Statement on the City’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget by Queens Public Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott, Brooklyn Public Library President and CEO Linda E. Johnson, and The New York Public Library President and CEO Anthony Marx…
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This year, Kenneth C. Davis, author of books about American history, visited eleven schools in Queens in a series organized by the MyLibraryNYC program. More than 2,000 students and adults attended the author’s presentations, where he primarily spoke about two of his books, In…
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This spring, Kwame Alexander spoke to a rapt audience of fourth and fifth graders at PS 48 in Queens as part of a program that Queens Public Library organized through South Jamaica Reads to bring authors to schools. Bestselling author Alexander says he owes his success to…
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Story times and other key programs at risk if libraries do not receive $35 million in additional operating funds this budget season Photos available here (credit Jonathan Blanc / NYPL) New York, NY – The city’s three library systems held a special toddler story time outside…
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Jeff Kinney, the author of the bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, visited Queens Public Library on April 9, the day he launched his new book, Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal. When Kinney completed the book, he and his team pondered fun and…
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