Cover to Cover with DGPL

The Cover to Cover Team celebrates Juneteenth with a discussion of the book Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan.

Find your inner panda and listen to a movie discussion about the film Turning Red (2022)! The team also discusses upcoming programming, how to Book-An-Expert, and what they can't put down.

Join the One Book One Town book discussion of Answers in the Pages by David Levithan. Amanda Blau, Children's Program Coordinator, talks about the book with the Cover to Cover team. 

Get ready to have fun! Games of all kinds are discussed by the Cover to Cover team and Adult Program Coordinator, Karen Bonarek. Find the discussed games in the library to take home!

Wondering why the library needed a new elevator and workspaces? Find out with a deep dive into the library's current construction projects with Building Operations Director Ian Knorr.

The Cover to Cover Team reflects on books they read in 2022 that inspired them. 

Learn about the Staff Picks program with Adult and Teen Services Librarian Mary Sustar! Organization of the Month: Easterseals DuPage and Fox Valley.

Read along with the Cover to Cover team and Adult and Teen Services Assistant Tim Raub as they get into fall with the book What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher. Organization of the Month: Compudopt. 

Learn about the library's genealogy resources and get to know one of our newest librarians, Jaymie Middendorf! Organization of the Month: Giant Steps.

Meet the newest manager at the library, Lucas McKeever! Organization of the Month: Hope for the Day.

Meet Library Director Julie Milavec in a discussion about what's coming up at the library. Organization of the Month: Literacy DuPage

Meet the library's new Board President, Swapna Gigani. Organization of the Month: TEACH Empowers

Find your next read in our Summer Reading Club special! This month, the Cover to Cover team shares what they can't put down in the following genres: literary fiction, romance, teen/YA, mystery, sci-fi/fantasy, nonfiction, audiobook, historical fiction, thriller, and Kids grade school/picture books! A representative from our Organization of the Month, Youth Outlook, also visits the studio to share...

The team welcomes Ann Cummins from grit2 to the Media Lab with its first Organization of the Month guest since the pandemic! The mini-series, The Night Manager is also discussed. 

Laugh through Pheobe Robinson's Please Don't Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes   with the Cover to Cover team. Organization of the Month: DuPage Health Coalition

Children's Librarian Assistant Gracie Ruyle joins the Cover to Cover team to discuss  The Golden Hour by Nikki Smith. Organization of the Month: DuPage Foundation. 

Celebrate Black History Month with Lauren, Cindy, and Ed as they unpack their viewing of The Friendliest Town, a documentary about a small-town's first Black police chief's abrupt firing. Organization of the Month: Food Rescue US - Willowbrook.

Join the Cover to Cover team as they discuss the book Fables Book 1 by Bill Willingham.* Organization of the Month: Midwest SOARRING Foundation. * Fables contains mature content.

Kira Riddle, Adult and Teen Services Librarian, joins the Cover to Cover team to discuss the book The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. Organization of the Month: YWCA Chicago

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the library's Land Acknowledgment in a Q&A session with ATS Librarian Van McGary: hear about what prompted the library to make a land acknowledgment, how it was written, and why it's important. Organization of the Month: Hope's Front Door.

Join Lauren, Cindy, and Ed as they review and discuss the first season of What We Do In The Shadows. Organization of the Month: Child's Voice.

Joy Matteson, Adult and Teen Services Librarian, joins the Cover to Cover team to discuss the library's new Aspen catalog. Then, they discuss The Enneagram Made Easy by Renee Baron. Organization of the Month: DuPage Symphony Orchestra.

Lizzie Matkowski, the Adult and Teen Services Manager, joins the Cover to Cover team to discuss the library's reintroduction of services and reopening. Then, they discuss the Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red by Martha Wells. Organization of the Month: West Suburban Humane Society.

Join the team as they discuss the film First Cow (2019). Organization of the Month: Wellness House.

Join Lauren, Cindy, and Ed as they review and discuss the book An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. Organization of the Month: Downers Legacy Seed Library.