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Archive: 2022 (4 Posts)

A large pumpkin, painted black with purple tentacles, sits on a wooden deck. Atop the pumpkin sits a mannequin torso and head painted to look like Ursula from The Little Mermaid.

Halloween Family Day- Your Favorite Ghoulish Gourds

Posted by: Lauren Windham Roszak

On Saturday, October 22, the Library of Congress hosted a Halloween Family Day, featuring Goosebumps author R.L. Stine and Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne discussing 30 years of their series. The Library’s Informal Learning Office also hosted spooky art and reading activities for families in the Jefferson Building before the author program. One …

Photograph shows baseball players on the field during a game at Ebbets Field with grandstands and light towers in the background, in Brooklyn, New York.

Baseball History: Reflections & Family Story Activities

Posted by: Lauren Windham Roszak

The Informal Learning Office recently finished a summer reading partnership with the Washington Nationals baseball team. Over the course of the summer, we met over 600 participants at Nationals Park. During the program, we shared Library of Congress collection items with children who came to celebrate reading with relief pitcher Sean Doolittle. Children learned the …

Two children seated at a table handling items, with an adult standing over them

Voicing their Stories: Groundbreaking Representation

Posted by: Lauren Windham Roszak

This post was written by Abigail Sears, Sabrina Solomon and Mihir Kelkar, teen summer interns in the Library’s Informal Learning Office. This is the second of two teen-written blogs for the National Book Festival. To access the first, click here. The National Book Festival strives to represent diverse authors and experiences. At this year’s festival, …

Two children seated at a table handling items, with an adult standing over them

Welcome to the 2022 National Book Festival Young Adult Stage!

Posted by: Lauren Windham Roszak

This post was written by Abigail Sears, Sabrina Solomon and Mihir Kelkar, teen summer interns in the Library’s Informal Learning Office. As we near the date of the first in-person National Book Festival (NBF) since 2019, teen interns are here and excited to share background information and behind-the-scenes looks at some of the authors featured …