Friends of the Chicago River
The Chicago River

Chimney SwiftLending Library

The Chicago River Schools Network maintains a lending library of books and videos related to water, rivers, watersheds and local flora and fauna. Books include picture books, novels, collected stories and poems, reverence books and field guides. The link below will give you a full list and description of books in our library. Books can be borrowed for up to two weeks and must be picked up and dropped off at our offices:

28 East Jackson Blvd., Suite 1800
Chicago, Illinois 60604

Lending library list (137k PDF)