends

BIOGRAPHY
B Burks - All the Young Men
B Drummond - Frontier Follies
B Hinojosa - Once I Was You
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DVD
DVD 4363 B - A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas

CHILDREN’S DVD
​DVD 4361 C CH - Curious George - Go West, Go Wild
DVD 4362 L CH - Lego Jurassic World: Double Trouble
 
BLU-RAY
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Magazines Are Available For A One-Week Check Out With No Renewals:

A-C

Allrecipes​
American Patchwork and Quilting
Arthritis Today
Better Homes & Gardens
Birds & Blooms
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports on Health
Cook’s Country
Cook’s Illustrated
Country Living
Country Sampler
Country Woman

D-H

​Do It Yourself
​Eating Well
Entertainment Weekly
Family Handyman
Family Tree
Farmhouse
Food Network
Fur-Fish-Game
Garden Gate
Good Housekeeping
Health
HGTV
Horticulture
House Beautiful
Illinois Heritage
​Kiplinger's

M-P

Magnolia
Martha Stewart Living
Mary Jane’s Farm
Midwest Living
Mollie Makes
Mother Earth News
National Geographic
O: The Oprah Magazine
People
Peoria Magazine
​Pioneer Woman
Prevention

Q-W

Quick & Easy Quilts (McCall’s)
Reader’s Digest
Reader’s Digest (large print edition)
Real Simple
Reveal
Runner’s World
Smithsonian
Southern Living
Sports Illustrated
Taste of Home
This Old House
Time
Travel & Leisure
Woman’s Day

Newspapers Available Online:

Bloomington Pantagraph (digital editions for 1857 - 2020 are available on public computers)
Peoria Journal Star (digital editions are available with a Eureka Library Card)
Woodford County Journal (digital editions for 1896 - 2020 are available on public computers)

We are currently not receiving print newspapers at the library.

Educational and social programs are held throughout the month.

​Due to the pandemic, all of our programs are currently held virtually. Programs held on the Zoom platform will require registration, programs on Facebook will not.

Click on the button below to see our current program calendar, including programs for all age groups.

Program Calendar

Regular Programs:

Book Club

Join us for Book Club the first Thursday of every month! ​

Mystery Book Club

Join us for Mystery Book Club the second Monday of every month! ​

Hometown History: Notes on Eureka, Illinois blog

Librarian Cindy O'Neill loves researching local history! Read her Hometown History: Notes on Eureka, Illinois blog posts here.

Program in a Bag

February's Program in a Bag:
Take and Make Yarn Flower Craft

Until we can do in-person programs again, we have a new Program in a Bag for adults. Every month there will be a new themed bag with a craft, book list, and other activities! For February we have a Take and Make Yarn Flower Craft!

Pick up starting Tuesday, February 16.
*First-come, first-served. While supplies last.*

Special Programs:

Cozy Up with a Good Book
Winter Reading Program | February 1 - March 13

Read with us in February and March and work on activities at home to stay cozy and warm!

Registration will be open January 25 - February 5! Winter Reading is for all patrons aged 12+.

​Pick up your personalized Winter Reading card at the adult circulation desk starting February 1. Or let us know you want us to include yours in a Porch Pickup!

*NOTE: You must complete the online registration BEFORE you pick up your card.*

Guidelines:

1. Read at least 2 hours a week every week. You decide what you would like to read, it all counts! Bring in your card weekly to be stamped.
2. When all 6 squares are stamped, put your card into the drawing for a cozy winter reading gift basket!
3. Miss a week? Complete one of the extra activities and that will substitute for reading that week!​

Women's History presentation by author Suzanne Woods Fisher

Bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher will be joining us via Zoom for a presentation on Women's History, including the true story that inspired her new book The Moonlight School. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with library patrons.
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Thursday, March 11 | 6:00 pm
Free program. Registration required before 4:00 pm on Wednesday, March 10.

Medicare Made Clear

An informational virtual presentation about Medicare basics will be offered via Zoom. This program is ideal for anyone desiring updated information on Medicare Parts A-D or Medicare Supplements. All are welcome and registration is required for the library to send out the Zoom information. For further information, please contact Julie Bicksler at 309-231-5371 or at bixmix7@gmail.com. This program is for educational purposes only and no specific company's plan details will be shared.
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Monday, March 15 | 5:00 pm
Free program. Registration required before 4:00 pm on Friday, March 12.

Rules of the Road

The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office will be presenting this free review of the Rules of the Road via Zoom for anyone preparing to apply for or renew their license. This will be an online class with the instructor teaching remotely. Advanced registration is required in order to receive Zoom information and materials.
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Friday, March 19 | 9:30 am
Free program. Registration required before 4:00 pm on Thursday, March 18.

Learning About the DNA Hand You're Dealt: Utilizing Testing Company Tools

If you have taken a DNA test and don’t know what to do next, you won’t want to miss this program presented by Professional Genealogist Carol Genung. Learn about the DNA hand you’re dealt by utilizing the unique tools provided at each of these testing companies: AncestryDNA, MyHeritage, FamilyTreeDNA, and 23andMe. Come learn how to take advantage of these DNA tools to discover more about your DNA and ancestral origins.

Carol Genung, owner of Illuminated Ancestries, is a professional genealogist specializing in DNA evidence and Midwestern research. She also writes and lectures on a variety of DNA and genealogy topics. She has been researching for nearly 30 years and has a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University. She holds positions as a board member and editor of her local genealogy society’s journal Gleanings, as Regent of her DAR chapter, and as a volunteer at her local genealogy library. 
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Saturday, March 20 | 10:00 am
Free program. Registration required before 4:00 pm on Friday, March 19.

Previous virtual programs:

Virtual travelogues

We miss providing programs for all of you! To make up for it, we launched a Virtual Travelogue series of posts on Facebook and the library website through the summer! Our Virtual Travelogues toured our world's past and present - exploring all manner of cool things to be found on the internet!

Suffrage Saturday Virtual Film Fest

In August, Eureka Public Library hosted its first Virtual Film Fest! Every week we posted a link to a film about the Women's Suffrage movement, as well as a short review by one of our staff members. The movies were all free to view with a Eureka Public Library card. We encouraged patrons to watch the film, read the review, and let us know their thoughts!

The 19th amendment: 100 years of Women's suffrage

On the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment we held a special presentation by EPLD staff member Gennifer King. Watch the recording to learn about the history of the Women's Suffrage Movement in America and the women instrumental in the fight for winning the right to vote!

Encore Presentations

How to Make a Photo Book
Watch this encore presentation of Librarian Debra Blunier's tutorial on how to make your very own keepsake photo book using popular online services!

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Pumpkins, Parades & Pies: Eureka's Pumpkin Festival Past
​Take a step back in time and view a visual history of the Eureka Pumpkin Festival! The festival, which was held between 1939 and 1961, regularly averaged at least 50,000 attendees from all over Illinois and the Midwest. In 1947 film star and Eureka College alumnus Ronald Reagan and Illinois Governor Dwight Green attended, drawing national attention.

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Immigration Puzzles: Tips for Documenting Your Ancestor's Journey
​If you missed out on Librarian Cindy O'Neill's genealogy presentation from last month, we will be posting the recording as an encore presentation! You may know where your ancestor immigrated from, but pinpointing exactly when and how can often be a challenge. The recording will go over a review of resources to check and a few case studies from Cindy's own family tree.