Located in Lincolnshire, Ill., the Vernon Area Public Library has a collection of various books, nonfiction, videocassettes, CDs, pamphlets, audiocassettes and magazines. The library has more than 30,000 audiovisual items, including CDs, cassettes, audio books, DVDs, videos and CD-ROMs. It provides more than 30 bound volumes of historical text and community information files, including clippings, maps, demographic information and documents about the people, structures and businesses of various communities. The library has a collection of various world language books available in Chinese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Hebrew, German, Spanish and French. Its collection also features various graphic novels on superheroes and comic book characters. The library has a various best sellers, romance and mystery novels, biographies and nonfiction titles. It offers books that provide information on child development, children s activities and resources to enhance the curricula of schools. Its youth services department has more than 1,000 puppets, puzzles and board books for checkout and in-library use.