Baseball Trivia: Outreach at Nationals Park, 2024 Edition
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Play ball! Baseball trivia, that is. In this post about the Library's community outreach at Nationals Park, we share some of our favorite trivia questions.
Archive: 2024 (12 Posts)
What We’re Looking Forward to At the National Book Festival
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
ILO program specialist Monica Valentine shares what panels and authors she's most looking forward to at the National Book Festival, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Posted in: Books & Author Programs, Events
Paris Olympic Games Then and Now: 1924 & 2024
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Let’s celebrate the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics a century after the Games were last held there. Check out this brief history of the Games, an overview of 1924 Olympic “firsts” and related stories of American athletes featured in Library collections.
Posted in: Sports
Reflecting on Your Culture by Exploring Cultural Festivals: Close Looking Questions & Activities
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
What might it take to create your own festival? Recent Teaching with Primary Sources intern Carla Barefoot shares primary sources with discussion and activity prompts for use with your family.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Dance
A Teen “Take” on the National Book Festival: Stories of Pride
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
How can books help affirm young people's identities? Past teen intern and National Book Festival teen reporter Khadija Khan shares about Chasten Buttigieg and Elliot Page's presentations at the 2023 National Book Festival, in honor of Pride Month.
Join Us at the Treasures Family Festival on June 15, 2024!
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Join us for the Treasures Family Festival on June 15, featuring Natalie Merchant and several other interactive, family-friendly performances!
Posted in: Events
Commemorating Mother’s Day: Poem and Family Activities
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Listen to this Dust Bowl-era poem set to music with your family to prompt your own activities celebrating Mother's Day.
Posted in: Researching, Women's History
Connecting with Collections: Celebrating the Story Cube at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Learn about the Story Cube, a new fixture in the Library of Congress's Young Readers Center-Programs Lab and many other Library of Congress programs.
Posted in: Reading, Researching
Children’s Voices in the Library of Congress: Letters to Notable Americans
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Have you ever written a letter to someone you admire? Educator Dianne Choie introduces kids and families to Library collections created by kids themselves.