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Booktalking "The Curious Garden" by Peter Brown
This is a story about a city without any greenery who is saved by a little boy, Liam. The city seems dreary without flowers and plants, so Liam implements a solution. He saves a bit of grass and plants...
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蔡澜笑看人生 || Cai Lan Xiao Kan Ren Sheng
蔡澜. 蔡澜笑看人生. 皇冠出版社(香港)有限公司，2013年.Chi 895.14 Cai Lan. Cai Lan xiao kan ren sheng. HK: Huang Guan, 2013. 此書以独有的封面色彩，以及图文并茂的手法吸引读者的注意力,颇有特色。此书以正体字直行排版。蔡澜愛的资格 -...
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Book Notes From The Underground: March 2014
Here are some new noteworthy titles that may or may not be receiving the attention they deserve:Pushkin Hills by Sergei DovlatovA mordantly funny, semi-autobiographical novel by Soviet émigré Dovlatov...
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair March 27
Hiring Our Heroes, a program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, was launched in March 2011 as a nationwide initiative to help veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment working...
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Booktalking "Animalogy: Animal Analogies" by Marianne Berkes
Feathery chicks, furry bears. Beavers build, and spiders spin. Frogs are amphibians, and moose are mammals. Robins have wings, and goldfish have fins. Ants are tiny, and hippos are big. There is much...
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I Read the Journal-American Today, Oh Dear: Beatles Files Part 1
Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles will be on view at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) from February 6 through May 10, 2014. A project of The GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE and Fab...
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Meet the Artist and Curator: Sabra Friedman
On view through April 30, 2014 at the Mulberry Street Library is the stunning collaborative effort of five teaching artists who participated in NYPL/Lifetime Arts Creative Aging classes for Older...
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Promoting Business and Workplace Equality for All Diverse Segments
Recently more attention has been focused on the rights of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) on a global and local level. For example, Vice President Joe Biden delivered the keynote speech...
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Booktalking "W is for Wombat" by Bronwyn Bancroft
Learning the alphabet Australian Aboriginal style... What could be better? Especially for people who are lucky enough to have visited that fantastical, majestic, fun-loving land.D is for dingo. Emu...
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The Reader's Den: Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard...
Flannery O'Connor's short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find," originally published in the 1955 collection of the same name, has all the classic O'Connor elements: humor, irony, tragedy, and evil. It...
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Booktalking "Kathleen: the Celtic Knot" by Siobhan Parkinson
Kathleen did not do well academically, but she showed a raw talent for Irish dancing. Luckily, dance teacher Mrs. Maguire gave her free dancing lessons for a semester. Kathleen became obsessed with the...
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Presidential Proclamation: Women's History Month 2014
Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as...
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Florence Vandamm: Dance Photographer?
The representation of the professional and artistic career of Florence Vandamm has a major gap, which we are doing our best to fill in. Her London scrapbook goes from 1908–1915. The Vandamm Theatrical...
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Research Collections: Highlights from the Reading Room
My research colleagues and I can think of no better way to launch our new blog on the research collections than to begin with our readers. Our goal for the blog is to highlight the known and less...
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Women's Bureau: Recognizing Innovative Women
The development of world-class talent in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is critical to America’s global leadership. The Obama Administration understands that fostering an open...
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Booktalking "The Doll With the Yellow Star" by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Claudine and her family are forced to wear yellow stars on their overcoats so that anyone outside can readily identify them as Jews. Claudine is offended by the injustice and humiliation that the stars...
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Booktalking "The Cats in the Doll Shop" by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Anna, her older sister Sophie and her younger sister Trudie have at least two things in common: their love of dolls and cats. One day, the girls spy an orange cat whom they christen Ginger Cat. Later...
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Booktalking "The Doll Shop Downstairs" by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Nine-year-old Anna and her sisters Sophie and Trudie delight in their dolls. Luckily for them, their parents own a doll shop. Unluckily for them, their mom and dad cannot afford to buy the girls dolls....
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Best of New Music (March 2014 Edition)
A periodic list of newly purchased CDs for our circulating collections.Family Atlantica: Eponymous (2013)In case you didn't notice, NYPL has seriously enhanced the scope of its Latin American music...
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Booktalking "Neela: Victory Song" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Twelve-year-old Neela lives in Bengal, India in 1939. Freedom fighters are spreading across the country in protest of British rule. Neela's father wants to join them, and Neela becomes interested in...
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