The Beecher Community Library Collection

Books

The Beecher Community Library houses well over 23.000 titles. Our books are divided into several sections and genres to make looking for what you need easier. In the adult section we have large print fiction, general fiction, mysteries, biographies, nonfiction, trade paperbacks, westerns, graphic novels, science fiction, and a section on Illinois history. You can keep with what's new at the library on our new arrivals shelf.

In our juvenile section, we have children's picture books, easy readers, board books, and paper backs. For the older readers, we have junior fiction, paperbacks, biographies, and nonfiction.

Audiobooks

Get stuff done even while you are "reading" by listening to audio books. Our collection consists of fiction titles for adults and juniors.

DVDs

DVDs are available for adults and children. Click here for our list of DVD titles.

E-resources

The Beecher Community Library subscribes to online databases that Beecher Community Library patrons can access from their home on their computers. Articles in hundreds of magazines, professional and peer-reviewed journals, or newspapers are available through these databases to aid you in your research. Topics include business, health, gardening, the environment, literature, home improvement, and so much more! Kids can even look up information for school projects on kid-friendly websites like "Worldbook Discover," "Student Resource Center Gold," or "Kids InfoBits." Click here to access these databases.

Newspapers

Relax and enjoy newspapers at the library. We subscribe to the Beecher Herald, Chicago Tribune, Kankakee Daily Journal, and Wall Street Journal.

Magazines

We subscribe to magazines, so you don't have too. Come browse current issues of magazines or check-out back issues to bring home with you. We subscribe to the following:

Adults	Juvenile and Parenting
American History	Boy's Life
Antiques and Collecting	Chicago Parent
Architectural Digest	Girls Life (GL)
Army Times	Hightlights
Atlantic Monthly	Highlights High Five
Better Homes and Gardens	National Geographic Kids
Birds and Blooms	Parenting Early Years
Bloomburg Business Week	Parenting School Years
Bon Appetit	Ranger Rick
Chicago	Seventeen
Chicagoland Gardening	Sport's Illustrated Kids
Consumer Reports
Country Living
The Economist
The Family Handyman
Golf Digest
Good Housekeeping
Illinois A.M. VETS Newspaper
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Martha Stewart Living
Men's Journal
Midwest Living
National Geographic
The New Yorker
Paper Craft
Patchwork and Quilting
PC World
People
Popular Mechanics
Prevention
Science News
Smithsonian
Sport's Illustrated
Taste of Home