Exploring Poetry while Distance Teaching and Learning
Posted by: Peter Armenti
This post discusses ways teachers can incorporate poetry and other literature into remote learning environments.
Posted in: Guest Posts, Teacher's Corner
Archive: 2020 (80 Posts)
Looking for a book without knowing its title or author? Have other questions? Ask a librarian!
Posted by: Peter Armenti
This post highlights the Library's Ask a Librarian service, through which users can submit their poetry and literature questions—or questions on nearly and subject!—to the Library of Congress to receive assistance from our expert staff.
Posted in: Ask a Librarian, Digital Resources
“Dear Poet”: Promoting Poetry and Poets Laureate to Kids at Home
Posted by: Robert Casper
As the staff of the Poetry and Literature Center has moved to working remotely, and a number of our spring events have been canceled, we’ve talked about how we might promote poetry virtually. Today, we'd like to highlight "Dear Poet," a popular online feature by the Academy of American Poets that fosters an active engagement with both poems and the poets who write them—including a number of Poets Laureate.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Poets Laureate, State Poets
For Teachers: Identifying Books for Live and Recorded Storytimes with Students
Posted by: Peter Armenti
This post helps teachers and other educators determine which contemporary children's books they can stream or record themselves reading to students as part of virtual storytime programming.
Posted in: Ask a Librarian
A Larger Context that Reveals Meaning: An Interview with Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
Posted by: Robert Casper
In the past week, we have been thinking a lot about this unprecedented moment and how poetry might help us live through it. We have also been talking to our poet laureate, Joy Harjo, about her life right now—and how she is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis with an eye toward poetry.
Posted in: Interviews, Poets Laureate
Parents! Smart Fun for Kids
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Parents, here are some great ideas from the Library’s Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement staff for activities with the kids while they're at home.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Poets Laureate
Interview with Author Grace Lin, Emcee of the 2020 Walter Awards
Posted by: Anne Holmes
In anticipation of the 2020 Walter Awards on Friday, March 13, we asked author and emcee Grace Lin a few questions about the significance of the Walter Awards and her insights regarding diversity in children's literature.
Posted in: Interviews, News and Events
“GRAB THE MIC: Tell Your Story” – Bringing the National Ambassador’s Ideas to Your School
Posted by: Peter Armenti
Rebecca Newland, former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress, discusses the platform ("GRAB THE MIC: Tell Your Story") of the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jason Reynolds. She offers ideas on how teachers can extend Reynolds' platform among students and the larger school community so everyone has an opportunity to tell their story.
Posted in: Guest Posts, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Teacher's Corner
Library Treasures Featured in “Fearless: A Tribute to Irish American Women”
Posted by: Anne Holmes
On February 6, National Book Festival Presents launched its winter/spring season with "Fearless: A Tribute to Irish American Women," featuring award-winning novelist Alice McDermott, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, and CBS anchor Margaret Brennan. As part of the event programming, staff from four Library divisions developed a display of items highlighting the impact of women of Irish heritage in the Americas.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts, News and Events