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Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
A post for Children's Book Week about using WPA posters about reading as inspiration to create your own poster in celebration of books and of reading.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Books & Author Programs, For Kids, Reading
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Online activities celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Veterans History Project through November 14.
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
In this post, Library specialists offer suggestions for writing haiku with kids, with illustrations from the Library's collection of Japanese woodblock prints.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Asian American History, For Kids
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
"The Golden Arm" and selected ghost stories from the American Folklife Center for Halloween.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, For Kids, Holidays & Celebrations
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Young Readers Center intern Kamilah Zischang traces her family history and provides advice on how to explore family history with kids, using genealogy resources from the Library.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Halloween recipes and activity suggestions from the past via the Library's newspaper archive, Chronicling America. The Chronicling America historic newspapers online collection is a product of the National Digital Newspaper Program and jointly sponsored by the Library and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Cooking, For Kids, Holidays & Celebrations
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
This post describes the Library's efforts to collect photographs and artwork that represent life during the COVID-19 pandemic, and invites families to reflect on and document their experiences, based on a series of questions.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
In honor of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we share highlights from her 2017 conversation with author Debbie Levy in the Library's Young Readers Center.
Posted in: Books & Author Programs, Civics & Government, For Kids
Posted by: Kaleena Black
In this post, we feature a conversation from the 2020 National Book Festival, in which authors Judith Warner and Esther Wojcicki discuss parenthood. We also share some historical examples of parenting found in the Library of Congress' online collections.
Posted in: Books & Author Programs, Reading, Uncategorized