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Booktalking "Millions of Cats" by Wanda Ga'g
An old man and a woman live in a beautiful house in the countryside, but they are lonely without any other people or animals about. Enter cats. Millions of cats. The gentleman set out to find a cat,...
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The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere by Pico Iyer
It was fortuitous that I heard Pico Iyer explaining the origins of his first, last and middle names to Krista Tippett on her radio show, On Being. I've been waiting to read whatever his newest book...
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New YA from New Authors
An intersex teen, a deadly meteor, and an army of the undead… an impressive collection of writers are making their young-adult debuts with these 10 tantalizing reads.Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda...
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Schomburg Treasures: The StoryCorps Black LGBTQ Archive
StoryCorps participantsIt's easy for the digital world to seem isolating. Standing, sitting, walking, driving, we're surrounded by faces looking down at their cellphones. Real human connection—and...
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The Mythology of Bruno Schulz
Drohobycz. Image ID: 1226408How did a Jewish writer, who wrote exclusively in Polish and who died in the Holocaust, become practically a cult figure of mid-20th century literature? From Drohobych (in...
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Summer Reading Kickoff 2015: Superheroes!
I was excited to attend the system-wide summer reading kickoff on June 4, 2015 at the Mott Haven Library. Since I have been a librarian at NYPL, I have never seen this celebration held at one of our...
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A Few Favorite Author Diaries
On June 12, 1942 a thirteen-year-old named Anne Frank received a red-and-white checkered diary. Seventy-three years later, this diary is still one of the most widely read primary source accounts of...
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Recent Acquisitions in the Jewish Division: June 2015
The following titles on our Recent Acquisitions Display are just a few of our new books, which are available at the reference desk in the Dorot Jewish Division. Catalog entries for the books can be...
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Having Fun With Retired Baseball Numbers!
Lou Gehrig's Retired #4 via WikicommonsSo June is here, meaning 2015 is very much flying by. Soon July will arrive, and in the baseball world, that primarily means the All-Star break and the non-waiver...
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Summer of STEM
Scientifically minded kids have some great new nonfiction titles to choose from when they’re looking for a summer read.Bright Sky, Starry City by Uma Krishnaswami City kids get a real look at the night...
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Reader's Den: After Claude by Iris Owens, Week 2
After Claude's Harriet is nothing if not offensive. So, is it wrong to kind of want to hang out with her, if only for a few hours? Last week, we started off with a little bit of background about this...
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Novedades de Junio 2015: ¡Refréscate en este clima primaveral con nuevas...
He aquí una variedad de libros nuevos sobre personajes importantes, además de casos de la vida real y otros temas interesantes… (Esta lista también está disponible en formato PDF.)La caceríaMirta...
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My Adventures at BookExpo America and BookCon 2015
I attended BEA for the first time and it was amazing. The Jacob Javits Center is a huge facility. The exhibit floor had many in-booth signings. The autographing area also had many popular signings. The...
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George Chalmers and the History Wars of the American Revolutionary Era
George Chalmers was a sore loser. Born in Scotland in 1742, Chalmers came to Maryland in 1763 and practiced as an attorney until 1775. Hostilities between Britain and its colonies drove the ardent...
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Rock 'n' Read: Crocodiles
© Bon Duke 2014 "Frank O'Hara, Patti Smith, Stevie Smith, Richard Brautigan—these have always been my angels in times of writer's block."Crocodiles are a fuzzed-out garage rock band hailing from San...
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Booktalking "Zebra Forest" by Adina Rishe Gewirtz
Eleven-year-old Annie, 9-year-old "Rew" (Andrew) and Gran reside together in a country house adjacent to the Zebra Forest. That is, white birch trees interspersed with darkness makes the trees...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of June 14
Eataly, an artisanal Italian food and wine marketplace, will present a recruitment on Monday, June 1, 2015, 10 am - 12 pm, for a Restaurant Floor Manager, at 200 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010...
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Teen Summer Reading: Our Favorite (and Future Favorite) Titles!
During our last several Teen Advisory Group meetings at Kingsbridge, we looked over the books on the 2015 teen summer reading lists for middle school and high school students. Then we discussed which...
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Booktalking "Not in the Script" by Amy Finnegan
Emma Taylor is rich and famous... the dream of any teen, right?Acting is definitely a vocation that she adores, but the attention of the tabloids is not. It seems as if every move of her life is...
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What Would Olivia Pope Read?
It’ll be three long months until Scandal returns to TV. In the meantime, your NYPL librarians picked out some books—science fiction to political thrillers to self-help to romance—that everyone’s...
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