As the world commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom Hashoah, on April 8, Queens Library at Astoria invited young library visitors to learn about the Holocaust. To remember and honor children who lost their lives as a result of this tragedy, we created butterflies,…
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On Friday, March 8, the Consul General of Japan in New York, Shigeyuki Hiroki, came to the Queens Library at Peninsula. Our libraries in the Rockaways have had a rough time since Superstorm Sandy, which sent a huge storm surge through the plate glass windows of four locations,…
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Spring is finally here! To celebrate the arrival of the first day of this season of growth, Queens Library at Sunnyside invited children to participate in an eco-crafts project to make beautiful butterflies. We upcycled coffee filters, folded accordion style, to serve as the…
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In observance of National Poultry Day, on March 19, Queens Libraries at Woodside and Broadway invited toddlers and their caregivers to make their own unique rooster crafts. Eco-arts fans: We used recycled paper to create the heads and beaks of our rooster creations. Our hand…
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To celebrate National Name Tag Day, on March 8, and Jewel Day, observed on March 13, Queens Library at Sunnyside invited children and their caregivers to make bejeweled name tags. Eco-arts fans: All the materials used for this craft came from old postcards and donated eco-…
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