07.20.17
Librarian-Picked, Summer Learning Challenge Book Lists!
Every summer, the phenomenal librarians at Chicago Public Library come together and develop a special reading list, and they share their exclusive process with us.
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Category: Summer Learning Challenge
07.20.17
New Thomas Hughes Children’s Library is OPEN for business, er fun!
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Exelon executives, Chicago Public Library, and Library Foundation leadership, officially commemorated the reopening of the Thomas Hughes Children’s Library #PoweredbyExelon.
06.23.17
The 2017 Explorer Guide is HERE!
Find out what’s in their year’s Explorer’s Guide and activate your Super Explorer today!
06.20.17
Summer Learning Challenge 2017 Sneak Peek—and GIVEAWAY!
Excited for this year’s Summer Learning Challenge? Check out the superhero-themed events roster!
05.24.17
Taking on Brain Drain is Always Fun with CPL’s Summer Learning Challenge
This June, more than 100,000 children ages 0-13 will leap into learning through Super Explorers!, the super hero themed 2017 Summer Learning Challenge at Chicago Public Library.
12.06.16
The Library is a Launching Pad Where Curiosity Takes Flight
The Boeing Company likes to say it makes the impossible, possible. “From producing a single canvas-and-wood airplane to transforming how we fly over oceans and into the stars…” And it’s that reaching for the stars, and inspiring young people with possibilities, that distinguish the transformative programs Boeing supports through its gifts to the Chicago Public Library Foundation.
11.15.16
CPL’S Rahm’s Readers Summer Learning Challenge
For decades Chicago Public Library has challenged Chicago children to read during the summer. In 2013, with support from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, CPL redesigned its summer program to more intentionally support 21st-century learning.
07.18.16
This Year’s Summer Learning Challenge Encourages Kids to Travel on Planes, Trains, Automobiles…and Even Time Travel.
The Chicago Public Library has your summer vacation covered. Ticket price: your library card. Thanks once again to our generous sponsors, who make the Summer Learning Challenge possible: Boeing, The James & Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation, KPMG, William Blair, Dr. Scholl Foundation, Helen M. Harrison Foundation, United, Walter E. Heller Foundation, Hyatt, Cubs Care, RR […]
07.07.16
Dear 93.9 MYfm, We Heart You
While you power along with Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song” on 93.9 MYfm, expect to hear a radio ad about children’s learning programs that are funded by donors to the Chicago Public Library Foundation.