Crete Public Library District

📚The Library is offering a variety of storytimes for our young patrons!

View our Events Calendar to explore all of our upcoming storytimes: https://crete.librarycalendar.com/events/month/2026/10?program_types%5B19%5D=19

CANCELLATION NOTICE! 🚨

Author Talk with Terry Abrahamson has been cancelled for tomorrow. We apologize for the inconvenience and will keep you posted if the event gets rescheduled.

Peter Fletcher Classical Guitar 🎸🌟

Classical Guitarist Peter Fletcher is stopping by on a national tour to promote his new all-Bach album. Join us for this musical program to watch an amazing performance!

📅September 29
⏰6:00-7:30 PM
📢Adult Program

Register by scanning the QR code or using this link: https://crete.librarycalendar.com/event/peter-fletcher-classical-guitar-14465

Sign up for the Youth Services Haunted House Contest 👻🏠🦇 begins today! Sign up in Youth Services or online. Form and haunted house are due by Saturday, October 10.

2026 Haunted House Contest Online Signup Sign up for the 2026 Crete Public Library Haunted House Contest by completing the form below. Complete this registration form and turn in your shoebox-sized haunted house to the Youth Services Department by October 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM. One entry per person.

Here are the Library's programs for the last full week of September!

Register or view more details here: https://crete.librarycalendar.com/events/week/2026/09/20

Congratulations to this super star reader for reading 1000 Books Before Kindergarten! 🌟📚

Our Youth Services Department is doing something exciting this fall... a Costume Swap! 🎃👻

Have gently used costumes your family no longer needs? Donate them to the Library between September 1 and October 10!

Then, join us on Saturday, October 17 from 10 AM-1 PM to pick out a new-to-you costume. 👗🦸

To view all the details, scan the QR code or visit:
https://crete.librarycalendar.com/event/fall-costume-swap-donations-begins-14778

We’re a little over halfway through Library Card Sign Up Month! 📚🎉

New and current Library cardholders, be sure to stop by our Patron Services desks to pick up your interactive BINGO card for a chance to win some fun prizes!

While you’re here, don’t forget to check out our Library Card Sign Up Month displays and discover all the amazing things your Library card can offer! 💜

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, check out some of these amazing books! 📚