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PRINCETON — The Green River Book Club will meet at the Princeton Public Library at 7 p.m. Thursday.

The final Read on the Wild Side summer reading program take place at 2 p.m. Friday. Rod Erdmann and Shivers will present a program of magic, puppets and storytelling. Prizes will be given out for summer reading participants who finished their readiing goals.

Teen Beatnik Night, the final program for the Teen Summer Reading program, was rescheduled to 7 p.m. Monday. Food, entertainment and prizes will be enjoyed by all who attend.

The Illinois Valley Authority workshop will be held at 6:30 Tuesday.

OHIO — The final installment of the Ohio Library’s summer film festival “From Print to the Big Screen” will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The movie of the day will be “Nanny McPhee,” Based on the “Nurse Matilda” books by Christianna Brand. Cedric Brown is now a widower with seven ill-behaved children who’ve already chased away 17 nannies. But when a mysterious voice tells Cedric to hire Nanny McPhee, she arrives at the Brown home and the kids learn to behave properly.

The Ohio Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, to discuss “Midnight at the Dragon Café.” Copies of the book are available at the library for your convenience. If you have any questions, please contact Library Director Justin Mapes at (815) 375-5422.

WALNUT — Junior and senior high school students have been experiencing a little bit of everything this summer with crafts at the Walnut Public Library. The first week, we focused on paper airplanes, but not just plain paper airplanes — these were jet fighters, water planes and helicopters. They were fun to make and fun to fly. We had to fly them indoors because of the rain outside, but they made many flights and not one crash.

Then we took a trip back to the 60s. Remember “Pet Rocks?” There were some real fun animals created, including a ladybug, a turtle, a frog on a log, a rainbow fish, and a toucan. Stop by to take a look at some of the items we have created so far.

Summer Reading takes place on Wednesday afternoons starting at 1:30 p.m. There is something for all ages. The grade school children meet in the Children’s Department downstairs, and the junior and senior high school students meet in the Young Adult Department upstairs. We are also inviting adults who would like to share some forgotten crafts.

DEPUE — The Selby Township Library, which includes, DePue, Hollowayville and rural Selby Townhship invites everyone to come in and meet new director Marcia Broady.

The library’s Annual Chalk Drawing Contest will be held for children of all ages at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Sen. Gary Dahl will also be present at the library at 11 a.m. Come meet and talk to Senator Dahl.

On Saturday, the Friends of Selby Twp. Library will hold a Community Garage Sale and bake sale at the library.

LAMOILLE — The Summer Reading Club at the LaMoille-Clarion Library will end on Aug. 8 so, if you haven’t already met your goal there is still time to earn those neat prizes.

SHEFFIELD — The summer reading program at the Sheffield Public Library will conclude with a party at 10:30 a.m., Aug. 12. There will be two age groups participating and the winner who has read the most hours for each group will win a book of their choice.