Monday - Friday: 10AM - 5PM
Saturday: 9AM - 12PM
Sunday: Closed
Story Hour Tuesday & Thursday at 10AM

Phone: (815) 657-8805
Fax: (815) 657-8837
​forrestlibrary@sbcglobal.net

301 W. James St.
​Forrest, IL 61741

Items Available

Amenities 

• Books (Print, Audio and Electronic) - 2 week checkout period​ 
• Check out Axis 360 for our eBook selection
• Magazines (many active subscriptions) - 3 days for latest issues, 2 weeks for back issues
• DVDs - Free 3 day checkout
• Newspapers - The Blade and The Daily Leader

New Movies!

• Elliott, The Littlest Reindeer
• Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
• Toy Story 4
• The Biggest Little Farm

New Audio Books!

• Where the Crawdads Sing
• Shamed
• Let It Snow
• A Single Thread
• Cilka's Journey
  
• Diamond in the Rough
  
• ​October Kiss
  

• Public computer terminals​
• Free public Wi-Fi / Wireless internet access
• Printing - $.10 per black and white page and $.25 per color page
• Faxing - $1 per page transmit and $.50 per page received
•  Reference, research, reader advisory - we'll help you find what you're looking for!

Community Room 

We have a sizable (over 60'x40', not including the kitchen) community room available for rental at the library.  Perfect for meetings, parties, reunions and all kinds of gatherings.

• For up to 50 people: $35
• For 51 - 100 people: $65
• For over 100 people: $125
• ​For commercial rentals: $135

~Our Story~

The Forrest Public Library District was first founded in 1939 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project.  It opened in the basement of the old high school building, with Mrs. Alta Sorenson as the first librarian.  In 1947, the library was moved into the old town hall building, and in 1951, thanks to a gift of $10,000 from Miss Zetta Jennings, the library was moved again into the township hall building.  The library was officially established as a library district in March of 1987 and in the fall of 1996, the library was moved into its current building thanks to the generous donation of the building from the Apostolic Christian Church of Forrest.  The new building officially opened at its current location on June 3, 1997 and it stands there to this day, sharing the building with the Food Pantry.​

The forrest public library DIstrict serves the village of forrest in addition to Fayette and pleasant ridge (around 2,200 people served). 

Yearbooks

<----The Yearbooks page is a work in progress.  More to come soon!