Addison Public Library (IL) Children’s Library Tour

The Addison Public Library opened its new building July 2008. The dream about a new library became a reality on July 21, 2008, when the new building opened to the public for the first time.  Thanks to the Village of Addison, which provide $13,000,000 in funding to build the 54,600 square foot building, the library has a magnificent new home. The money from the Village did not come from property taxes but from a .25% sales tax that has been in place for many years. The new building was designed by the architectural firm of Burnidge Cassell & Associates, Inc. The lead architect was Rick McCarthy. M. A. Mortenson oversaw the construction of the building. Neil Wisker was the project manager. The art work "Grand Openings" was created by Gregory Gove.

The Children's Library

While online, visit us at Facebook.  When visiting the children's Library, be sure to stop by our Early Literacy Play Area and don't miss our Special Art Feature, "Grand Openings." There are also computers for use by children fifth grade and younger in the Children's Library.

Tips for parents about children using the Library.

Children's Collections

• Board Books
• Easy Fiction or Picture Books (through grade 2)
  
• Easy Readers (Kindergarten-grade 2)
• Fiction or Chapter Books (grades 3-5)
  
• Series Books (grades 1-5)
• Children's Nonfiction Books
  
• Children's Audio Books (books on CD or Playaway)
  
• DVDs
• Read-alongs (books with CD)
  
• Story Totes (a story time in a bag)
  
• Tutoring Totes
  
• CDs
  
• Puzzles
  
• Games
  
• Video Games for DS, 3DS, Wii, Playstation 3, and XBOX 360

• CD-ROMs
  
• Spanish books, read-alongs, videos, audio books, CDs
  
• Polish books, DVDs, CDs
  
• Foreign Language books in Albanian, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu and other languages
  
• Electronic Resources These include online subscriptions to databases such as Electric Library, Homework Help, and Proquest. These resources are available on the computers in the Library and from home on the Library's web site. An Addison Library card is required for home use.