Peoria Public Library McClure Branch will hold an Open House on Saturday, May 17 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. for the public to meet Children’s Librarian Amanda Doyle.

Storytimes will be held at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and a drawing to win a Leap Pad will be held. Services for children are an important part of library service and this is an opportunity for adults and children alike to talk with Amanda and get to know her. Children are often more comfortable going to their first storytime when the know library staff.

Amanda Doyle has been a Peoria Public Library patron all her life.  Her mother used to take her to the downtown Main Branch to check out books and some of Amanda’s fondest memories are of looking for books in the children’s department.  Her favorite story was a little girl was “Gregory, the Terrible Eater” but Mitchell Sharmat.

Amanda is a graduate of Richwoods High School and of Bradley University.  She started out part time in the circulation department while going to Bradley and worked her way up to Children’s Librarian at Lincoln Branch Library in 2006.  She moved over to McClure Branch Library when they remodeled and opened up again in 2011.  Amanda does weekly storytimes and loves to find the funny, quirky books for her storytimes.  As a children’s librarian, Amanda hopes to keep introducing the joy of reading and discovering books to kids of all ages.