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Mini-Fig Friendship Bracelet

Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program
Age Group:
Children, Grades 3-5

Grades 3-5. Show off your creativity by designing friendship bracelets with LEGO pieces and mini-figure heads! Trade with a friend or keep your one-of-a-kind creation. 

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-5. Show off your creativity by designing friendship bracelets with LEGO pieces and mini-figure heads! Trade with a friend or keep your one-of-a-kind creation. 

A Very Special Bright Starts: Comfort Dogs

Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Large Meeting Room - 104 at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up

All Ages. Listen to a storytime while petting some pups! Healing Hearts Comfort Dogs will bring some new furry friends for you to meet. 

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - 104
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

All Ages. Listen to a storytime while petting some pups! Healing Hearts Comfort Dogs will bring some new furry friends for you to meet. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Baby Subscription Box

Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 1:15pm - 5:00pm
Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 23 months

Ages Birth-23 months. Each box contains library board books (already checked out for you), a small craft or activity, and a little something extra.  Return the library books, keep everything else!

Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 23 months
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages Birth-23 months. Each box contains library board books (already checked out for you), a small craft or activity, and a little something extra.  Return the library books, keep everything else!

Disclaimer(s)

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Toddler Time

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Age 24 - 47 months

We will have fun as we read, sing, and play together to build early literacy skills.   

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Age 24 - 47 months
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

We will have fun as we read, sing, and play together to build early literacy skills.   

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

A Night at the Museum: James Van Der Zee

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program
Age Group:
Children, Grades 3-5

Grades 3-5. Enjoy a night of viewing famous photos taken by James Van Der Zee who was one of the most prolific photographers of the Harlem Renaissance.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-5. Enjoy a night of viewing famous photos taken by James Van Der Zee who was one of the most prolific photographers of the Harlem Renaissance.

Baby Lapsit Storytime

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers

Birth-11 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Birth-11 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Baby Walkers Storytime

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers

12-23 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

12-23 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Once Upon a Time Storytime

Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up

Join us for this interactive storytime. Be ready to sing, shake, and move!   

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for this interactive storytime. Be ready to sing, shake, and move!   

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Night Owls

Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up

Come hear stories and songs to end the day on a happy note.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come hear stories and songs to end the day on a happy note.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

The Silly Bowl: Ducks vs. Monsters

Friday, February 6, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program
Age Group:
Children, Grades K-2

Grades K-2. Sailor Duck and the Snow Monster have some unfinished business! They want to make teams and face off in all sorts of different games. Can you score the winning points in this friendly competition? 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades K-2. Sailor Duck and the Snow Monster have some unfinished business! They want to make teams and face off in all sorts of different games. Can you score the winning points in this friendly competition? 

Bright Starts Family Storytime

Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up

Start your weekend off right! Bring the family together for stories, songs, and fun!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Start your weekend off right! Bring the family together for stories, songs, and fun!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Czytanie na dywanie: Bilingual Polish Storytime

Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up

All Ages. Join Ms. Izabel for a fun-filled story time where children learn rhymes, sing songs, and hear stories in English and Polish. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

All Ages. Join Ms. Izabel for a fun-filled story time where children learn rhymes, sing songs, and hear stories in English and Polish. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Will you be my Valentine?

Monday, February 9, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program
Age Group:
Children, Grades 3-5

Grades 3-5. Put your creativity to use and have fun creating unique valentines for your friends and also the senior residents visited by our Outreach Department. If you can’t make the program, we’ll have extras to make in the Children’s Library.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-5. Put your creativity to use and have fun creating unique valentines for your friends and also the senior residents visited by our Outreach Department. If you can’t make the program, we’ll have extras to make in the Children’s Library.

Toddler Time

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Age 24 - 47 months

We will have fun as we read, sing, and play together to build early literacy skills.   

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Age 24 - 47 months
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

We will have fun as we read, sing, and play together to build early literacy skills.   

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Valentine Bear

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program
Age Group:
Children, Grades K-2

Grades K-2. Surprise your special someone with a Bear-y cute valentine after hearing a sweet story. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades K-2. Surprise your special someone with a Bear-y cute valentine after hearing a sweet story. 

Baby Lapsit Storytime

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers

Birth-11 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Birth-11 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Baby Walkers Storytime

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers

12-23 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

12-23 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Knitting Club

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program
Age Group:
Children, Grades 3-5

Grades 3-5. Do you admire handknit hats, mittens, or scarves? This is your chance to learn to knit, so you can create your own. Parents are invited to accompany their children. 

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-5. Do you admire handknit hats, mittens, or scarves? This is your chance to learn to knit, so you can create your own. Parents are invited to accompany their children. 

Once Upon a Time Storytime

Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up

Join us for this interactive storytime. Be ready to sing, shake, and move!   

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for this interactive storytime. Be ready to sing, shake, and move!   

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Black Light Mini Golf

Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Large Meeting Room - 104 at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program
Age Group:
Children, Grades 3-5

Grades 3-5. Try your hand at the 8 mini golf courses under our black light. Then create your own courses from the fluorescent materials provided!   

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - 104
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-5. Try your hand at the 8 mini golf courses under our black light. Then create your own courses from the fluorescent materials provided!   

Be My Baby Valentine

Friday, February 13, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 23 months

 Baby will “make” a Valentine for their special someone using paint and their feet. 

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 23 months
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

 Baby will “make” a Valentine for their special someone using paint and their feet. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Bright Starts Family Storytime

Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up

Start your weekend off right! Bring the family together for stories, songs, and fun!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up
Program Type: Youth Program, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Start your weekend off right! Bring the family together for stories, songs, and fun!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Art Explorers: Button Bracelets

Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Youth Services Program Room at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Youth Program
Age Group:
Children, Ages 3-6

Make your own unique button bracelet! 

Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Ages 3-6
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Event Details:

Make your own unique button bracelet! 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.

Program Registration (YS)

Please register for each program in this series individually.

Ready for Ramadan

Monday, February 16, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Large Meeting Room - 104 at Orland Park Public Library
Program Type:
Family Event, Youth Program
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up

Family Event. Welcome Ramadan with this family event full of fun activities! No registration required.

Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - 104
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Birth - 35 months., Children, Ages 3 and up
Program Type: Family Event, Youth Program
Event Details:

Family Event. Welcome Ramadan with this family event full of fun activities! No registration required.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for a child and one adult caregiver, so please be prepared to stay for the event.