Category Archives: Announcements

Why get a library card when the building is closed to the public? That’s a good question, so let’s talk about it. Based on the prevalence of COVID in our community and the limitations of our small building, the decision was made to close the building to the public until conditions were safer for thoseContinue reading “Using the library when the building is closed”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Over 3,000 Popular Magazines Now Available for Download through the Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library Readers can enjoy US Weekly, National Geographic, Woman’s Day and more through the Libby reading app STEGER, Illinois – January 29, 2021 – The Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library is pleased to announce that over 3,000 popularContinue reading “New magazines now available for free download!”

Click the image above to view and request this week’s most popular adult fiction and nonfiction titles. Click the image above to view this week’s most popular books for young readers, middle-grade readers, and young adults.

Today we remember and honor the contributions and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his passion for racial and economic justice. Biblioboard Selection of Kids & Adult E-Books on Dr. King and his life, ready to read without login: View the Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963, from which this quote was drawn:Continue reading “Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

Click the image above to request any of these bestselling adult fiction and nonfiction titles. Click on the image above to request any of these bestselling books for young children, grade schoolers, and young adults.

Click on the image above to view this week’s most popular books for adults in the US and request them in a variety of formats – print, large type, audio, or ebook. Click the image above to request this week’s most popular books for young children, grade schoolers, and young adults. Some of these titlesContinue reading “This week’s bestsellers for kids & adults”

Bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey has passed away at the age of 59. Mr. Dickey’s novels contain thrilling adventures, intense drama, and steamy romance, and reflects the “complexities of contemporary Black life,” according to this obituary published by O Magazine. Visit our book display of a few of Mr. Dickey’s most popular titles to requestContinue reading “Remembering Eric Jerome Dickey”

In 2014, movie makers were surveyed and a list of the 100 Best Movies was published by the Hollywood Reporter. Did your favorites make the list? View the list and click on the movie posters to request a film, or give us a call at 708-755-5040.

Click on the image above to view this week’s most popular books for adults in the US and request them in a variety of formats – print, large type, audio, or ebook. Click the image above to request this week’s most popular books for young children, grade schoolers, and young adults. Some of these titlesContinue reading “This week’s bestsellers for kids & adults”

Adult Fiction & Nonfiction Click the image above to view and request this week’s bestselling fiction and nonfiction for adults. Picture Books, Middle Grade Books, and Young Adult Click on the image above to view or request this week’s bestselling picture books, middle grade books, and young adult novels.