Jason Reynolds: Grab the Mic Newsletter
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The May newsletter by Jason Reynolds, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
Posted in: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
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Dav Pilkey: How to Draw Piggy and Barky McTreeFace
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Children's book author and illustrator Dav Pilkey has another couple of quick drawing lessons: Piggy and Barky McTreeFace, They're both from his "Dog Man" series.
Preservation Week: From Captain America to Thomas Jefferson
Posted by: Neely Tucker
It's Preservation Week, and the Library's Preservation Research and Testing Division has helped set national standards in cultural heritage institutions for half a century. Among other highlights, they've helped save "Captain America" comics and discovered Thomas Jefferson's edits in the Declaration of Independence.
Posted in: Comics, Libraries, Preservation, Preservation and Conservation, Science
Mystery Photo Contest — Recognize These Faces?
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Cary O'Dell at the Library's National Recording Registry is the maestro of our ever-popular Mystery Photo Contest. He's back with another round, featuring some of Hollywood's not-so-famous faces.
Posted in: Film
Gwendolyn Brooks: “We Real Cool,” Two Ways
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library has recently digitized Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks reading her poems, including the iconic "We Real Cool," at two events 24 years apart as part of National Poetry Month. The recordings are part of the 50 poems added each year to Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
Posted in: African American History, Poetry, Writers
Jason Reynolds: Pick a Picture. Now Tell A Story.
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds is back with another of his "Write. Right. Rite." videos and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature has a terrific creativity challenge: Pick a photograph and write about it.
Posted in: African American History, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Papers of Three Presidents Digitized; Now Online
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The papers of U.S. Presidents Andrew Johnson, Chester Alan Arthur and William McKinley are now available online through the Library of Congress.
Posted in: U.S. Presidents
Your Favorite Library Turns 220!
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library of Congress celebrates its 220th birthday on April 24, 2020. It was begun with a $5,000 appropriation to buy 740 books and three maps on this date in 1800. It is now the largest library in world history.
Posted in: Newspapers, Thomas Jefferson Building, Today in History
Mapping Pandemics at the Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
John Hessler, a specialist in the Library's Geography and Map Division, is tracking the COVID-19 pandemic with computational geography and geographic information science.
Posted in: Influeza/Covid-19, Maps, National Book Festival