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Battling Bullying
Draco Malfoy sets a high bar for literary bullies in books for kids and teens. Cold, sneering, contemptuous Draco pushed Harry Potter around from their very first day at Hogwarts (although we all know...
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The Legacy of Charlotte's Web
It's the anniversary of the 1952 publication of Charlotte's Web, and what better way to honor the wisest, kindest, best spider in the world than to invite readers to learn about other animals like...
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Middle Grade Horror
Much like kids love the thrill they feel on a rollar coaster, young readers seek out books that appeal to their sense of terror and excitement. Here is a selection of quality scary, spine-chlling,...
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Alice in Other Wonderlands
An illustration from the manuscript held by the British LibraryWith everything that has been written about Alice in Wonderland, where do we start? Perhaps with a little help from Lewis Carroll...
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Kids Live! Interview with Jerry Craft
Jerry Craft, author and illustrator of The Offenders: Saving the World While Serving Detention as well as the illustrator of Patrik Henry Bass' The Zero Degree Zombie Zone is coming to KidsLIVE!...
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Elvis Costello's Favorite Books
See Elvis Costello at LIVE from the NYPL Friday October 16, at 7 p.m. Below Elvis answers some questions about himself as a reader. What are the three books you can't live without, and why?The Pat...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of October 18
Job Strategies for the Mature Worker Workshop on Monday, October 19, 2015, 2:30 pm - 4 pm, at Brooklyn Workforce 1 Career Center, 250 Schermerhorn, Brooklyn , NY 11201.International Cruise and...
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Printing Women: Sara Sanders
Untitled Chair #1, Sara Sanders, Lithograph, 2010.I believe that the domestic objects with which we spend our lives retain traces of our histories and tell stories about our pasts. These prints are...
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Podcast #83: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Theft, Atheism, and History
Subscribe on iTunes.Even if you had only read one Ta-Nehisi Coates article, "The Case for Reparations" for example, or maybe "Fear of a Black President," it would be difficult not to join the ecstatic...
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Booktalking "Belles" by Jen Calonita
Isabelle is taking care of Grams, competing on the swim team, and relaxing with her friends, Brayden and Kylie. Except for her chronic concern about her grandmother's health and the poverty that they...
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New York Times Read Alikes: October 25, 2015
A compilation of George R.R. Martin novellas, prequels to A Song of Ice and Fire enters the top 5 this week, along with some a new installment of the Mistborn series and new Mitch Rapp novel. #1...
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15 Writers on Writing
Image via NYPL Digital Collections, ID 1685591Only writers know the exquisite struggle that is writing. It can be grueling, tedious, and frustrating, but when those sweet moments of triumph and...
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Simon Winchester's Favorite Books
Author Simon Winchester is our guest at LIVE from the NYPL on October 30 at 7 pm. We asked him to talk about his favorite books.Name three books you would not live without.1. Georges Perec Life A...
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Cubicle Vacations: New Music, Vol 1
One thing I've learned while keeping my eye on new music is, sometimes a snappy title can encourage people to check you out. And so, I've changed the title of my periodic blog posts on new music to...
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Books We Know by Heart
Reading a book aloud to a child is one of life’s sweetest pleasures, and children sometimes ask to repeat the experience with the same book over and over.And over.And over.And over and over and over...
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DIY: How to Make a Papier Mâché Elephant
What's new at Throg's Neck Library? Here at the Library by the bridge we try to keep ourselves involved with the community by coming up with program ideas to keep the public engaged. Knowing my...
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Back to the Bookish Future
In 1985, Robert Zemeckis, Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Crispin Glover brought time travel via DeLorean into the hearts and minds of Americans. Here are a few more tales of time travel.Kindred...
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10 Children's Books by Your Favorite "Adult" Authors
There are plenty of reasons to resist distinctions between kid's lit and adult literature. Yet, whether you're a parent hoping to bestow your children with a penchant for literature or just a reader...
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Founding Firefighters: Volunteer Firefighters and Early American...
The Chelsea Fire Club formed in late 1788 to “more effectually… preserve & secure the goods & the prosperity of its members, as well as that of the rest of the good people of Chelsea, from...
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13 Quotes from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
I recently started reading the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling for the first time! Here are some of my favorite quotes from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone:“It was a dream, I dreamed a giant...
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