Edison Library and Studio

What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education.

Harold Howe

Library Catalogs

Looking for a book?   Click the links below to see what you can find in Edison's LMC and in your public library!

Destiny Discover Library Catalog

Elmhurst Public Library Catalog

Sora (digital book availability courtesy of Elmhurst Public Library)       

CLOSING:  Edison Library

Walk-Up Window

With the return to full in-person learning on the horizon, the Edison Library Walk-Up Window will close following Spring Break.  The Walk-Up Window will be open for the last time on Friday, March 26th from 2:00-3:00.  Students will remain able to place holds on books in our Destiny Discover Catalog (see below for details and instructions).  We will deliver reserved books to classrooms as we have been this year whenever students are in the building.  With an email to Mrs. Greska (mgreska@elmhurst205.org), kinder and 1st grade parents can still request Book Bundles for classroom delivery. Remote students can continue to place holds in the catalog and then, instead of pick-up at the Walk-Up WIndow, please email Mrs. Greska (mgreska@elmhurst205.org) to arrange for library book pick-ups/drop-offs in the Edison Office for the rest of the year.  Library books can ALWAYS be returned in the Library Return Boxes in the Edison hallways.  Thanks for staying nimble with us this year!

Please see below for a video, "How to Place Holds in Destiny Discover".   

On a COVID note, we quarantine all returned books for three days so you can be sure that books returned by Edison students have been appropriately quarantined before being released.  

TO RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS:  All library books can be returned in the bins in the Edison hallways..

     BOOK BUNDLES!

A "Book Bundle" includes at least one picture book, one early reader and one nonfiction book.   If parents of Kinder or 1st grade parents send Mrs. Greska an email requesting a Book Bundle,  we will deliver one to the child's classroom for him or her!  We love to keep these bundles moving back and forth weekly!   

On a COVID note,  we quarantine all returned books for three days so you can be sure that books returned by Edison students have been appropriately quarantined before being released.  

**If you want to help your child select his or her own books for their bundle, please see below  "How to Place Holds in Destiny Discover".

HOW TO PLACE HOLDS IN DESTINY DISCOVER

Students of any age can log in to our library catalog, Destiny Discover, and place holds on library books they would like to read.  The 2nd-5th graders should know how to do this but for anyone who needs some help, watch the video below to learn/review how to do this!

2021 Monarch Award

Click here for a complete list of 2021 Monarch Award nominees.  Edison students from kindergarten through third grade will participate in this Kids Choice Award for Illinois students!

2021 BLUESTEM AWARD

For a complete list of the 2021 Bluestem Award nominees, click here.  For a list with book descriptions and links to videos and book trailers, click here.  Take the Bluestem Challenge by March 15, 2021!  

If you:

Read 4:  you can vote for your favorite book in March;

Read 10:  you will be invited to the Reward Party in May (fingers crossed we can have one!) AND vote for your favorite book in March; 

Read ALL 20:  you enter the HIGHLY FAMOUS Edison Bluestem/Caudill Hall of Fame (AND vote for your favorite book in March AND are invited to the Reward Party in May!)

2021 Rebecca Caudill Award

Click here for a complete list of 2021 nominees for the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award. The Edison Library will have many of these in our collection, but not all!  Check with Mrs. Greska! Take the Edison Caudill Challenge by March 15, 2021! 

If you:

Read 3:  you can vote for your favorite Caudill nominee in March;

Read 8:  you will be invited to the Reward Party in May  (fingers crossed we can have one!) AND vote for your favorite book in March; 

Read 14:  you enter the HIGHLY FAMOUS Edison Bluestem/Caudill Hall of Fame AND  vote for your favorite book in March AND are invited to the Reward Party in May!