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Posted by: Katie McCarthy
Join us July 19th for a special family day focused on the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. Learn about the important work that staff at NLS completes to make Library resources available for all.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Family Day Program, For Kids, For Teens, Reading, Researching
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Your journeys this summer and throughout the year are full of opportunities for mathematical thinking. Follow Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow Ralph Pantozzi on a path to the math all around us in the Library of Congress’s collections, with a special focus on pioneering educator Gloria Ford Gilmer.
Posted in: Science, Technology & Math
Posted by: Katie McCarthy
After presenting at a conference about the first year of family programming at the Library, two Library of Congress educators reflect on the lessons learned and share excitement for the future.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Family Day Program, Holidays & Celebrations, Researching
Posted by: Rachel Gordon
On Saturday, June 21, 2025, we celebrate the themes of “family” and “home” during our monthly Family Day. Visitors to the Library of Congress will enjoy an action-packed day featuring creative activities, collection displays, and talks with staff experts and two guest speakers to honor the Juneteenth federal holiday. Activities during the drop-in program (10:30 …
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, African American History, Books & Author Programs, Events, Family Day Program, For Kids, For Teens, Holidays & Celebrations, Researching
Posted by: Jennifer Ezell
A college student finds inspiration in the intersection between science and history during the National Book Festival.
Posted in: Books & Author Programs, Events, For Teens, Reading, Researching, Science, Technology & Math, Uncategorized, Women's History
Posted by: Katie McCarthy
Find out what it was like to grow up in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1920s and 1930s in this dive into Jade Snow Wong's memoir Fifth Chinese Daughter. The Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress holds Wong's papers in its AAPI Collection.
Posted in: Asian American History, Biographies, Women's History, Writing
Posted by: Katie McCarthy
Join us at the Library of Congress on Saturday, May 17, 2025 to explore the Library’s musical collections.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Events, Family Day Program, For Kids, For Teens, Researching
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Calling all young poets and poetry lovers! This blog introduces kids and families to two special poems by past Poet Laureate Consultants in Poetry. Listen deeply, explore with close looking questions, and write your own poems together as a family.
Posted in: The Source, Writing
Posted by: Katie McCarthy
Do you celebrate April Fools Day with your family and friends? Learn all about the holiday through the antics of a family of rabbits who graced the pages of newspapers in these children's stories from over a century ago.
Posted in: Animals, Comics & Cartoons, For Kids, Holidays & Celebrations, Reading