Ep. 57 "I Enjoy Every Minute Here" | Library Stories
by The Library Stories Project
December 20, 2016
Story time is about so much more than just stories, says JC, who has found learning at 58th Street Library "changed everything" for her baby. There, they enjoy books, parenting tips, and even sign language as a way to build skills for life long learning. "Even though I was a teacher," JC says. "I still need to learn how to be a mother."
58th Street Library Reaches its Tiniest Patrons
by Kendra Ralston
July 13, 2016
Situated in the business district of Midtown Manhattan, 58th Street is typically known as a library for adults—but not anymore.
100 Years Later: Books on World War I
by Roger Kennedy, Hudson Park Library
June 15, 2016
2016 is the second year in the 100th anniversary of the Great War. The year 1916 contained a number of significant events that are documented in the library's collections.
LOL-brary Books
by Gwen Glazer, Communications
February 24, 2016
Eliot may claim that April is the cruelest month, but we’re pretty sure it’s February.
Our YA Movie Wishlist
by Gwen Glazer, Communications
January 26, 2016
Hollywood has officially gone YA, and blockbusters that started as young-adult fiction abound. So, we asked our team of expert librarians for their wishlists: What’s a YA book you’d like to see turned into a movie, and whom would you cast in the leading role?
Following in Winnie's Pawprints
by Gwen Glazer, Communications
January 15, 2016
Kids cannot live by Winnie-the-Pooh alone, so we asked our picture-book experts here at NYPL to tell us about their favorite stories that feature bears as the protagonists.
A Hidden Gem in Midtown Manhattan
by Kendra Ralston
August 31, 2015
Neatly, elegantly tucked away behind New York construction is a hidden gem. It quietly, stoically, and impressively holds its own amidst the cacophony of Midtown Manhattan.
My Library: Rachel
by Frank Collerius, Library Manager, Jefferson Market Library
May 10, 2010
Rachel isn't afraid of computers, thanks to her incredible tenacity and the helpful staff at the 58th Street Library.
Washington Crosses The Delaware (Again)
by Roger Kennedy, Hudson Park Library
April 4, 2009
Many people in the New York and New Jersey areas today probably don’t realize how much history there is about the American Revolution right at their doorstep. The key early parts of the war were enacted right here. The battles of Trenton and Princeton have to be the most popular and covered aspects of the Rev War. So any recent book on these well worn topics should offer something new. For the most part, Washington's Crossing, by David Hackett Fischer (Oxford Univ. Press, 2004), does, but the author still allows himself to
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