Sanborn-Pekin Library Programs
Programs for Children, Tweens and Teens, Adults
Adult Programming
Adult activities and programs are held periodically held at the library. These include game nights, book discussions and Summer Reading promotions.
Help With Technology
We understand that individuals may have issues with technology, and we conduct one on one technology training to help others learn how to use smartphones, eReaders, computers, and other electronic devices.
Childrens Programing
Programs for children, tweens and teens are available throughout the year. We have weekly Lego Club, monthly Bags of Fun and periodic craft programs.
Lego Club
Our Lego Club runs every Thursday from 2:00-6:30pm. Drop in anytime during the club to build. Legos and Lego Duplos will be provided. Creations will be displayed until the next club meeting. All ages are welcome. Children 13 and younger must be accompanied by their parent or guardian.
Summer Reading
The 2026 Summer Reading Program Unearth A Story, with a dinosaur and fossil theme, will run from June 22 to August 8. Join us for a summer full of Field Kits of Fun for children to age 9, and More than a Field Kit for Tweens & Teens 10 years and up. Drop-In Activities are available every Monday-Thursday. No pre-registration is required. Check at the library for several sign-up activities for children, tweens/teens and adults which require registration.
Read To Bead participants receive a pony bead for every 10 minutes read. Last summer the children, tweens and teens collected over 8,293 beads for the 82,930 minutes read in just 7 weeks! We hope you will join us as we Read to Bead this summer! Can we read even more minutes this summer?!?
Our flamingosaurs will be corralled on the library’s front yard representing each child’s participation.
Everyone is invited to the Annual Summer Picnic on Wednesday July 1, 2026 from 12:00-2:00pm! Representatives from the Penn Dixie Fossil Park will be joining us with tabletop fossil activities!!
Join us this summer as we UNEARTH A STORY! We are going to have so much FUN at our library!!