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Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Remembering September 11 with presentation from the 2009 National Book Festival by author Carmen Agra Deedy and her collaborator Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, sharing the story of a heartfelt offer of aid to America from an unexpected source after the September 11 attacks.
Posted in: Books & Author Programs, Uncategorized
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Program Specialist Sasha Dowdy shares a preview of her conversation with author Kwame Mbalia for the National Book Festival. Mbalia's appearance will be available as an on-demand video beginning Friday, September 25.
Posted in: African American History, Books & Author Programs, For Kids, For Teens, Uncategorized
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Junior Fellow Paige Collins describes an oral history activities for families she developed using collections from the Library's American Folklife Center.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, For Kids, For Teens
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Ideas for the Library's "free to use and reuse" image collections from an intern in the Young Readers Center.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, For Kids
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Reflections on John Lewis's messages to children during his 2015 visit to the Library's Young Readers Center and through his graphic novel March.
Posted in: African American History, Books & Author Programs, Civics & Government, For Kids, For Teens
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
The role of mothers and their daughters in leadership of the suffrage movement and book suggestions for reading about the suffrage movement with kids and teens.
Posted in: African American History, Books & Author Programs, Exhibitions, Uncategorized
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Read across the Library's collections with this post, which includes suggested books from past National Book Festivals and this year's event,and a "Read Across the Library" bingo-style game board.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Books & Author Programs, Events, For Kids
Posted by: Kaleena Black
This post about puzzles featured in the Chronicling America database is a repost of an article written by Malea Walker, a reference librarian in the Library's Serial and Government Publications Division. The piece was originally published on the "Headlines and Heroes: Newspapers, Comics, & More Fine Print" blog on July 7, 2020.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Uncategorized
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Question prompts and activity suggestions for classic kids books that have been digitized and made available on the Library's website.
Posted in: Books & Author Programs, For Kids, Uncategorized