Classic Books Made Into New Movies
by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Makerspace Specialist The holidays are a great time to go see a movie with family and friends. My sons and I love to watch movies that are [...]
Empowering Picture Books for Children (and the Grown-Ups Who Love Them)
by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Makerspace Specialist at Mackin When I was growing up, I was the only person I knew who spelled their name “Katy” with a Y. Often times, [...]
In Celebration of Intellectual Freedom: Banned Books Week
by Rachel Benzine, Collection Management Librarian When I think of banned books, I think of dystopian literature like Fahrenheit 451 or 1984. It seems more like something out of a classic novel [...]
Foster Care and Adoption
As May draws to a close, we are wrapping up National Foster Care Month! There are over 442,000 children in the foster care system in America1. The kids in foster care range from newborns to older [...]
Stories in Verse
In a PBS NewsHour interview, Jason Reynolds, the award winning young adult literature author, shares his ideas on how poetry can get more young people interested in reading. And I couldn’t agree [...]
