ALT Library program where participants create bird collages on aged book pages — two guests each display finished crow artworks, while a group cuts and glues at a long checkered table.
ALT Promotional collage: close-up portrait of Lindsay Currie beside two book covers — "The Secret Bookstore Sleuth Society" and "X Marks the Haunt."
ALT A hand holds a smartphone displaying the SWAN Libraries+ app with Fiction, Nonfiction, and Youth sections showing book covers and filter tags like Best Sellers and New Fiction, against blurred bookshelves in the background.
ALT Round "I VOTED" stickers featuring blue stars and red stripes in a half-flag design scattered across a white tabletop.
ALT A cartoon detective in a gray trench coat and fedora inspects something through a magnifying glass held by a mechanical arm, standing confidently on a blue background beside the white "kanopy kids" logo.
ALT Children's board-book cover showing Elmo and Rosita celebrating Day of the Dead with colorful papel picado, a decorated sugar skull, pan de muerto bread, and marigold flowers; title reads "The Day of the Dead on Sesame Street!"
ALT Outdoor Halloween storytime: an adult in a blue bird costume reads a picture book to three children in Halloween costumes seated on hay bales.
ALT Library outreach table for Indian Prairie Public Library at a parking-lot event; a smiling staff member wearing a colorful cape and sunglasses holds a black cat plush in front of a blue SUV while the table displays flyers, pencils, hand sanitizer, and a Halloween candy bowl.
ALT Smiling staff member behind an outdoor kids' reading table holding a purple-flamed ghost-lantern plush; the table shows children's books, lollipops, and signup flyers.
ALT Library staff member in bright teal "Indian Prairie Public Library" shirt wearing a playful blue bird costume with oversized paper eyes and yellow beak, leaning forward hands on hips at an outdoor parking-lot event with an info table nearby.
ALT Trick-or-treat hours 2026 — Darien: no set hours (children encouraged to go during daylight); Willowbrook: 2–7 p.m.; Burr Ridge: 3–7 p.m.; reminder to trick-or-treat safely on Saturday, Oct. 31.
ALT Library tote from Indian Prairie Public Library holding recent checkouts: Karin Slaughter hardcover "We Are All Guilty Here," a Playaway audiobook, and Peanuts and Fantastic Four DVDs.
ALT Caregivers and young children in colorful Halloween costumes: a smiling caregiver with a face-painted child, a toddler in a green dinosaur outfit clapping, a kid in a pink princess dress holding a pumpkin bag, and two seated children watching an storytime.
ALT Six smiling team members in Halloween costumes pose in a library aisle holding candy buckets as they greet trick-or-treaters.
ALT Promotional collage: close-up portrait of Lindsay Currie beside two book covers — "The Secret Bookstore Sleuth Society" and "X Marks the Haunt."
ALT Orange tabby cat with green eyes and a blue collar tag staring intently while resting.
ALT Tabby kitten sprawled across a laptop keyboard.
ALT Grey-and-white cat sleeping with its head on a leather couch arm, one paw stretched forward and the other tucked near its face.
ALT 2026 trick-or-treat hours announcement: Darien — no set hours (children encouraged to trick-or-treat during daylight), Willowbrook — 2–7 p.m., Burr Ridge — 3–7 p.m.; reminder to trick-or-treat safely on Saturday, Oct. 31.
ALT Two decorative holiday gift ornaments featuring a family playing on a beach, with the greetings "merry christmas & happy new year!" and "love, the martins."
ALT White knit beanie with folded cuff embroidered with three small winter icons: a red mug, a blue snowflake, and a patterned mitten with a pink cuff.
ALT Wooden snowman ornament wearing a black top hat and teal scarf, smiling with a carrot nose and three black buttons, holding a red banner that reads "happy holidays" with blue ornament accents and white hanging ribbons.
ALT Dia De Los Muertos community ofrenda table with a sign reading "Dia De Los Muertos Community Ofrenda," decorated colorful sugar skulls, bright marigold garland, candles, paper decorations, and a framed photo honoring loved ones.
ALT People working quietly at a row of individual study desks with clear plexiglass dividers in a library-style study area; one person at a laptop with a backpack on the floor, spaced seats and armchairs visible down the aisle.
ALT WRITE-ON artwork with the letter I shown as a navy pencil topped by four short vertical color bars (red, green, yellow, blue), and teal subtext reading "Sponsored by the Gift of Carl Foundation."
ALT Two smiling adults sitting side-by-side in a community room, each holding a paper plate of spaghetti and posing cheerfully for the camera.
ALT Adults in a hands-on cooking session preparing Filipino food: one person serves noodles from a foil tray while others shape lumpia wrappers around a table with bowls, a cutting board, and a visible "Taste of the Philippines" sign.
ALT Group cooking lesson with an instructor guiding a participant’s hands to fold a dumpling or pastry wrapper on a cutting board while others watch, with bowls, utensils, paper towels, and wrappers on the table.
ALT Instructor standing at a table demonstrating a technique, holding a small hexagonal piece while a group of seated adults watch.
ALT Promotional collage for hoopla’s Bonus Borrows program advertising extra media without using your borrows, featuring cover art for The 5 Love Languages, the series Alone Together, a superhero comic and a dark fantasy novel.
ALT A spooky Halloween scene: a moonlit haunted house with glowing jack-o'-lanterns, two ghost figures on the steps, bats and an owl in bare trees, a gargoyle and skulls by an iron gate, a black cat and fog-filled graveyard lit by lanterns puzzle.
ALT Playful kittens, a puppy and a golden retriever posed among jars of candy, lollipops and scattered gumballs in a colorful, whimsical sweetshop puzzle illustration.
ALT Completed jigsaw puzzle depicting a vibrant coral reef teeming with colorful tropical fish, starfish, and coral beneath a clear waterline, with a distant island and orange-pink sunset sky visible above.
ALT Completed circular jigsaw puzzle depicting a stained-glass–style mandala.