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Children's Libraries in New York City

by Matthew Boylan, Ask NYPL
June 19, 2013

By far the largest number of children's books—especially those for circulation (lending) to children and their families—is to be found at The New York Public Library. The largest collections of children's books in that you can visit are at its Children's Center at 42nd Street as well as the many children's rooms in the 87 neighborhood branches in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island. There are also children's collections at the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens 

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Música Soul: The Soundtrack of the Black Power Movement in Brazil

by Ann-Marie Nicholson, Communications Manager, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
June 3, 2013

"If we had said 'Negro power' nobody would get scared. Everybody would support it. If we said power for colored people, everybody would be for that, but it is the word 'black' that bothers people in this country, and that's their problem, not mine." —Stokely Carmichael 

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Great Albums You May Have Missed: Hasu Patel's Gayaki Sitar (1996)

by Andy Wagstaff, Central Collection Development
September 4, 2012

When thou commandest me to sing,
It seems that my heart would break with pride;
And I look to thy face,
And tears come to my eyes.

—Rabindranath Tagore*

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Find New York Times Bestsellers at NYPL - June 16th, 2013

by Adriana Blancarte-Hayward, Library Manager, New Dorp Library
June 17, 2013

For the week of June 16th, 2013 we have hardcover fiction, hardcover non-fiction, and Paperback Mass-Market Fiction.

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