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Booktalking "Llama Llama Mad at Mama" by Anna Dewdney
A shopping trip with mama and baby. But Llama Llama is disappointed because he wants to play. Countless other types of animals also shop at the Shop-O-Rama. Llama Llama does not like shopping for...
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For People with Disabilities: A Ticket to Work
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, more than 13 million working-age people in the U.S. receive Social Security disability benefits; that's almost one in every 15 adults. Some may...
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God in the Stacks: The Scoop on Christian Fiction
You can say it started in 1678 with the publication of John Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress. Then along came Hall Caine's The Christian (1897) and C.S Lewis' Chronicles of Narniain the 1950s. Fast forward to...
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Join Us at SIBL April 3rd for "Freedom of Information in the Drone Age"!
Fact: Hardly a day goes by without some discussion in the press about "drones" — unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS).Fact: Despite public awareness of U.S. drone programs, very little hard information has...
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The Jews of Shanghai: Uncovering the Archives and Stories
"Life was difficult in Shanghai, but infinitely better than anything they had left behind. From lower-middle-class comfort, the Tobias family was reduced to poverty but not to starvation. There was...
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Art and Low Vision: The Sound of Monet’s Weeping Willow Series
Hear the audio version of this blog post. Narration: Kevin Gillins. Music performed by La Capella Reial de Catalunya; Le Concert des Nations; conductor: Jordi Savall.I am looking at Monet's Weeping...
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April 2013 DVD Releases... Reserve Your Copy Now!
In the month of April, many great DVD movies are coming to the Library. Reserve titles now using the Library's Catalog.We've got more Academy Award nominated DVD movie releases in April with Django...
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When They Trod the Boards: Christopher Walken, Song and Dance Man
How do we love Christopher Walken? On his 70th birthday, let us count the ways. Star of film, TV, and NYPL's own iBook Point, somehow everyone has a favorite film that stars him, be it The Deer Hunter,...
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Musical of the Month: Very Good Eddie
Last August, musical theater historian Laura Frankos detailed the history of the Princess Musicals in her introduction to Oh, Boy! This month's musical, Very Good Eddie, was the second of this set of...
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Booktalking "Bats at the Library" by Brian Lies
This is a story about bats taking over the library at night when it is closed: "Bat night at the library." What could be better? It is a bat holiday that bats wait for all year, like Christmas.These...
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Kids' Science: Testing Taste Buds at 115th Street
On Monday, March 25th, about 12 kids gathered in the picture book section of the children's room in the 115th Street Library to test their taste buds.How much do we rely on our five senses? What...
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Free Programs at New Dorp Library: April 2013
Spring is in the air! I know this because my nose reminds me all day long! But you know what really takes away the sinus pressure? A trip to my local library! Visit and join one of these great programs...
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STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future
The U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration recently released a report, STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future (PDF), that profiles U.S. employment in the science,...
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April Author @ the Library Programs at Mid-Manhattan
Classic New York City architecture, the cleverness of crows, the real Toscanini, being good, color and commerce, anarchists, a call to secularism, the Asian underground railroad, gourmet food carts,...
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Between Two Worlds: Memoirs by Children of Deaf Adults
How do you celebrate Deaf History Month?As a librarian, during this month I usually spend some time thinking admiring thoughts about Alice L. Hagemeyer, whose energy, spirit, and determination...
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April is National Donate Life Month
April is National Donate Life Month. It is also National Volunteer Month. Becoming an organ donor could be the ultimate act of volunteering to help others.In New York, nearly 10,000 people are...
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Poesía para cada día
Abril es el Mes Nacional de la Poesia. Te invito a celebrar con poesías, escogidas al azar, para adornar tu día, y llevar a cualquier lugar...¿Que es la poesía?¿Es acaso poesía el arte de expresar lo...
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Learning History in a New Way: Veteran Interviews
How much do you know about World War II? The Korean War? The Vietnam War? Or what about Operation Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom? What if you had the ability to listen to first-hand accounts about...
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Check it out: YA Novels in Verse!
I can't say that I've always been the biggest poetry fan. But lately I've been getting into novels in verse, which have been popping up all over the YA Fiction scene for awhile now. Ellen Hopkins is...
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Announcing the NYPL Digital Collections API
The New York Public Library is pleased to announce the release of its Digital Collections API (application programming interface). This tool allows software developers both in and outside of the...
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